Lake Charles, LA seller help · Divorce sale
You only have to agree on one thing — the price. After that we handle the rest, so there's nothing to argue about over repairs, contractors, showings, or who pays for what.
Yes. USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us. You can ask about a written cash offer before every practical disagreement is settled. Who can sign and what is needed to close depend on the ownership records and any court order that applies to the house.
Call 888-274-5006 or use the form. Start with what you know about the house.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
Share the address and what is happening with the house.
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
You do not have to line up repair contractors, clean out the house, or prepare it for public listing showings before discussing a sale with us. We look at the house as it stands, so there is less to coordinate while you work through the ownership and paperwork questions.
Louisiana distinguishes community property from a spouse's separate property. Property acquired during the community-property regime is generally presumed to be community property, but that presumption can be rebutted. The deed is a useful starting point; it may not answer every ownership question by itself.
While the community-property regime is in place, both spouses generally must agree before community real estate is sold. A judgment of divorce ends that regime. Former community property that has not been partitioned remains co-owned until it is divided, so the divorce itself does not tell you who can sign for every house.
The deed, divorce judgment, any partition papers, and any other order about the house need to be reviewed together. A Louisiana family-law attorney can explain what an agreement or court order means for your situation; the title company reviews the records and closing documents to confirm what the sale requires.
If repairs, contractors, showings, access, timing, or communication is where things are getting stuck, tell us what is happening. You can discuss a possible sale before every practical disagreement is resolved; the ownership records and court papers still determine what is needed before closing.
Call 888-274-5006 or use the form. You do not have to resolve every disagreement before you contact us.
Share the address, condition, who lives there, and what is making a sale difficult. If you know how the property is recorded or have a divorce judgment or other court papers about the house, mention them. Start with what you know.
We review the house as-is. We give written cash offers in 24 hours. Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.
The title company reviews the ownership records, court papers that affect the property, and closing requirements. Share any divorce judgment or order about the house with your attorney and the title company so they can explain what it means before the sale proceeds.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate items. Review the settlement figures with the closing team.
You can sign separately; we can send a notary to each of you.
Sell from anywhere in the country — we can send a notary to you, and you don't have to attend settlement or even visit the property.
The Calcasieu Parish Clerk of Court is at 1000 Ryan Street in Lake Charles. Its Mortgage, Conveyance & Cancellation and Recording departments are local starting points for recorded deeds, mortgages, and other land documents. The 14th Judicial District Court serves Calcasieu Parish; use its current instructions for a court or case question. These offices provide records and court information, not a decision about who can sign for a particular house.
Use the Clerk's Mortgage, Conveyance & Cancellation department as a starting point for recorded land documents. The Clerk's main office is at 1000 Ryan Street, Lake Charles, LA 70601; main line 337-437-3550.
Clerk's Recording Department has additional information about recording documents.
The Court states that it has original jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters in Calcasieu Parish. Check its current court information for a case or order question; the court website does not determine the requirements for a particular property sale.
Article 2338 describes community property; Article 2340 sets a rebuttable presumption for community property; and Article 2341 describes separate property.
Article 2347 addresses selling community real estate; Article 2356 covers when the community-property regime ends; and Article 2369.1 applies co-ownership rules to former community property until partition. A Louisiana family-law attorney can explain how these rules and any court order apply to your house.
A written price is not the same as what remains after a mortgage payoff, taxes, liens, repairs, cleanout, and other costs. Use your own assumptions in the Lake Charles home-sale net proceeds calculator to compare possible sale paths.
Yes. You can call or use the form before every practical disagreement is resolved. Who can sign and what is needed to close depend on the ownership records and any court order that applies to the house.
It depends on whether the house is community or separate property and whether the community-property regime has ended. Louisiana generally requires both spouses to agree to sell community real estate while that regime is in place. After a divorce judgment ends the regime, former community property that has not been divided remains co-owned until partition. The title company reviews the property records and closing documents; a Louisiana family-law attorney can explain what a particular order means.
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
You can sign separately; we can send a notary to each of you. Sell from anywhere in the country — we can send a notary to you, and you don't have to attend settlement or even visit the property.
When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes, and share of current property taxes are separate items.
Call 888-274-5006 or use the form above with the address and what you know about the house, ownership, and timing.