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Selling my home would give me and my family incredible relief - we don't like living there for a variety of reasons. But I don't have the money to buy a home un

Selling my home would give me and my family incredible relief - we don't like living there for a variety of reasons. But I don't have the money to buy a home until I can pull the money from this one, and I can't sell this one without finishing up some improvements, and I can't get those improvements done on a sane timescale, because everyone is busy (including me). I'm at about a point where I wonder "Would someone go for a house without any closet doors? How much would that potentially harm the selling price?" because I don't really want to deal with it anymore.

bostonpete 4y ago
Absolutely someone would buy a house with blemishes like that! Most house buyers look past that stuff, especially when the housing market is hot (which it still is). Get your house on the market without worrying about that stuff before the market cools off!
tmn 4y ago
I don't know where you live, but there are a lot of investor type buyers who buy with no on site visit or inspection. Or generally don't mind taking on the site improvement issues. You may also be able to get a deal in place where you sell and agree to rent for x months. Do you know that you need to make the improvements to sell? As in, have you actually tried to sell?
- tetraca 4y ago
  I haven't tried, but I always imagined that my house isn't very attractive to flippers or investors, because it's a condo. The HoA disallows its use as a rental in the covenant, and any serious improvements need to be done by a licensed contractor and permitted (my bathroom remodel took probably a year longer to get started because we had to submit plans with the city with an architect to do some retiling). Near every sale I've seen of things in the area were in a very "ready-to-move-in" state, so I've been trying to finish reaching that.
  - aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
    If you're living in it, it's ready to move in. Unsure what market you're in, you may be surprised at what state of things people are buying due to the high demand and "lack of supply".
    - tetraca 4y ago
      Well, I doubt you'd be looking back at this thread at this point, but you're probably right. There are at least a few little things I'd need to get in order, plus some cleaning, but maybe I can get this done sooner.
joshmlewis 4y ago
FWIW in this market anything goes and typically over asking even if there are issues.
swader999 4y ago
They'll likely gut your renos and paint over it all anyway because that's what people do.

bostonpete 4y ago

Absolutely someone would buy a house with blemishes like that! Most house buyers look past that stuff, especially when the housing market is hot (which it still is). Get your house on the market without worrying about that stuff before the market cools off!

tmn 4y ago

I don't know where you live, but there are a lot of investor type buyers who buy with no on site visit or inspection. Or generally don't mind taking on the site improvement issues. You may also be able to get a deal in place where you sell and agree to rent for x months. Do you know that you need to make the improvements to sell? As in, have you actually tried to sell?

tetraca 4y ago
I haven't tried, but I always imagined that my house isn't very attractive to flippers or investors, because it's a condo. The HoA disallows its use as a rental in the covenant, and any serious improvements need to be done by a licensed contractor and permitted (my bathroom remodel took probably a year longer to get started because we had to submit plans with the city with an architect to do some retiling). Near every sale I've seen of things in the area were in a very "ready-to-move-in" state, so I've been trying to finish reaching that.
- aaaaaaaaata 4y ago
  If you're living in it, it's ready to move in. Unsure what market you're in, you may be surprised at what state of things people are buying due to the high demand and "lack of supply".
  - tetraca 4y ago
    Well, I doubt you'd be looking back at this thread at this point, but you're probably right. There are at least a few little things I'd need to get in order, plus some cleaning, but maybe I can get this done sooner.

joshmlewis 4y ago

FWIW in this market anything goes and typically over asking even if there are issues.

swader999 4y ago

They'll likely gut your renos and paint over it all anyway because that's what people do.