Sell Your House Fast in Detroit, Michigan. Any Condition, Any Situation, No Repairs.

Yes - but timing is everything. Wayne County conducts its annual tax foreclosure auction each fall, and once a property enters the auction it can be sold to a third party and the owner loses all rights to it. If you sell to a cash buyer before the auction date, the proceeds cover the delinquent taxes at closing and the property never enters the auction. We have purchased homes from Detroit sellers who were two, four, even six years behind on taxes - as long as the deed is clear enough to transfer title, a cash sale before auction is a real exit. Call us at (833) 330-1625 and tell us where you stand in the Wayne County foreclosure timeline. We will tell you honestly whether a sale is possible before your deadline.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) holds title to tens of thousands of Detroit properties that passed through tax foreclosure or were otherwise acquired by the city. Problems arise when a property's chain of title touches DLBA history - for example, a prior owner repurchased a DLBA property without a complete title clearance, or a deed was recorded improperly during a bulk transfer. These gaps do not necessarily kill a sale, but they do require a title company with experience in Detroit's specific chain-of-title issues to identify and resolve them before closing.

We close all Detroit purchases through a licensed Michigan title company. If the title search uncovers a DLBA-related issue, our team works with the title company to resolve or insure around it before you sign anything. You are not left figuring it out on your own.

Blight tickets and code violations are common in Detroit's housing stock and they do not have to block a sale. Outstanding blight fines can attach to the property as liens, which means they show up in the title search and must be addressed before the deed transfers. In most cases, we factor those into the offer and handle them at closing - you do not need to pay them out of pocket before we buy. The same applies to water and utility bill liens, which also attach to the property under Detroit's billing structure. What you need to do is be upfront about what you know exists. Michigan's Seller Disclosure Statement (MCL 565.951) requires you to honestly disclose known material defects and encumbrances even in an as-is cash sale - you are not waiving that obligation, only the obligation to fix things.

Michigan uses foreclosure by advertisement, which is a non-judicial process. That means your lender does not have to sue you in court - they follow a statutory schedule set by MCL 600.3208, which requires them to publish a sheriff's sale notice once a week for four consecutive weeks and post it on the property at least 15 days before the sale date. Once the sheriff's sale happens, you enter a 6-month redemption period under MCL 600.3240 during which you can pay off the full amount owed and reclaim the property.

The critical thing to understand: if you sell your home to a cash buyer before the sheriff's sale, you avoid the redemption period entirely. There is nothing to redeem because the sale closes the debt and transfers ownership cleanly. Waiting until after the sheriff's sale dramatically narrows your options. If you have received a notice of default or a sale date, contact us immediately - the earlier in the process you act, the more choices you have.

We buy in all Detroit neighborhoods. That includes Grandmont-Rosedale, Indian Village, Corktown, Boston-Edison Historic District, West Village, Midtown, Downtown Detroit, Greektown, Brush Park, New Center, and everywhere in between. Neighborhood location does affect the offer because after-repair value varies significantly across Detroit - a property in Indian Village or Boston-Edison Historic District with intact historic features carries a different value ceiling than a comparable square-footage home in a higher-distress area. We explain our calculation to you before you decide anything. No surprises.

We start with the after-repair value (ARV) - what comparable, updated homes in your specific Detroit neighborhood are actually selling for right now, not list prices from six months ago. From that we subtract estimated renovation costs, our cost to carry the property, and a margin that lets us operate as a business. What is left is your offer.

Detroit's median home price sits at $104,000 (Redfin, March 2026), but that number masks wide variation by neighborhood and condition. A structurally sound home in Corktown or West Village may generate a meaningfully higher offer than a similar-sized home with deferred maintenance in a slower-moving part of the city. We walk you through the numbers on your specific property so you understand exactly what is driving the figure we give you.

Yes. Michigan's Seller Disclosure Act (MCL 565.951 et seq.) requires you to provide a written Seller's Disclosure Statement covering known defects - roof condition, basement water, plumbing, electrical, structural issues, and environmental concerns - even in a cash, as-is sale. Selling as-is means you are not obligated to fix anything. It does not mean you can withhold known material defects. Be honest on the disclosure form and let the buyer price in the condition. That is the clean, legally defensible way to sell.

National iBuyers use automated valuation models that work reasonably well in standardized suburban markets. Detroit's housing stock - ranging from 1910s brick bungalows in Grandmont-Rosedale to historic mansions in Boston-Edison to post-foreclosure vacant lots adjacent to active blocks - does not fit those models cleanly. Many iBuyers either decline Detroit properties outright or apply steep automated discounts because their systems cannot accurately value them.

We look at each Detroit property directly. We know the Wayne County tax situation, the DLBA history, the neighborhood-level comps, and the title dynamics that come with Detroit real estate. Every purchase closes through a licensed Michigan title company, which protects you from deed fraud and confirms the transfer is legally clean. If you want to verify who you are dealing with, ask us for the title company's information before you sign anything - we will give it to you without hesitation.

We can close in as few as 7 days once the title search clears, though most Detroit sales close in 14 to 21 days because title work in Wayne County often surfaces issues that take a few extra days to resolve properly. Michigan closings are handled by a licensed title company - not an attorney and not us directly. The title company issues title insurance, records the deed with Wayne County, and disburses your funds. You choose the closing date that works for your situation. For more detail on what the Michigan process looks like from offer to keys, see our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Yes. Michigan charges a state real estate transfer tax of $3.75 per $500 of value under MCL 207.521, and Wayne County adds $0.55 per $500 under MCL 207.501. By custom in Michigan, the seller pays both at deed recording. On a $104,000 sale that comes to roughly $884 in transfer taxes. With a cash sale you still owe these, but you are not also paying a 5-6% agent commission, buyer repair requests, or months of carrying costs - so the net comparison still typically favors a cash sale on a Detroit property that would otherwise require significant work or sit for 63-plus days on the market.