Question: who buys houses direct from homeowners? 

Answer: It is true that there are a lot of "services" that buy houses directly from homeowners.  However you will be walking away from a lot of money.  \n\nIf you need to sell your house quickly I would do this.  I would ask one of these services for an estimate.  I would then interview 3 top real estate agents in the area.  I would ask them for an estimate of the value of the house.  Say you get an offer from the company for 150K and the real estate agents say the house is worth 210K.  I would sign a listing agreement for 30 days and offer the house at 191K which will yield you 180K(the average) when you take out the commission.  Or you might consider asking 195K to give you a little room to offer closing help or offer 4% to the buyer agent.
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