We base our offer on the address, the shape the house is in and recent sales of similar Stockton homes. We explain how we got the number and put the price in writing. You can set it beside a listing or any other offer before you decide, and asking costs you nothing.

We buy Stockton houses in any condition: bad roofs, old plumbing, water damage, unfinished projects, inherited houses, rentals with tenants and houses with a mortgage. You fix nothing and clean out nothing first. Send us the address and tell us what the house needs.

We close in as little as a week, and you choose the date. The visit, the written offer and the closing office make up the steps. If you need more time, we set a later date together and put it in writing with the offer.

We make offers on Stockton houses with major repairs, water damage, work done without permits, tenants, a mortgage or a notice from the lender. Tell us the address and your situation. On the first call we tell you whether we can make an offer and what we need next.

Yes. We buy Stockton rentals with the tenants still living there, so nobody has to move out first. Tell us who lives there, what rent they pay and what the lease says. We plan every visit around the tenants and state in the offer whether they stay.

No. You can ask for an offer with furniture, boxes and old belongings still inside. Tell us what you plan to keep and what you want to leave behind. Set aside personal papers, family photos and valuables first. Whatever stays goes into the written agreement, so nobody is surprised by a cleanout at closing.

You can sell while a mortgage is still in place. Tell us who services the loan and what you think you owe. Your lender's payoff figure decides how much of the sale price goes to the loan, so send a recent statement when you have one.

If you got a notice with a deadline, tell us the date right away and keep the paper. A request for an offer does not move a lender's deadline, so we plan the timing around it. Back payments and other debts against the house change what you walk away with, so list the ones you know about.

We tell you which figures are final and which still need checking. That way you know what the sale leaves you before you make your next plan.

We buy rental houses with tenants still living in them. Tell us who lives there, what rent they pay and whether there is a lease. We respect tenant rights and never rush an eviction.

Keep the lease and any repair notes handy. Describe the situation to us first, and do not send private tenant records through a website form. Our offer states exactly what we are buying, including whether the tenants stay.

Entry takes planning around the people who live there. Tell us which times work for them and who arranges access. We schedule each visit with you, so rent, keys and repairs you still owe before closing stay clear for everyone.

You do not need to be in town for us to start. Give us the address, tell us whether anyone lives there and say who holds a key. We take the next step from that call.

Tell us whether the water, power and gas are on. A house with the utilities off still gets an offer, but we need to know before the visit so we can plan it. If a neighbor, a relative or a manager can let us in, give us their name and a good time.

If nobody can open the door, say so. We work out access with you instead of asking you to drive in and solve it yourself.

A contractor's bid shows what a repair costs, so we read any bid you hold. You do not need to order a new inspection or collect more bids to ask for an offer.

We look at what the bid covers: labor, materials and cleanup, or only one of them. An old bid can describe a different job from the work still left, so we treat it as facts about the house and not as proof that the price still stands.

No bid yet? Describe the problem in your own words. When did you notice it, which room does it touch and do you know the cause? Those answers let us plan the visit without turning the first call into a construction review.

A half-finished project does not stop us from making an offer. Tell us what is done, what is open and why the work stopped. A kitchen with new cabinets and no counters is a different house from one where nothing was started.

List the materials still on site, such as flooring, cabinets, fixtures or paint, and say whether you want them to stay or go. Tell us about any unpaid contractor invoice, and about any contractor who still holds a key.

We check the City of Stockton's permit records for your address ourselves. We use the City of Stockton's issued-permits dataset to find permit numbers for your address, then ask the city about them. We treat each entry as a lead, because the city warns that its data may change. If you remember a permit number, tell us. We look at the house as it stands, finished parts and open parts, and price what is left to do.

You have three realistic ways to sell a house that needs work. Put the money you keep and the time you spend next to each one, using the same address.

Fix it up, then list it

You pay the contractors first and wait for the work to finish. After that you list, show the house and wait for a buyer and a closing. Count the repair bills, the monthly bills for the house while it sits, and the weeks.

List it as it is

You skip the repairs but still list, show the house and negotiate with buyers who ask for repairs or credits. An agent's commission usually comes out of the sale price, so add that to your list.

Take our cash offer

You get one written offer with a price, a closing date and no repairs to make. You decide whether it beats the other two, and you can put the three side by side before you answer.

We write the offer to match the house and the timing we talked about. Read the price, the repairs, the items that stay and the closing date together. Ask us to add anything missing before you plan around it.

Price and repair scope

The agreement names the price and says which repairs, if any, you agreed to finish. We buy with work unfinished, so check that the scope matches what we said before you sign anything.

The closing date

You choose the closing date, and we write it into the agreement next to the day you hand over the keys. Tell us your fixed dates, such as a lease start or a new job, and we set the closing around them.

Extra days after closing

If you need a few more days in the house after closing, tell us before you accept the offer. We write the last day into the agreement, so you plan your move around a date on paper.

What stays in the house

We list the furniture, appliances and tools you leave behind in the agreement, along with anything you take. That way the house is in the shape we both expect on the last day.

Plan the small jobs before closing day. Call the power, water and gas companies and set a stop date that matches the closing date we agree on. Ask the post office to forward your mail, and photograph each meter on the day you leave.

Gather every key you have: front door, back door, side gate, shed, mailbox and garage remotes. Tell us about any key held by a relative, a neighbor or a former tenant. We sort out a missing key before handoff, not after.

Last, walk each room once and check that only the items we agreed to leave remain. Closing day goes smoothly when this list is done early.

You do not need every document to ask for an offer, but a few papers speed things up. Start with your latest mortgage statement, your tax bill and any letter from a homeowners association. If you have the deed, set it with the others. We pull recorded title documents from the San Joaquin County Recorder and keep them apart from the city's permit records.

Papers about the house itself help too: permit numbers, warranty cards and receipts for past repairs. They show us which work is finished and which is still open. Utility bills tell us whether the house has been lived in lately.

Missing papers never stop you from calling us.

Everyone whose name is on the deed has to agree to the sale and sign. If you share the house with a spouse, a sibling or other family, bring them into the first call.

Tell us who lives there, who pays the bills and who speaks for the group. We keep the price talk and the signing questions clear for everyone involved, so nobody learns a term second-hand.

If an owner lives far away, tell us where. We plan the signing around the schedules you give us.

Call with the address, the main repair problems and the timing you want. Polished photos and a renovation plan are not needed. Tell us what has made the house hard to sell or hard to keep.

We tell you what we need next. If someone else should join the call, bring them in.

Selling in another city? See sell my house fast Tracy, sell my house fast Manteca, sell my house fast Lodi or sell my house fast Ripon. To sell your house fast in San Joaquin County, use the form here or call (323) 622-6021. We look at your house on its own facts and give you a written offer.