Grand Rapids seller article
Selling a Grand Rapids house with repairs, taxes, or probate questions
Some Grand Rapids houses need repairs, are part of an estate, or have a City notice or rental issue. Tell us what you know; we review the house as-is and explain what needs to be settled before closing.
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Share the address and what is making the sale difficult.
Repairs in an older Grand Rapids house
Heritage Hill includes homes dating to 1844 and a concentration of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century houses. If your house needs repairs or a cleanout, we buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
Probate and inherited homes
Kent County Probate Court handles probate matters. Whether an estate case is needed and who can sign depend on the estate and title details. We review seller authority as part of the sale and can work with the person authorized for the property.
Rental registration and City notices
Grand Rapids Code Compliance describes annual rental-property registration and a Certificate of Compliance program. It also handles complaints about disrepair inside or outside a building, vacant or unsecured properties, tall grass, and yard trash. If a rental or City notice complicates a sale, we can review the house as-is while you sort out the City requirements.
Michigan transfer taxes and closing costs
For an ordinary taxable Michigan sale, state real estate transfer tax is $3.75 for each $500 of value, or part of $500. County tax is generally another 55 cents for each $500, or part of $500. At that county rate, a $100,000 sale has $750 in state tax and $110 in county tax, $860 total. State and county exemptions are separate, and the seller is generally responsible under state law.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Michigan state and county real estate transfer taxes. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate. No agent commissions when you sell to us. No fees.
Michigan state transfer-tax law → Michigan county transfer-tax law →
Compare the written terms
You get a written offer and written terms before you commit, and we close through a title company. We review title, payoff, occupancy, and seller authority as part of planning the sale. With a Cash Offer, there are no listing-agent showings. Close as fast as 7 days when title and closing details allow.
Tell us what is making the Grand Rapids sale difficult
Share what you know about the house. We can review its condition and talk through the sale with you.
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