Questions About Selling a House in Columbus, OH

What you keep depends on the written sale price, your mortgage payoff, liens, taxes, and other property-specific settlement items. The Columbus calculator lets you change assumptions and compare possible listing and cash-sale proceeds.

Cash Offer — USA Home Buyers buys directly. 30 days or less. Lower price. No repairs, no commissions, no closing costs. EZ Sale — goes to one of our partners. 60 days or less. Higher price than the Cash Offer. Still no repairs, no commissions, no closing costs. Yes, partner visits. Compare the written numbers and choose what works best for you.

Ohio’s conveyance fee is $1 per $1,000 of sale price, plus up to $3 per $1,000 a county may add. State law assigns this Ohio conveyance fee to the seller. When you sell to us, we pay it. The county amount depends on where the house is; contact its County Auditor for conveyance-fee information.

No. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. Tell us about the house as it stands.

We give written cash offers in 24 hours. The Cash Offer program is 30 days or less; EZ Sale is 60 days or less. Close as fast as 7 days when title and closing details allow.

Yes. Call before you have all the papers. We can talk through the house and what is happening, then work out what may be needed to confirm the title, payoff, who lives there, and who can sign. You do not need to have everything sorted out before calling.

Yes. A Columbus house can sell with a tenant in place. In Ohio, the lease generally stays with the house, so the new owner takes over as landlord; a tenant does not have to move out just because the house is sold. We review occupancy, lease terms, and access as we prepare the written terms.

Yes. Ohio mortgage foreclosures go through the court. Before the judge confirms a sheriff’s sale—even after the auction—the owner can generally stop it by depositing the full judgment amount, costs, and applicable interest with the court clerk (Ohio Rev. Code §2329.33). Selling first may help protect any equity you have, but it does not change a court deadline. Our agreement of sale will often get a sheriff's sale postponed so we can close. Signing alone doesn't postpone it automatically; we use the agreement to ask for the postponement, and it works more often than people think.

Yes. We give you a written offer and written terms before you commit, and we close through a title company.