How to Sell My House if Relocating in Houston

Relocation is a complicated exercise in coordination. We get local Houston home sellers contacting us every week saying “I’m relocating and need to sell my house in Houston“.  The great thing is that we’re able to help a good many of those sellers sell their house quickly (because we’re actively buying houses in Houston TX right now!).

There’s an insane amount of details to keep together, plus the stress of whatever is making you move in the first place – often it’s a new job or a sick relative, but the true need to move always comes with a dramatic change.

So how do you make the most out of a difficult situation?

Don’t agonize – organize.

You don’t want to be in a situation where you end up paying to own and maintain a vacant house for 2 years. That gets expensive and it doesn’t have to be that way.

Although the market is relatively stable right now in Houston, things can change in the blink of an eye. We’ve heard some serious horror stories over the past couple of decades. Unless you’re filthy rich, you probably can’t afford to wait it out.

So how do you make the right choices when you’re relocating and need to sell your Houston has fast?

Find out what your house is worth 

To do this you can contact a reputable real estate agent or connect with us and we can give you a no cost no obligation valuation on your property.  Once you know what the house may be able to sell for in the current market… that sets the basis for how long you may or may not be able / willing to sell the house.

Decide how fast you need to sell your house after you relocate

This is a biggie. I’ve seen professionals who moved out of state for a job who had their house on the market for over a year before selling it for a much lower price than they hoped. Decide how fast you need to sell your house… and how long you’re willing to keep making 2 mortgage payments, insurance payments, etc.

Find a solid real estate agent BEFORE you start packing boxes

Get the ball rolling early so you don’t waste any time. Every month that you wait or every month that it takes to sell the house… costs you money.  Or if you don’t want to use a real estate agent to sell… we are a reputable local house buyer and we’d love to make you a fast-fair all cash offer.

Calculate the value of selling your house fast vs. “waiting it out” for a dream price

We all want to sell our houses for as much as possible. But one thing many people forget to do is come up with the $ amount of how much it costs you to hold onto this house.  The costs involved include the mortgage (which if you’re still within the first 10 years of the mortgage, the majority of your payment interest and not hardly going to principal at all), insurance, taxes, maintenance, utilities, lawn care, cleaning fees etc.  This could be thousands of dollars a month, not to mention the added stress and anxiety!  And then having to do additional repairs again, additional cleaning again, and again.

But, what if you were to sell your house next week and avoid all of that?

Even if you sold for a discount below the retail price, you’re still ahead of the game by selling the house NOW at a discount to a home buyer like our company vs. 7 months later at full price (and paying holding costs and multiple cleaning fees and real estate agent fees).

Make sense?

Take action!

Whatever you decide… decide and take action.  If you want to go the real estate agent route, great! Find a reputable local Houston TX agent.  If you’d rather not have to wait and not have to pay real estate agent commissions… then a viable option may be to sell your house to us at Absolute Properties.

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