Thinking about selling · California
Know what you'll walk away with, before you list.
The highest estimate is the easiest thing for an agent to hand you, and the least useful. What matters is what reaches your account once commission, escrow, title, transfer tax and the payoff come out. We'll work that out with you, then introduce one agent who closes in your ZIP. You'll get the number we actually believe, not the one that wins the business.
You are never charged, whatever you decide. Buying instead? Start here.
Get matched with a listing agent
Tell us what you own, what you owe, and why now. Then: one agent with a real closing record in your ZIP. No cost to you, and no obligation to list.
Request received
We'll review it and introduce you to one listing agent within one business day.
Run your own numbers
What you'd walk away with.
Price minus what leaves at closing: commission, escrow, title, transfer tax, repairs, and whatever is still owed. Change anything that looks wrong for your home. Nothing here is saved or sent.
Estimated net proceeds
$0
That is a shortfall, not a cheque. It is also the situation the zero equity page is for, and there is free help before anything else.
- Sale price
- $0
- Commission
- $0
- Closing costs
- $0
- Repairs and credits
- $0
- Before payoff
- $0
- Loans and liens
- $0
- Estimated net
- $0
About this estimate. A projection from figures you entered and default cost assumptions common to Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. It is not an appraisal, a broker price opinion, a loan estimate or a closing disclosure, and it is not legal, tax or financial advice. Actual costs are set by your escrow, title and agent agreements and will differ.
Why it matters
A full market cycle of experience changes what an agent tells you.
A price they'll defend
Overpricing costs you the first three weeks, which are the only weeks that matter. Experienced agents tell you the real number on the first appointment, even when it costs them the listing.
Prep that pays for itself
Which repairs return more than they cost, and which are money set on fire. That judgment comes from having guessed wrong before.
Repair requests that don't blow up the deal
The contract is usually won or lost after the inspection, not at the offer. That's where you want someone who has done this several hundred times.
Sixty seconds each
Watch how selling actually works.
Five short videos: what it costs, why the first number is usually wrong, the order things happen in, what to ask any agent, and what to do if you owe more than it's worth.
What you get
One introduction, made on purpose.
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A listing record in your ZIP, not your countyWe look at where they've actually closed listings recently, not where their brokerage happens to have an office.
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Told before you sign what it will really costCommission, concessions, repairs, and the two or three line items that surprise people at signing.
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Set up for the buy side too, if you need oneSelling and buying at once is a timing problem before it's a real estate problem. Say so and we'll match accordingly.
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Trust, probate, and divorce sales handled by people who've done themThese have their own paperwork, their own timelines, and their own ways to go wrong. We flag them at intake.
Commission is between you and your agent. We don't set it, cap it, or take a cut of your proceeds.