The Ugly Truth Behind "We Buy Ugly Houses"

[wryter2000]

2. I sold to We Buy Ugly House

I still had a substantial mortgage. My very old home was in terrible disrepair, and I didn't have the money or the fortitude to fix it. I still could have sold it in the usual manner, but I simply couldn't stomach the idea. I couldn't stand huge numbers of people going through it and seeing what state it was in. I just wanted out and to get into a small apartment.

The woman who bought it might have high-balled the repairs it would need. They seemed within reason to me. She might have low-balled the value, but that, too, seemed within reason. The mortgage got paid off, I got a hefty payment above that (not huge, but a very nice nest egg), and I moved into a lovely, tiny apartment with almost no trouble at all.

I no doubt could have made more money, but my sanity and happiness was worth something.