Selling · Cash, list or creative

What you'd walk away with

Your sale price, your loan payoff and your property tax in; what's left on each of the three paths out — cash, list and fix-then-list. It runs on the same math as our offer sheet, so with the example numbers already filled in you'll see the same three figures.

Example inputs: the house on our offer sheet. The fees, the holding cost and the HOA figure are example assumptions — J.D. sets these.

The house

What it should sell for on the market, before repairs.

What it sells for fixed up. Leave blank to use the sale price.

On cash we absorb them; on fix-then-list they're repaid at closing.

What a buyer asks for after inspection, on the list path.

Your loan and taxes

From your lender's payoff statement. 0 if the house is paid off.

This year's total bill, all taxing units. Last year's bill is a fair stand-in.

Sets the tax proration: January 1 through this day.

Selling costs

Paid to the listing brokerage.

Optional since the 2024 NAR settlement — you may offer it or not.

Your side of the title company's charges.

Utilities, insurance, lawn — what the house costs you each month until it closes.

Your three numbers

1 · Cash — we buy it

Illustrative — your written number comes from J.D.

$213,000

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

After-repair value (ARV)
$285,000
Our buy price at 80% of ARV
$228,000
Repairs we absorb
−$15,000
Commission, title, escrow
$0
Before payoff, taxes & HOA
$213,000
Mortgage payoff
$0
Tax proration
$0
HOA resale certificate (no HOA)
$0
What you'd walk away with
$213,000

2 · List as-is with us

about $233,000

About 75 days. Showings. Buyer asks for repairs.

Expected sale price
$255,000
Listing fee (2.5%)
−$6,375
Buyer-agent concession (2.5%)
−$6,375
Owner's title policy
−$1,546
Escrow & fees
−$1,200
Buyer repair credit
−$5,000
~75 days holding
−$1,500
Before payoff, taxes & HOA
$233,004
Mortgage payoff
$0
Tax proration
$0
HOA resale certificate (no HOA)
$0
What you'd walk away with
$233,004

3 · Creative — we fix, then list

about $249,550

We front the repairs. You pay nothing until closing.

Expected sale, fixed
$285,000
Listing fee (2.5%)
−$7,125
Buyer-agent concession (2.5%)
−$7,125
Owner's title policy
−$1,694
Escrow & fees
−$1,200
Repairs, reimbursed at closing
−$15,000
Coordination + holding
−$3,300
Before payoff, taxes & HOA
$249,556
Mortgage payoff
$0
Tax proration
$0
HOA resale certificate (no HOA)
$0
What you'd walk away with
$249,556
How we figured this
  • Cash: ARV × 80% − repairs. We pay commission, title and escrow on the cash path. There is no holding line, same as the offer sheet: about 0.3 months to close is roughly $180 at $600 a month, and your payoff and the tax proration already run to the closing day.
  • List: sale price − listing fee − buyer-agent concession − owner's title policy (TDI 2026 schedule) − escrow & settlement − buyer repair credit − holding (2.5 months × holding cost).
  • Creative (fix-then-list): ARV − listing fee − buyer-agent concession − owner's title policy on the ARV − escrow & settlement − repairs (repaid at closing) − coordination and holding ($1,500 + 3 months × holding cost).
  • Then, on all three: − mortgage payoff − property-tax proration − HOA resale certificate & transfer (if there's an HOA).
  • Tax proration = annual tax × days from January 1 through the closing date ÷ days in that year (365, or 366 in a leap year).

The first part of each column is the offer sheet on /sell, line for line: with the example inputs it prints the same $213,000, ≈ $233,000 and ≈ $249,550. List and creative show ≈ to the nearest $50, as the sheet does; the lines underneath are exact.

Example assumptions — J.D. sets these. listing fee 2.5% · buyer-agent concession 2.5% · cash price 80% of ARV · escrow & settlement $1,200 · holding $600 a month · 2.5 months to sell listed, 3 on fix-then-list · repair coordination $1,500 · HOA resale certificate & transfer $350.

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Before you sign

Three lines people forget

The tax proration

Texas property taxes are paid in arrears: this year's bill usually hasn't been paid when you close, so you credit the buyer for every day you owned the house since January 1 (TREC contract ¶13 — taxes are “prorated through the Closing Date”). Close June 30 and that's 181/365 of the year's tax (182/366 in a leap year like 2028). If you've already paid this year's bill, the credit runs the other way; the title company settles it.

The buyer-agent concession

Since the 2024 NAR settlement (practice changes took effect August 17, 2024), offers to pay the buyer's agent stay off the MLS, and what that agent is paid is negotiated on its own. The TREC contract puts it plainly: “Brokerage compensation is not set by law and is fully negotiable” (¶12.B). You may offer a concession or not. It's a separate line here so you can see the dollars.

Holding

Every month the house sits costs money — $600 a month in this example. Listing as-is assumes about 75 days; fix-then-list about 3 months plus a $1,500 repair-coordination fee. Cash closes in about 10 days, and that column carries no holding line, same as the offer sheet. The lawn does not stop growing because the sign is up.