Compare Your Selling Options
There are differences between selling your home the traditional way through a realtor and selling to professional home buyers like We Make Cash Offers. Without exploring all your options, you could be making big mistakes.
This table breaks down the options — let's take a look.
Selling w/ An Agent | SOLD To We Make Cash Offers | |
|---|---|---|
| Commissions / Fees | 6% on average is paid by you, the seller | NONE |
| Who Pays Closing Costs? | 2% on average is paid by you, the seller | NONE – We pay all costs |
| Inspection & Financing Contingency* | Yes, up to 15% of sales fall through | NONE |
| Appraisal Needed | Yes, sale is often subject to appraisal | NONE – We make cash offers |
| Average Days Until Sold | +/- 91 Days | IMMEDIATE CASH OFFER |
| Number of Showings | It Depends | 1 (Just Us) |
| Closing Date | 30-60 +/- days after accepting buyer's offer | The Date Of YOUR CHOICE |
| Who Pays For Repairs? | Negotiated During Inspection Period | NONE – We pay for all repairs |
Commissions / Fees
Agent
6% on average is paid by you, the seller
We Make Cash Offers
NONE
Who Pays Closing Costs?
Agent
2% on average is paid by you, the seller
We Make Cash Offers
NONE – We pay all costs
Inspection & Financing Contingency*
Agent
Yes, up to 15% of sales fall through
We Make Cash Offers
NONE
Appraisal Needed
Agent
Yes, sale is often subject to appraisal
We Make Cash Offers
NONE – We make cash offers
Average Days Until Sold
Agent
+/- 91 Days
We Make Cash Offers
IMMEDIATE CASH OFFER
Number of Showings
Agent
It Depends
We Make Cash Offers
1 (Just Us)
Closing Date
Agent
30-60 +/- days after accepting buyer's offer
We Make Cash Offers
The Date Of YOUR CHOICE
Who Pays For Repairs?
Agent
Negotiated During Inspection Period
We Make Cash Offers
NONE – We pay for all repairs
Who Really Benefits?
Listing with an agent stacks the deck against you — commissions, repairs, showings, and a deal that can collapse at the last minute. Selling to us puts you back in control.
Listing with a Realtor
Months on the market
An average of 91 days waiting for the right buyer to walk through.
Out-of-pocket repairs
Inspection items, prep work, and staging — all on your dime before a sale even closes.
Endless showings
Strangers in your home at all hours, often with lowball offers and tough feedback.
Deals that fall through
Roughly 15% of accepted offers collapse when financing or inspections go sideways.
Selling to We Make Cash Offers
Zero fees, zero surprises
No commissions, no closing costs, no nickel-and-diming. The number we offer is the number you keep.
Sold on day one
One walk-through, one offer, one decision — your house is essentially sold the moment you say yes.
Skip the repairs
We buy as-is. Old roof, dated kitchen, deferred maintenance — none of it matters to us.
We close, period
All-cash offers with no inspection or financing contingencies. Over 500 deals closed, zero broken.
A real example
Say an inspector flags your breaker box and tells the buyer it needs to be upgraded from 60 to 120 amp. That's an easy $2,500+ out of your pocket — money you'll never see again, just to keep the deal alive. And even after you fix it, you still have to wait for the buyer's lender to approve financing. About 15% of those deals fall apart at the last minute. With us, none of that exists.
Selling to We Make Cash Offers
With us, there are no inspection contingencies, no financing contingencies, and no last-minute surprises. We do our walk-through at the first meeting, hand you a real all-cash number, and that's the offer. We won't pay full retail — that's the trade-off for speed and certainty — but when we say we're going to close, we close. Over 500 deals in, we've never broken one. That's 500+ homeowners who got paid exactly when we said they would.
Take the Larsons. They inherited a house they had no plans to keep and, like most people in that spot, no time to fix it up and put it on the market. The first time they walked through the property, the condition was rough — the kind of rough that means tens of thousands in repairs before any agent would even consider listing it. For a minute, they seriously thought about walking away and letting the city take it.
Instead, they started weighing their options. Listing with a realtor was off the table — they didn't want to bleed money on commissions, closing costs, and contractors just to get the house presentable. So they went looking for a professional home buyer who would take it as-is. That's when they reached out to We Make Cash Offers.
"We had real concerns about selling to an investor, but the team walked us through everything — exactly how they came up with the cash number, how a 7–10 day closing actually works, all of it. There was zero pressure. They worked around our schedule and made the whole thing genuinely easy."
— The Larson Family
See How This Can Work for You
Get a fair, all-cash offer on your house today — no obligations, no fees.
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Phone
612-808-6767Address
4820 Minnetonka Blvd, Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Response Time
Within 24 hours
No Obligation
Free quote, zero pressure
Why Choose We Make Cash Offers?
- ✓Fair, transparent cash offers
- ✓No hidden fees or commissions
- ✓Close in as little as 7 days
- ✓We buy homes in any condition
- ✓Professional, stress-free process