General

 

It’s easy! Just complete our simple online offer request form (takes just minutes) and we’ll send you an offer and other selling options that may work for you.

Yes. Our offers usually expire four (4) days from the date of the offer. You’ll receive an email, though, when it does with an option to request an updated offer. Just click on the “Renew” button and we’ll freshen it up for you right away. Please note as home prices frequently change based upon market activity, competition and other factors, our renewed offer may be the same, higher, or lower than the original one. (For those same reasons, in very rare instances, we may not be able to renew an offer.)

We buy:

  • Single-family residential homes
  • Condos
  • Townhomes
  • Homes in gated communities
  • Homes in age-restricted communities (our maximum purchase price is typically $350,000)

Yes! You don’t need an agent to sell your home to us but if you’re already working with one, or your home is currently listed on the market, we’ll work directly with your agent to buy it. Just have them submit a request for a cash offer on your behalf, or include your agent’s contact information when you request an offer, and we’ll take it from there.

Yes. We get that few homeowners can pay for two homes at once, so we can help you time the purchase of a new one with the sale of your existing home to St. Lucie Home Buyers with back-to-back transactions. (Feel the stress starting to melt away already?) Just talk with one of our Solutions Advisors for more info.

Absolutely! Home improvements and renovations are an important consideration when putting together our cash offers, so let us know what you’ve done. Photos definitely help. You can easily upload pics of any updates you’ve made with your offer request. (You can also email photos to [email protected], along with your home’s address, or text them directly to your St. Lucie Home Buyers representative.)

Most definitely! The more, the better. Our offers aren’t automatically computer-generated or based solely on an algorithm, so photos really help us get a ‘bigger picture’ of your home’s look and feel, special features and overall condition. You don’t have to be a pro photog or even pick the toys up off the floor.

Just snap a few interior and exterior pics and follow the directions to upload them right in the offer request form. Or email them to us at [email protected] if that’s easier. (Just don’t forget to include your home’s address!) Easier yet, you can schedule a virtual video walkthrough of your home with us instead. We can’t wait to see it!

No problem. Just email our Customer Success Team and let us know so we can move forward with an offer without photos. (Remember, though, your tenants will have to move out by the time you close, or we can’t buy your home.)

That’s up to you. 😊 When you sell your home to us, you have the freedom to pick your own closing date – up to 60 days after accepting our offer. (If you need a closing date beyond 60 days, we may be able to work with you on a case-by-case basis.)

We get it ready to put on the open market so a new buyer has the chance to find their forever home! We take on the work, costs, risks and hassles you just saved yourself from associated with selling it. Like all the paperwork, open houses, negotiating with agents and buyers, appraisals, buyer concessions, worrying about buyer financing falling through and paying holding costs, taxes, agent commissions, utilities, association dues and other costs until it’s sold.

Depending upon the home’s condition, we typically make some updates, too, such as upgrading appliances, countertops and new paint, flooring and lighting. See how selling to St. Lucie Home Buyers instead is so much easier? 😉

Yes. The security of your information throughout the entire process is part of our promise of ensuring you have the best home selling and buying experience possible with St. Lucie Home Buyers.

Pricing

Based on the information and photos you provide in your offer request, our team of real human real estate experts put their specialized local knowledge of your market to work. We combine that with our proprietary and other industry-leading evaluation and predictive market analysis technologies to carefully evaluate your home to give you a competitive, data-driven offer.

While we’re very confident our offer price is competitive and fair, if you feel we’ve missed something about your home that would affect it, let us know! Feel free to contact your St. Lucie Home Buyer Solutions Advisor and we’ll be happy to re-evaluate your home and our offer.

Accepting our offer

That’s easy. If our offer works for you, we send you a purchase agreement to sign electronically.

We  can also come to your house and sign the paperwork physically if that works better for you.

No problem. You can pick your own closing date up to 60 days from when you accept our offer; just choose a date closest to when you think you’ll be ready to close. Once you decide for sure, let us know and we’ll send you an addendum to adjust the final closing date.

Home Inspection

We perform a free, on-site inspection of your home within 15 days after you sign our purchase agreement to verify the specifications (lot size, square footage, etc.) and condition of your home, and to identify any repairs that may need to be addressed before closing.

Either a St. Lucie Home Buyers team member or licensed property inspector (or both) will be there to inspect your home. We also partner with licensed contractors, if needed, for additional expertise, and work with you to coordinate scheduling all property inspections.

We’ll need access to your entire home during our inspection. We’ll give you a guide when we schedule the inspection with an overview of the most common items we look at to help you prepare.

If our inspection reveals needed repairs, you have the following options:

  • Provide us with a credit for the repairs. This means no money out of pocket for you. Just sign an addendum to your sales contract for the credit, and we’ll have all the repairs done for you and adjust our sales price accordingly. (Tip: This is our most popular, no-hassle option if repairs are needed.)
  • Make the repairs before closing. We provide you with a list of the required repairs and you hire a licensed contractor to complete them to current building codes before closing. We’ll also require proof of the work being done, your contractor’s name and license number, before and after pictures, and receipts. We’ll then do a visual inspection and approval of the repairs during the final walk-through.
  • Decline to make any requested repairs or issue a credit. If you don’t want to make any repairs or give us a credit to make them, as the buyer, St. Lucie Home Buyers can cancel our contract or decide if we still want to purchase your home. If we cancel the contract, there is no penalty to either you or us. (Keep in mind, though, these repairs will most likely have to be addressed regardless if you sell to us or you decide to list your home. A traditional buyer will typically want these same issues fixed or credited before they agree to purchase your home.)

In some circumstances, the repairs needed may be significant and require substantial funds to complete or special expertise to manage. In these cases, we will offer the option of a credit only.

We typically perform our final walk-through of the home after you’ve moved out. We do a walk-through to confirm that the home’s condition hasn’t changed since we went under contract.

For closing to occur as scheduled, the property must transfer to St . Lucie Home Buyers in the same condition as it was when we entered into our contract, including landscaping and pool maintenance. If repairs were needed to close and you had a licensed contractor make them, our representative will confirm that they were made during our final walk-through.

Closing

That’s up to you. 😊 When you sell your home to us, you have the freedom to pick your own closing date – up to 60 days after accepting our offer. (If you need a closing date beyond 60 days, we may be able to work with you on a case-by-case basis.)

Yes. We can adjust your closing date at any point throughout the selling process, as long as it is still within the 60 days after you’ve signed the sales contract. (If you need a closing date beyond 60 days, we may be able to work with you on a case-by-case basis, such as if you need a specific date to work with the purchase of a new home.) If you need to change it, let your Success Manager know and we’ll send you an addendum to our sales contract.