Sell My House Fast in Minneapolis: Older Homes After a Loss or a Move to Care
Minneapolis has the oldest housing stock in the state, and a lot of it changes hands after a loss or a move to care. We buy bungalows, foursquares, and duplexes as they stand, with the required TISH evaluation arranged and paid for by us.
- Range within 24 hours
- Written offer, math shown
- Licensed MN agent on our team
Get Your Written Cash Offer
Send the address. A preliminary range comes within 24 hours, and one person stays with you through closing.
Thanks - we got your request.
Our client services lead will call you the same business day. You'll get a preliminary range within 24 hours.
Confidential - One point of contact from day one
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Licensed MN Agent on the Team
We can compare a cash offer to a listing net honestly.
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Leave What You Don't Want
Take what you value. We donate usable items and haul the rest.
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Minnesota Title & Probate Know-How
Letters, TODD, TISH, and abstract vs. Torrens - with your attorney and title company.
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Remote Closings
Out-of-state sellers sign through the title company without traveling.
Selling an Older Minneapolis House? The Hard Parts We Take On
Heavy estate volume in older homes; TISH evaluation required; old-house systems (knob-and-tube, galvanized plumbing, clay sewer lines).
A TISH report full of repair orders on an old family bungalow
The estate needs to sell, but the TISH evaluator lists wiring, plumbing, and sewer items that nobody in the family has time or money to fix.
Why it happens here: Minneapolis requires the TISH evaluation before most sales, and early-1900s houses often still carry knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized pipes, and clay sewer lines.
What we do: We order and pay for the evaluation, buy the house as-is through an inherited-house sale, and take on the listed repair items ourselves.
Sell an Inherited House
For heirs and personal representatives, often out of state, who need to sell an estate home without months of trips, repairs, and cleanout.
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Sell As-Is
For owners who won't fund repairs, cleaning, staging, or showings.
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Rental Property
For landlords selling tenant-occupied homes and duplexes, including those with lapsed licenses or open code orders.
Learn moreEstate, Rental, and As-Is Sales We Handle
Transfer on Death Deed Homes
For beneficiaries of a recorded Transfer on Death Deed who want to sell the home.
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Selling a Parent's House for Care
For adult children moving a parent into assisted living, memory care, or a nursing home who need the house handled.
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Senior Downsizing
For seniors ready for a smaller home who want no showings, no repairs, and a date they choose.
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Selling a House During Divorce
For divorcing couples who want a clean, neutral split of the house.
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Behind on Payments
For owners behind on payments who still have equity and want to sell before the sale date.
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House Full of Belongings
For families who can't empty a house of decades of belongings, including hoarding situations.
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Winter and Water Damage
For owners of homes with ice dam, frozen pipe, snowmelt, or wet basement damage.
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Foundation Problems
For owners of homes with bowing, cracked, or leaking foundations.
Learn moreFrom First Call to Closing in Six Steps
Six steps from your first call to a title-company closing. The same person stays with you the whole way.
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Send the address or call
Submit the address online or call (612) 229-7926. The web form is open 24/7, and we call back the same business day.
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A few questions, then a range
Our client services lead asks who owns the home, whether probate is open, and what your timeline looks like. A preliminary price range follows within 24 hours.
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Walkthrough, in person or by video
We walk the house with you or a family member. Out-of-state heirs can do it by video call, or we can meet a local key holder.
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Written offer with the math shown
Within 24-48 hours of the walkthrough you get a firm written offer that shows each line: value after repairs, repair costs, holding costs, resale costs, and our profit.
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You pick the closing date
Choose a date that fits the move, the care facility, or the family. For probate, we set the date with the estate's attorney and follow the court's timeline.
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Close through a title company
Sign in person or remotely through the title company. Your mortgage, liens, and unpaid taxes are paid from the proceeds, and we pay the seller's standard closing costs.
Want the Numbers Before You Decide?
The written offer costs nothing, and you can say no. If you say yes, we pay the seller's standard closing costs and any required city or septic inspection, and you pick the closing date.
Cash Offer vs. Listing in Minneapolis
A cash offer is lower than a top retail price. For a vacant, dated house, the net gap often shrinks once repairs, carrying costs, commission, and months of effort are counted. Sometimes it does not, and our licensed agent will tell you so.
| What you're weighing | Cash sale to Minnesold | Typical listing |
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| Commission | None on a sale to us | Negotiable and varies; usually paid by the seller |
| Repairs and cleaning | None. Sold as-is | Often weeks of repairs, painting, and cleaning |
| TISH or septic inspection | We arrange and pay for any required one | Seller arranges; repair orders may follow |
| Belongings left behind | Leave what you want; we handle the cleanout | House is usually emptied before closing |
| Showings | None | Open houses and showings while listed |
| Carrying costs | Stop at the closing date you pick | Continue until a buyer closes |
| Closing date | You choose; remote signing available | Set around the buyer's financing |
| Top possible price | Lower than retail, with the math shown | Higher potential sale price |
Selling From Near or Far
We're based in the Twin Cities and buy homes statewide. For a house here, we can walk through in person or by video, whichever works for the family. Heirs who live out of state can do the whole sale remotely: a video walkthrough, one point of contact, and signing through the title company.
You'll get a preliminary price range within 24 hours of the first call and a firm written offer within 24-48 hours of the walkthrough. When title is clear, we can often close in about two weeks, and you choose the date. We also buy in nearby St. Paul, Richfield, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley.
Why Families in Longfellow and Nokomis Call Us
- We know the Hennepin County probate process and work alongside your attorney
- Preliminary range within 24 hours; written offer with the math shown
- We pay the state deed tax plus the Hennepin environmental surcharge
- We arrange and pay for the required Minneapolis TISH evaluation
- No repairs, cleaning, or showings; bought as-is
- Our team includes a licensed Minnesota real estate agent
Bungalows, Duplexes, and TISH: What We Know Here
Local housing: Oldest housing stock in the state: early-1900s bungalows, foursquares, and duplexes.
Early-1900s houses often still have knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized plumbing, and root-damaged clay sewer lines. Lenders and financed buyers can balk at those. We price them into the offer instead of asking the family to fix them first.
Some homes here are rentals, including up-down and side-by-side duplexes. We buy with tenants in place, and existing leases carry over with the sale. Many Minnesota cities require rental licenses, so we check the city's rules for the address. A lapsed license or open code order doesn't rule out a sale. See what happens to the lease when you sell.
Estate sales are a big share of what we see here. Often the house has sat empty for a while, with utilities, insurance, and taxes still due. Keep the heat on in winter and ask the estate's attorney about next steps. Our checklist for the first steps after inheriting a house covers the first 30 days.
TISH in Minneapolis: We Handle It
Minneapolis requires a Truth-in-Sale of Housing (TISH) evaluation before most home sales. When we buy, we arrange and pay for the evaluation, and any repair items it lists become our job, not yours. Our city-by-city TISH guide explains what the report covers.
Probate and Title in Hennepin County
Probate for a home here runs through Hennepin County District Court, at the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. In general, a personal representative needs letters from the court before selling, and informal probate is usually faster than formal probate. Your probate attorney confirms what applies, and the closing follows the court and attorney timeline.
Title: Torrens property is common in Hennepin County. A Torrens problem can take a court proceeding to fix, which can add months to an estate timeline. The county also adds an environmental surcharge to the state deed tax, and on a sale to us, we pay it. See abstract vs. Torrens title.
Neighborhoods we buy in
- Longfellow
- Nokomis
- Northeast
- Camden
- Powderhorn
- Southwest
ZIP codes we cover: 55406, 55407, 55410, 55412, 55417, 55418
Minneapolis Home Sale Questions
Who pays for the TISH evaluation if we sell to you?
We do. The Minneapolis Truth in Sale of Housing evaluation has to happen before most sales, and when we buy we schedule the evaluator, pay the fee, and treat any repair items on the report as our job.
Will you buy a duplex in Powderhorn or Northeast with tenants still living there?
Yes. Up-down and side-by-side duplexes are common in those neighborhoods. Leases carry over with the sale, and we check the city rental license status for the address so a lapsed license does not stop the closing.
Does knob-and-tube wiring lower what an old bungalow is worth to you?
It changes the repair line in the offer, and we show that line in writing. Early-1900s houses around Longfellow and Camden often have it, along with galvanized supply pipes, and we buy them without asking you to fix anything first.
Where does probate for a Longfellow or Nokomis house get filed?
Hennepin County District Court, at the Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. The personal representative usually needs letters before signing, and we set the closing date around the court and your attorney.
What does the Hennepin deed tax surcharge cost the seller?
Nothing on a sale to us. Hennepin County adds a small environmental surcharge on top of the state deed tax, and we pay both along with the other standard seller closing costs.
Still have a question about your situation?
Call us or send the address. You'll talk to the same person from first call to closing.
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Sell Your Minneapolis House on Your Timeline
Call or send the address. You'll get a preliminary range within 24 hours and a written offer with the math shown after the walkthrough. You pick the closing date.
Phone: Mon-Wed & Fri-Sat 8 AM-7 PM | Thu 9 AM-7 PM | Closed Sunday. Web form open 24/7, callback the same business day.