Relocation & downsizing
We close on the date you choose — before you go, after you go, or the week your movers come — so you're not paying for a house in Raleigh and a place somewhere else at the same time.
The job is good. The move makes sense. And then you run the math on carrying a mortgage, taxes, insurance, and utilities in Raleigh while paying rent or a new mortgage somewhere else, and suddenly the whole thing feels expensive in a way nobody mentioned in the offer letter.
The worst version is the one where you've already gone. Now you're managing a listing from another time zone, coordinating a handyman you've never met, and driving back on a weekend to deal with something that should have taken ten minutes if you lived there.
If your house is in good condition, the Triangle market is moving, and you have three or four months of runway, listing with a good local agent will probably net you more than we will. That is the honest answer and we give it regularly.
We're the better choice when the date is fixed, the runway is short, or the house needs work — because then a listing isn't really the higher number, it's the higher number minus repairs, minus commission, minus however many months of carrying costs, minus the risk that a buyer's financing falls through two weeks before your movers arrive.
Get our number, then get a listing opinion from an agent. Compare net proceeds and dates, not headline prices.
| Listing with an agent | Selling to us | |
|---|---|---|
| Closing date | Depends on the buyer | You pick it |
| Financing risk | Buyer's lender can fall through | None |
| Repairs & inspection items | Usually negotiated | Priced up front |
| Showings while you pack | Yes | No |
| Selling after you've left | Managed remotely, by you | Handled, remote closing |
| Likely price | Higher with time and prep | Lower, with certainty |
Yes. A North Carolina closing attorney handles it and remote signing is standard. Plenty of our sellers are in another state by closing day.
Often yes — ask, and we'll build it into the agreement. It's easier to arrange up front than to negotiate later.
Tell us and we'll move with it where we can. Dates shift; that's normal.
Take what you're taking. Anything you'd otherwise pay a mover to haul, leave it.
Compare it against our number and against a listing opinion. Buyouts are sometimes strong. We'd rather you take the best of the three than the one that called you first.
Other situations
No obligation. If listing would net you more, we'll tell you that instead.