Better Off Home Buyers

FLACKBACK!
The most gratifying part of what I do is getting to help people like Dianne and her husband. Dianne held a rental property that had served her and her husband well for many years. But they couldn't take any more depreciation, and she needed to devote more time to caring for her husband. At this time, in 2020, COVID was in full swing and her tenant had stopped paying. The property which had once provided for her had now become an economic burden, and was robbing her of time which she needed to devote to her husband. We stepped in and made Dianne an offer which allowed her to keep most of her equity in the home, but sell it quickly, and with no repairs or inspections (the house had a lot of deferred maintenance). She accepted, and we went under contract.

I then went and introduced myself to the tenant, Nick, to find out why he wasn't paying. Nick was a longtime St Johns resident and recognizable figure in the community. It turned out that the reason he wasn't paying was his automative repair company had taken a big hit in revenue with the lockdowns, and he was simply scared - scared that he wouldn't be able to make the full rent payments, scared that he was going to be evicted, scared that he wouldn't be able to find a new placed and move all of his automotive equipment in full pandemic. His reasons made a lot of sense. So what we did was negotiate a step-up system of rents to allow Nick some time to pay back what he was passed due, plus slowly raise his rents to make it feasible for him to stay in a place he loved during a time in which his business revenue was lowered.

With everything in place, we closed on the property and truly had a win-win-win deals . Dianne and her husband, Nick the tenant, and us.

Dianne Sold Her House for Cash! Diana and her husband are retired. They decided to sell their rental property in Portland. After visiting the property we made a cash offer, shortly after we...

FLASHBACK!
It's so fun revisiting the deals we did in the past and the sellers we had the privilege of helping! In this case, Michael and his husband had lived in their house in NE Portland for 17 years. It was a manufactured house with a large pole barn on the property, and it was in a major state of disrepair. They were tired of living in a house that was falling apart, and started looking for something that was in better condition, and closer to where they worked. They very quickly found a house in Vancouver that perfectly fit their needs, they put in an offer, and their offer was accepted.

The problem was, they couldn't afford to make two mortgage payments at the same time for more than 1-2 months, but in the shape that their current house in Portland was in, it was going to take them at least 6 months to renovate it to a condition to where they could sell it.

So they contact us, and we agreed on a price that worked for them. We even sweetened the deal for them by paying for a moving truck and movers to help them move EVERYTHING from their Portland house to the Vancouver house, since they needed to get it done over the weekend before going back to work.

They were so amazed at how quickly the process happened, that before they knew it, they were living in their forever home :)

Michael Sold His Property in Portland Fast! Instead of putting more money into his manufactured home in Portland, Michael decided to sell his property fast to an investor. After initial content, it onl...

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First off, Dorothy was a tough cookie! She had a fire-damaged house in Hillsdale, Southwest Portland, so badly burned that it was completely uninhabitable—a teardown, essentially. We approached Dorothy to see if we could buy it, but she was initially skeptical about working with an investor. After several conversations, we gradually earned her trust. She eventually opened up about her reasons for selling the house and began to trust that we could handle it for her.

In the end, we bought her house exactly as it was. Dorothy was thrilled not to have to market and sell a burned house in the traditional way. We listened to her goals, offered the price she wanted, and closed on her timeline. Now, she's in a much better place without the burden or liability of owning a burned, vacant home—and, of course, with a substantial amount of money in her bank account for her retirement!

Dorothy Sold Her Fire-Damaged House in Portland, OR Dorothy decided to sell her fire-damaged house in Portland to an Better Off Home Buyers. It was a fast and easy transaction! Contact us today for a cash offe...