Skip the 81-Day Wait - Sell Your Calabasas Home for Cash, As-Is

California closes real estate transactions through a neutral third-party escrow company, not an attorney. Once you accept our cash offer, we open escrow with a licensed title and escrow company. They hold all funds, coordinate payoff of your existing mortgage, collect required disclosures including your Transfer Disclosure Statement, and confirm title is clear before transferring ownership. You never hand us money directly - escrow holds everything until every condition is satisfied. Title transfers on the recording date, which is typically the same day you receive your net proceeds by wire or check. The whole process usually takes 7 to 21 days depending on your timeline.

Yes - we buy homes throughout Calabasas including The Oaks, Calabasas Park, Calabasas Highlands, Greater Mulwood, Calabasas Hills, and Malibu Canyon. Gated community and HOA properties are something we handle regularly. We coordinate directly with the HOA to request resale certificates, confirm any transfer fee requirements, and make sure the architectural review or approval process is addressed before closing. HOA transfer fees in communities like The Oaks typically run $200 to $800 and are factored into the closing process - there are no surprises for you at the table.

Your mortgage gets paid off at closing through escrow. The escrow company requests a payoff statement from your lender, confirms the exact amount owed including any prepayment penalties, and wires those funds directly to the lender on closing day. You receive the difference between the sale price and what you owe - your equity - net of any closing costs and the documentary transfer tax. You do not need to pay off your mortgage before accepting our offer or before closing.

It can, and timing is everything. California uses non-judicial foreclosure, meaning your lender can proceed from a recorded Notice of Default to a Trustee Sale in approximately 111 days minimum - with no court involvement required. Once the Trustee Sale date arrives and the auction completes, California law provides no right of redemption. You lose the property and any equity in it.

A cash sale can close in as few as 7 to 14 days if needed, which is typically well within the NOD-to-auction window. Accepting a cash offer, opening escrow quickly, and getting the lender paid off through escrow before the Trustee Sale date stops the foreclosure process entirely. If you have received an NOD, contact us immediately so we can confirm how much time you have and whether a cash sale is feasible given your specific timeline.

No. If the property is held in a revocable living trust, the successor trustee has legal authority to sell it directly - no court approval, no probate, no MLS listing required. We purchase trust properties directly from the trustee, which means no open houses, no Zillow exposure, and no public record of your sale process. For estates not held in a trust, California probate is required for gross estate values over $184,500, which virtually every Calabasas home will exceed. Probate can take 9 to 18 months, but we can still purchase a probate property once court confirmation is obtained - and because our offer is firm and our funding is not contingent on a loan, the court confirmation process is straightforward.

We start with the After Repair Value - what the home would sell for in fully updated condition based on recent comparable sales in Calabasas. From that, we subtract estimated renovation and holding costs, the cost of carrying the property through resale (typically 6 to 9 months in a market averaging 81 days on market), and a margin that allows us to take on the risk of the project. The result is our cash offer.

On a $1.6M home, even a modest 5% commission on a traditional listing is roughly $80,000 in agent fees alone - before staging, repairs, carrying costs, or LA County documentary transfer tax. Equity-rich sellers choose our process not because they cannot get more on the open market, but because the certainty, speed, and privacy are worth the difference. We explain every number in our offer - you will always know how we arrived at the figure.

We are not tax advisors and this is not tax advice - please consult a CPA or tax attorney for guidance specific to your situation. That said, here is what sellers typically ask about: California does not have a separate state capital gains tax rate - gains are taxed as ordinary income at the state level (up to 13.3%) in addition to federal capital gains tax. If you have owned and lived in the home as your primary residence for at least 2 of the last 5 years, the federal exclusion is $250,000 for single filers and $500,000 for married couples filing jointly.

California Proposition 19, passed in 2020, affects parent-to-child property transfers. If you are inheriting a Calabasas home, the property tax base may be reassessed to current market value unless the heir uses it as their primary residence. This can meaningfully affect the ongoing cost of keeping an inherited property versus selling it. A tax advisor can help you model the difference before you decide.

It means you do not make any repairs, updates, or improvements before closing. We buy the property in its current condition - whether that is a fully updated luxury home or one that needs a new roof, foundation work, or a complete remodel. You are still required to provide California's mandatory Transfer Disclosure Statement and Natural Hazard Disclosure, which disclose known material defects. What changes is that we waive inspection contingencies and do not ask you to fix anything based on what inspections find. For a detailed look at the benefits of selling your house for cash compared to a traditional listing, our blog breaks down the full picture. You can also visit our frequently asked questions page for more answers about our process.