In this recorded phone call, Tyson Smith of "We Buy Homes Cash" contacts Emmanuel, a homeowner in Alliance, to discuss selling his 3‑bedroom, 1‑bath, ~1,300 sq ft house built before 1900. Emmanuel wants to leave the city for a rural setting and can vacate within a few weeks. Tyson gathers details about the property: a new roof (1.5 years old), window‑unit heating with a recently installed furnace, city sewer, an unfinished basement, and a large adjacent lot. Emmanuel describes a fire in September 2021 that led to extensive interior work: a fully remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances, granite/marble countertops, light‑wood cabinets, new flooring, ceilings, fans, and lights; plus renovated living room, dining room, hallway, and bedroom. He rates the home a 7/10, noting that new windows, siding, and a bathroom remodel would bring it to a 9.5‑10. Emmanuel initially cites $45,000 as a reasonable price and $38,500 as the best he could accept. Tyson explains the company’s buy‑box criteria, flexible 30‑day closing, and that they cover all closing costs with no commissions. After underwriting, Tyson returns with an approved cash offer of $34,800 for the as‑is property, covering closing costs and a 30‑day close. Emmanuel acknowledges the loss but is motivated to move on.
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Hello?
Hello, Emmanuel?
Yeah.
Emmanuel, this is Tyson. I was giving you a call because it looks like you filled out some information on my website about selling this property in Alliance.
Yeah.
Have I caught you at a bad time?
Uh, no, I'm fine.
Excellent. Well, look, listen, Emmanuel, is what I'd like to do is take a few minutes to ask you some additional questions about the property, and after that, one of two things will happen. Number 1, it fits my company's buy box and we'll have a cash offer for you. Or number 2, it doesn't fit our company's buying criteria for whatever reason. I'll let you know why and you'll never hear from me again. Does that sound good?
Alrighty.
Alright, Emmanuel. Well, hey, listen, while I'm getting your property pulled up over here on my end, could you catch me up to speed? What's got you thinking about selling this place?
Well, I'm actually, I'm actually looking for a new place. I want to be in a more country setting. And I'm in the city right now, so, you know, I just want to move in a more country setting.
I'm sorry, Emmanuel, I think I'm having a little bit trouble hearing you. You said that you're looking to get out of the city and into a more country setting?
Yeah.
Okay, so you're currently living in this property?
Yeah.
Okay, so let me ask you, Emmanuel, assuming we made you an offer that made sense, how soon would you be wanting to move out of this house and on your way to the countryside?
I can be out in weeks, maybe.
Okay, so this is something that you're looking to do kind of sooner rather than later?
Yeah.
Excellent. Okay, perfect, perfect. Okay, well, listen, Emmanuel, I got the property pulled up now. I'm looking at some tax records. It's saying here it's a 3-bedroom, 1-bath. Is that correct?
Yeah.
And then it's showing that it's, uh, just over 1,300 square feet. Does that sound right?
Yeah.
Amazing. And then it looks like the property was built, uh, before the 1900s. Do you know when the, uh, roof was last replaced?
I just had the roof replaced, uh, a year and a half ago.
All right, brand spanking new.
Yep.
Excellent. Um, I'm looking at a picture of— on Google Street View of the property. It looks like I can see like, uh, you know, some kids sitting in the front. That looks great. But, um, That, and I see a sweet— what is this? Is this a Hellcat? Yeah, there's a Hemi. Is that your car?
Yeah.
Right on, man. I love it. I drive a Vette.
Oh, yeah.
Good deal.
I'm working my way up there. I ain't made it that far yet, but I'm trying.
All right. Well, listen, I can see from this picture, it looks like there's a window unit. Is the property heated or cooled via window units, or is there a central system?
Uh, I have window units. Yeah, I don't have central. Well, I had— I just had a furnace put in.
Okay.
And it's, it's, uh, it's compatible. I just didn't have them do it because I didn't know how long I was gonna be there. That was an extra 10 grand.
Yeah. Okay, gotcha. Um, look, then let me see. Looks like, uh, for parking, it's really just street parking, and then there's this like, uh Let's see, this looks like there's sort of— is this your driveway that I can see the right, or is that an entrance to another property?
Uh, right on the, on the right, it's back to alley actually.
Okay, and then do you know if the property sits on city sewer or is there a septic tank?
City.
Gotcha. And then looks like the property's two stories.
Yeah, I actually own that big lot next to me and my house. It comes together as one. Okay. Excellent.
Uh, is there a basement?
Yeah.
And is that basement finished?
It's not finished. Well, what do you mean by finished?
Like, um, like, had the walls been drywalled, painted, flooring done?
Uh, well, I painted the walls, but as far as the professional finish, no.
Okay. Okay. All right, Emmanuel, let me ask you a question, man. Um, on a scale of 1 to 10, with a 1 being we should probably just knock the property down and start over, and a 10 being it was fully remodeled yesterday, what would you rate the property?
A 7.
A 7?
Yeah.
Okay. And what do you actually—
had a fire. I had a fire a couple years back, and they redid the inside of my house.
When was this?
Uh, I want to say September of '21, if I ain't mistaken.
Okay, so what exactly was redone after that fire?
Living room. The fire happened in the kitchen, but they redid the living room, dining room, my floors, uh, upstairs going up my top of steps. Going upstairs, back hallway, and my bedroom.
How about the kitchen?
The kitchen is fully remodeled.
Okay, so could you kind of describe to me the kitchen, like what the cabinets look like, the countertops, and the appliances?
I have stainless steel, um, appliances in there. Uh, I don't know what you call that flooring. Is it— I guess it's tile wood flooring, whatever that's called. Um, I have the granite countertop. I mean, marble, whatever kind. Okay, they put a new, a good countertop in there. Okay. Um, new kitchen cupboard, like they did. Um, you know, the real light wood looking ones?
Yep.
Those new ceilings, new ceiling fans, new lights, new— okay, they made it look, they made it look pretty good.
Sounds like it. So what do you think would need to happen to the property to make it a 10?
Um, actually, to make the house a 10/10, um, the bathroom— and it could use windows. I haven't been able to get windows. If it had windows, siding, and the bathroom remodeled, it would be— it definitely would be at least a 9.5 there.
Okay, so that's just redoing the bathroom, new windows, and redoing the siding?
Yeah.
Alright, excellent. Okay, and then so, I believe you said that assuming we made you an offer that made sense, you know, you would need at least a couple of weeks. One thing people love about working with us, Emmanuel, is that we're actually super flexible with our closing timelines. Typically we look to close in 30 days. Some people love that, other people want more time. Do you know what kind of timeline would work best for you and your family?
Um, I mean, that, that 30 days sounds fine.
30 days, perfect. That's what I'll go ahead and put in there. Okay, and then, um, last question, Emmanuel. Based on what you told me about the property, um, you know, looks like we need to put in some new siding, new windows, and redo the bathrooms. What do you believe is a fair price for the property in its current condition?
In its current condition, I got it for— 45 is reasonable.
Okay, $45,000?
Yeah. Okay.
And let me ask you, if we were to pay all of the closing costs, there were no realtor fees, and we bought the property entirely as is, so we wouldn't ask you to make any repairs, you don't need to clean the property out, anything like that, what do you think's the best price we could do?
The best I could take, $38,500.
$38,500. So if I am able to take this information back to my underwriters and they get me an offer approved for $38,500, What's the next step? All right, sounds good. There's nobody else you need to talk to? No wife, girlfriend, pastor, priest, anybody else like that you would want to run it by first? All right, all right. Well, listen, is what I'm going to go ahead and do then is let me take this information over to them. Let me go ahead and get you the best offer I possibly can. Is this the best number for me to call you back on?
Yes, sir.
All right, will you be available in about 10 or 15 minutes? Perfect. All right, Emmanuel, let me go ahead and get this done for you. I'll be giving you a call back shortly. Again, my name is Tyson. We're with We Buy Homes Cash, and I'll be calling you back from this number, okay?
All right.
All right, thank you, Emmanuel. Talk soon.
Hello?
Hello, Emmanuel?
Yes.
Emmanuel, this is Tyson again with We Buy Homes Cash.
All righty.
Hey, is now still a good time?
Yeah.
All right, well listen, I got some great news for you, Emmanuel. The property was approved to be purchased. This is actually the first one they've approved for me all day. So let me go ahead and explain what they've approved for you. The offer is approved to buy the property as is. They've approved the closing to be in 30 days. Absolutely no commissions are taken out and all of the closing costs are covered by us. The approved offer to buy your property in its current condition was $34,800.
Okay. I'll be taking a loss, but, uh, what's that? Uh, I said I will be taking a loss, but you know, hey, I'm, I'm just trying to get out of there so I can move on with my life.
