Questions About Selling a House in Fresno, CA

Compare what remains after the costs and property obligations, not only the sale price. Your net depends on the written price, loan payoff, any liens or back taxes, your share of current property taxes, and the costs of each path. Change the assumptions in the Fresno net proceeds calculator.

Yes. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. Tell us what you know about the condition, access, and timing. For a house with a city notice or damage question, see Fresno code-violation and repair questions or fire-damaged property options.

We have two ways to buy. A Cash Offer is built for speed, condition, and tough situations — heavy repairs, tight timelines, difficult circumstances. EZ Sale is often the better fit when the house doesn't need major repairs and you want a higher number. Either way, you compare written numbers and you pick what works best for you. Compare possible net proceeds in the Fresno home-sale calculator.

When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including the county documentary transfer tax and any city transfer tax. California counties charge $0.55 for each $500 of taxable value, or fraction of $500, when consideration is over $100; a lien or loan that stays on the property is not counted as consideration. A city may take a credited share of the county tax, and some cities add a larger tax on top. The recorder collects the tax when the deed is recorded, and the purchase agreement can allocate the cost. Have the title company or escrow confirm any applicable city tax, the taxable amount, and exemptions for the property. The closing-cost promise does not pay your mortgage payoff, liens, back taxes, or share of current property taxes. See California Revenue and Taxation Code sections 11911, 11912, and 11931.

Often, yes. California home loans commonly use a deed of trust, so most foreclosures are nonjudicial: there is no lawsuit, and the trustee named in the deed of trust runs the process. After a trustee records a notice of default, a 90-day cure period comes before a notice of sale can follow; that notice must be posted, published, and recorded at least 20 days before the sale. You can usually reinstate by catching up until five business days before the sale, and pay off the loan up to the sale itself. There is no right of redemption after a nonjudicial trustee’s sale. A sale can be postponed by the trustee, at the lender’s instruction, or by agreement. For one-to-four-unit homes, state law also allows limited 45-day postponements tied to a broker listing and a qualifying purchase agreement. Have a title company or attorney confirm the sale date and payoff. If a trustee's sale is scheduled, tell us the date right away so we can try to close before it. For the California process and deadlines, see California Courts’ guide to nonjudicial foreclosure, Civil Code sections 2924c, 2924f, and 2924g, and the California Department of Real Estate’s foreclosure guide. Read more about foreclosure options in Fresno.

We give written cash offers in 24 hours. You can call before every detail is settled; start with the property address and what you know about its condition, who lives there, and your timing. Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing. Read how the Fresno cash-offer process works.