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Dallas–Fort Worth · Family-owned · Licensed agents · Cash buyers

Sell it, buy it, or build on it. Every option, with a real number on it.

I'm J.D. Thorne: a licensed Texas agent and a DFW cash buyer, both on purpose, and in Dallas–Fort Worth real estate since 2001. Send me the address and within 24 hours you get two numbers in writing, side by side: what you'd walk away with if I buy it for cash, and what you'd likely net if I list it. You pick. I get paid either way, so I have no reason to steer you.

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Buying instead? I represent buyers too

J.D. Thorne, Texas real estate sales agent
J.D. Thorne REALTOR® · In DFW real estate since 2001 Texas real estate sales agent, TREC #0705914
Sponsored by Myers Home Buyers LLC, TREC #9005311

Three doors

Sell, buy, or invest. Same straight answers.

Sell

Cash or list, side by side.

Our cash offer, as-is in about 10 days, next to what listing with us would net. Both in writing within 24 hours.

See both numbers

Buy

An agent who buys houses.

J.D. represents buyers too, and prices every house like an investor: what it's worth, what it needs, what to offer. Plus first looks before Zillow.

Start my home search

Invest

The Dirt.

A weekly sheet of DFW deals with the math shown — purchase, rehab, ARV. No membership, no gate.

Get The Dirt weekly

Cash or list, side by side

Cash offer or list it? See both numbers first.

Here's what the sheet looks like for a real kind of DFW house. Yours comes with your address on it.

Cash vs. list · example

3 bd / 2 ba · 1,650 sq ft · Garland 75041 · built 1978 · needs roof, 8 piers, paint · ARV $285,000

1 · Cash — we buy it

$213,000

Close in 10 days. As-is. 0 showings.

  • As-is
  • No showings
  • You pick the closing date
  • $0 commission and closing costs
After-repair value (ARV)
$285,000
Our buy price at 80% of ARV
$228,000
Repairs we absorb
−$15,000
Commission, title, escrow
$0
What you'd walk away with
$213,000

2 · List it with us

about $233,000

About 75 days. Showings. Buyer asks for repairs.

  • J.D. works for you
  • Full market exposure
  • Every fee negotiable
Expected sale price
$255,000
Commission 5%
−$12,750
Owner's title policy
−$1,546
Escrow & fees
−$1,200
Buyer repair credit
−$5,000
~75 days holding
−$1,500
What you'd walk away with
$233,004

Difference: about $20,000. What it buys you: about 10 days instead of ~75, no showings and no repair credit.

Cash is always the lower of the two numbers. That's what you trade for speed and certainty. We put the listing number next to it so you can see exactly what the trade costs.

Example only, not an offer. Title premium uses the Texas Department of Insurance schedule effective March 1, 2026. Example assumptions — J.D. sets these.

How we build each number

Why we're different

Most cash buyers can't list your house. Most agents can't buy it.

I do both, and the license means there's a regulator, a sponsoring broker and a written disclosure behind every offer I make.

The numbers behind us

Every number here has a footnote.

In DFW real estate since
2001 1
Buying and renovating since
2010 2
Licensed Texas agent since
2018 3
Living in Plano since
1989 4
Counties we buy in
8 5
Google rating
J.D. supplies 6
  1. 1. J.D. started in property management, then moved into asset management, overseeing thousands of doors and transactions.
  2. 2. The year J.D. bought and renovated his first houses.
  3. 3. TREC #0705914, and a REALTOR®. Look it up on TREC's license holder search.
  4. 4. J.D. is raising his own family in Plano. The office is at 3420 K Avenue.
  5. 5. Dallas, Tarrant, Collin, Denton, Rockwall, Ellis, Johnson, Grayson.
  6. 6. Links to our Google Business Profile once it's connected.

More about J.D.

How it works

Three steps. The last one is yours.

  1. Step 1: Tell us the address and what's going on.

    2 minutes

  2. Step 2: We pull comps, drive by, and build both numbers.

    24 hours

  3. Step 3: You pick — or you don't.

    No obligation either way

House Check

The DFW problems that make people sell.

Plain answers to the five things we see most, each with its sources.

Your situation

Whatever's going on with the house.

One page per situation: what Texas law says, what it costs, and what we'd do about it.

Reviews

Real names, real suburbs, links you can check.

Reviews

We only post reviews you can check: first name, suburb, month, and a link to the original on Google. They go here once J.D. connects the Google Business Profile.

Google Business Profile link — J.D. supplies

FAQ

Questions people actually ask.

Are y'all the "ugly houses" people?

No. We buy pretty ones too. And we'll list the pretty ones if that gets you more.

Will you lowball me?

Cash is always the lower of the two numbers — that's what you're trading for speed and certainty. We put what listing would net right next to it, so you can see exactly what the trade costs.

Do you sell my information?

No. Your address goes to J.D. and nobody else. It says so in the privacy policy, in English.

How fast do you actually respond?

J.D. texts back the same day, usually within the hour. The written sheet with both numbers follows within 24 hours.

Do I have to sign a listing agreement to get the cash number?

No. That's the other guys. You get both numbers first, then decide.

When is listing the better choice?

When the house is in good shape or close to it, you have two or three months, and you can handle showings and a buyer's inspection. That's when the gap between the two numbers is widest. Most cash buyers can't list your house; J.D. can, as your licensed agent.

All the questions

Cash · List

Get both numbers for your house.

Two minutes of questions, then two written numbers within 24 hours: our cash offer and what listing would net. J.D. texts back the same day, usually within the hour.

Get both numbers Text J.D. at (214) 616-6452