When I decided to sell my house I realized that the roof was older than it should be.
Suddenly there were issues with insurance and I had to buy a current roof for the home I was waiting for.
That seemed dumb to me. I am leaving the house, never to return. However, I need to buy a current roof or nobody would take it. I wasn’t keen on that idea at all. My current home had a bunch of repairs I needed to do. Wouldn’t you know it? The roof was a project I was anticipating on the current house. I wasn’t going to buy two roofs. The real estate agent I was toiling with was so firm about it that I ended up severing contact. I didn’t want to pay real estate agent fees or closing costs anyway. I started looking around and finding people that say they buy homes for cash. The cash house customer market was way better. These people were more upfront with what they are going to give you. A major aspect to the Portland cash house buyers is that they don’t require any repairs or add ons. I didn’t need to do anything to the roof. The guy was willing to add a current roof and deal with insurance. I was so relieved to have that headache taken care of. I am sure I could have gotten more cash at the end of the afternoon if I paid for a cheap roof, got insurance, and then listed it. My time is worth a lot to me though. I also can’t put a price on my sanity. I didn’t want to mess around with it.