Athens, Ohio · Athens County
When you sell to us, we can set it up so you don't have to prepay anything — it comes out at closing.
Yes. USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in the City of Athens and Athens County, Ohio, including houses with back taxes or liens. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. You can call before you have every notice or payoff record.
Call 888-274-5006 to talk through the property. We answer 24/7.
Share the property address and whatever you know about the notice, creditor, payoff, or tax account.
Tell us the address and what you know about the notice, payoff, creditor, or tax account.
Prefer to talk by phone? 888-274-5006.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. Your liens are paid off from the sale at closing.
The lender, creditor, or tax office provides the current payoff amount and instructions. The title company checks ownership and recorded claims for the sale and works with the responsible office or creditor on payoff information.
Start with the Athens property address. A current tax bill or notice, lender payoff statement, or lien paper can help us identify the account and current balance. You can call before you have everything.
The Athens County Treasurer publishes payment-plan and tax-foreclosure information for delinquent property taxes. A lender or other creditor provides its current payoff amount and instructions. The Recorder handles recorded deeds and other real-estate documents; if we move ahead, the title company checks records and coordinates payoffs for the sale.
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before.
Tell us the property address and what you know about the notice or payoff. You can call even if you are still waiting for current information.
We discuss the property as it stands and put the offer and terms in writing before you decide whether to move forward.
If you choose to proceed, a title company checks ownership and recorded claims for the transaction. The lender, creditor, or county office confirms its current payoff and instructions for the closing figures.
Review the sale price, confirmed payoffs, and other settlement figures with the title company before closing. We use a title-company closing.
These Athens County offices can answer questions about county property-tax accounts, deeds, and conveyance fees.
Contact the Treasurer about a real-estate tax account, delinquency, payment-plan information, or a tax-foreclosure notice. The office also publishes information about how county tax foreclosures work.
Treasurer payment-plan information · How Athens County tax foreclosures work
Use the Recorder for deeds and other recorded real-estate documents.
Ask the Auditor about the Ohio conveyance fee and the county amount that applies to a deed. The Recorder handles deed recording, not the conveyance fee.
The County's office directory links to the Auditor.
A property-tax delinquency or county tax-foreclosure matter is separate from a lender's mortgage-foreclosure case. The Athens County Treasurer publishes information about local tax foreclosures and payment plans. For a mortgage case, check the court and sale notice named in that case. Read the current notice and ask the responsible office about the status and dates for that property.
Ohio charges a conveyance fee when a house sells. State law sets a required $1 per $1,000 of the sale price, and a county may add up to $3 per $1,000. For the Ohio conveyance fee on the deed, ask the Athens County Auditor or the title company. Ohio conveyance fee: When you sell to us, we pay it.
Compare a possible sale with your own estimates for the house, mortgage or lien payoff, back taxes, repairs, and closing costs. The title company confirms the transaction-specific payoff and closing figures.
“LISTEN, PROPERTY TAXES GOT TOO HIGH FOR MY FIXED INCOME. SOLD IT TO THEM. WALKED AWAY WITH CASH. GLAD IT'S OVER.”
“Facing foreclosure ... Very stressful time... They handled it professionally and got me out of the debt...”
“no open houses. no realtors tracking dirt in. just a straight cash sale for our house so we could move. Glad it's over.”
Yes. When you sell to us, we can set it up so you don't have to prepay anything — it comes out at closing. You can call before you have every notice or payoff record. If you choose to move forward, the title company works with the Treasurer, lender, or other creditor on current payoff instructions.
The Athens County Treasurer can provide the current property-tax balance, and your lender or other creditor can provide its payoff amount and instructions. If you choose to move forward, the title company checks ownership and recorded claims and coordinates payoff information for closing.
No. An Athens County property-tax foreclosure and a lender mortgage-foreclosure case are separate. The County Treasurer publishes information about local tax foreclosures. For a mortgage case, check the court and sale notice for that case.
The Athens property address is enough to start the conversation. A recent tax bill, payoff statement, lien, or court notice can help, but you can call before you have them.
We talk through the house and what you know, then review the property as it stands. You get a written offer and written terms before you commit. If you choose to proceed, the title company checks ownership and recorded claims, works with the office or creditor on payoff instructions, and prepares closing figures.
Ohio law sets a state conveyance fee of $1 per $1,000 of the sale price, and a county may add up to $3 per $1,000. For the Ohio conveyance fee on the deed, ask the Athens County Auditor or your title company. Ohio conveyance fee: When you sell to us, we pay it.
Call 888-274-5006 or use the form above. Start with the Athens address and the notice or payoff information you have.