We are the Tuckers – Kim and Don. We started kcmoHomeBuyer over 20 years ago and along the way, we were joined by our Son Scott. Plus we have a great team that we work with including our title company, our contractors, and a bunch of people that help us along the way.rnrnOur “About Us” page on our website will give you a much closer look at who we are and what we are about. Take a second to visit that page now so you can make our acquaintance. We have been in business for over 20 years, we are honest, and we think fairly nice people.

We Pay Cash For Houses in Kansas City and surrounding areas. The simple answer is that we buy in most locations and in any condition. We offer an alternative to the hassles of the traditional real estate agent listing. We offer options for those with less than perfect houses, those that are working on condensed timelines, or people who just want to avoid all the things that come with a traditional listing including the expenses of the commission and the hassle of people, inspections, and repairs.rnrnAnd because we are also licensed agents we can offer you more options than the average cash home buyer or even the average real estate agent.

Is A “We Buy Houses” Company Right For Me?

We are not desperate to sell our home in Kansas City, nor are we in a hurry! rnrnWhile we certainly do save time, we have found that the majority of sellers we have purchased houses in Kansas City from were not desperate to sell (at all). They were not trying to save themselves from foreclosure. Most of our sellers went with us simply because they just don’t want to deal with repairs, constant walk-throughs, or any hassle one experiences selling a house the traditional way. Some had already tried to work with a real estate agent and it didn’t work out.rnrnWe offer a great option to consider when you want to sell quickly or with ease because we buy houses in any condition, as-is, and we have the knowledge and the team to work through just about any circumstance. It doesn’t cost you anything for us to take a look and see how much we can offer for your home in KC. We can tell you if listing your house in the traditional manner would be a better choice. We offer all your options, completely free, without any obligation. You have everything to gain.

Will Cash Home Buyers List My House On The MLS?

Our intent is to buy your house in cash, rehab it (if there is any work that needs to be done), and sell it again at a profit. We have many solutions to buying your house, including seller financing, wholesaling, and of course buying it for cash. All this ensures you will get your house sold fast!rnrnBut because we are also licensed agents, and we have several vetted agent friends, we can offer you the MLS listing option when it better fits your needs. Sometimes that option will be with Scott our in-house agent and sometimes we will connect you with one of our very experienced top real estate agents.

How are you different from a real estate agent?

he average real estate agent will not actually buy your house. Agents will list and market your house on the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), in hopes a buyer will be interested. Agents charge commissions and fees. Listing your house in Kansas City with an agent means you pay closing costs, and title fees, and have to tolerate countless walkthroughs while the house is on the market which can sometimes be a long time.rnrnWe are just a small family team with the cash and connections to other cash buyers interested in buying houses to rehab them and put them back on the market for sale for a profit. We are cash buyers and investors. We are the ones actually buying your house. When we buy your house, you skip the entire hassle of the “agent” process and jump immediately to the offer and closing on the property you have for sale in Kansas City. When we buy your house, we cover the conventional expenses associated with selling a house like closing costs and inspections. And the most notable difference is that we do not charge you any fees or commissions when we buy your house. As mentioned, we skip the entire “agent” process.rnrnBut, if you find an agent and the whole listing process would be a better fit, even after the work, time, closing costs, and commissions, we are here to help.

How Does It All Work, How Can You Help?

Simply tell us a little bit about your house. We will use this information to complete a market analysis of your house that along with our notes from our walk-through, will be used to present you with an all cash offer. After you accept that offer, we take care of the rest of the short process, and you receive your money at closing.

What are My Obligations After I Talk to You?

There are no obligations, at all.rnrnWe understand that you have options. We know there are people out there eager to scam you, and eager to take advantage of you and your situation. To distinguish ourselves from those, we make sure you know there is no pressure, no obligation.rnrnYou truly and absolutely have nothing to lose. We make you an offer and if you accept the offer, great! You will get your cash quickly. If you do not accept the offer we will do our best to guide you in the right direction.

Do I Need To Clean My House Before I Move Out?

Not only do you not need to clean your house before you move out, but you also don’t even need to straighten it up before we come to look at it. Don’t worry about anything. We’ve seen way worse.rnrnJust take whatever it is you want to take and leave the rest. Food in the fridge, been there. Clothes on the floor, done that. Assorted furniture, the charities we donate to love furniture. Heck, we’ve cleaned out all sorts of things, including a frozen turkey and even a 65 Mustang. Believe me when we say, we have seen it all. So why not make things easier and just take what you don’t want to part with and let us deal with the rest? If we find anything we think you didn’t mean to leave behind, we’ll reach out and let you know.

What if I Need Help With Some of the Stuff?

We work with a lot of home buyers who are either downsizing their homes, moving into assisted living, or selling a home they have inherited. They have a few things they want to take but for the most part, they have a house full of stuff that needs to be sold, donated, or just plain thrown away. We can take care of it all, although we have had a few sellers who have inherited and needed to go through EVERYTHING first because they kept finding money, information on unknown accounts, and other valuables that their mother had tucked away in every drawer, pocket, and shoe.rnrnRest assured if we do find Grandma’s long-lost diamond ring, we will give you a call.

What Does It Cost, Do You Have Any Fees or Commissions?

There is no money out of your pocket. All fees are paid by us (we get it back when we sell the rehabbed house to another buyer).

Do You Really Pay A Fair Price for Properties?

Yes, we do pay fair prices. But please keep in mind that there is a difference between a fair price and market value. If the house needs a lot of work, we take the market value of the house and subtract all the costs of repairs needed. This adds up to our fair price. In some special cases, we can present highly competitive offers at market value. However, in those cases, we can’t pay all cash. Instead, we might ask for seller financing or we might take over your current mortgage.

My House is In Terrible Condition, Will You Still Buy It?

We buy homes in Kansas City in any condition good or bad. We primarily buy to fix them up, so the more room for improvement, the more attractive your house is to us. So, Yes, absolutely! We’d love to buy your house even if it is in bad shape, and you may be surprised by how much we will offer for your house! Just fill in our form and see how much we will offer you in cash for your house in KC!rnrnNote when we say We Buy Houses in Kansas City or in KC, we mean the entire Kansas City Metro area.

How Many Houses Do You Buy? What do You Do with Them?

We get this question – all – the – time!!rnrnWe buy a lot of houses. Our goal is to buy, renovate, and resell about 5 to 10 houses a year. Some years we do less and other years we buy way more. And what do we do with them? Simple. We buy them, rehab them and sell them again at a profit. Our home renovations bring new life to neighborhoods. Good for the people, good for the economy, good for everyone!

How Do I Get Started with My Cash Offer?

Getting started is easy. Simply visit our website at www.kcmoHomeBuyer.com, fill out the form, then wait for our call or email.:

I need to sell fast, how can kcmoHomeBuyer help?

“I want to sell my house fast, what kind of situations do you buy?”

This is a question that we get asked quite often. So we took a look at all the houses we have bought over the years to come up with a list of houses that we typically buy.

Need To be Fixed Up

This is a common theme with all the houses we purchase, but not always, we have purchased a few that were move in ready. But for the most part, the homes we buy need a little bit of love and some times a whole lot of updating and repairs. Note that the need for repair is common because of the situation the seller finds themselves in and not the reason why the house is for sale, however the seller calls us because they know we buy fixer-upper houses, without the seller needing to make any repairs or take care of any buyer inspection items and because selling now is their most important issue at the time.

So what situations have we purchased homes?

Owner Deceased

The number one reason why we get called to buy a house is because the owner passed away. We get many children calling us on their family home or a person calling us because their sibling passed and sometimes because their ex-spouse passed. In this situation, we often find that the person that passed had owned the home for a long time and the house is full of stuff. We also find that the person was either elderly or in ill health or both and that the day to day upkeep on the home was ignored either because the person was not physically able or financially able to make repairs. We also find that these properties are often stuck in a totally different era . . . we see many pristine kitchens from the 50’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. They were in almost brand new condition, very outdated.

In this situation, our sellers will often go through the house and the stuff and take what they want and leave the rest. One word of caution here though, one of our sellers started going through stuff and seemed to find money or bank / stock statements in every drawer and box. So before you decide to sell a house with all the stuff as is, you may want to go through the stuff.

Aging Owner

In this case, the house is often very much like the last situation, but the owner is aging. The family is helping their loved one move to a smaller house, in with them, or into an assisted living or other care facilities. Again, we can buy this house as is and with all the stuff. We often find that the owner goes through and takes some basic furniture pieces and clothing and mementos and leaves the rest for us.

Inherited House

We have purchased numerous inherited houses. Here we find that Mom or Dad passed away 3 or 4 years ago and the kids moved in. However, the kids find that they are just too uncomfortable living in Mom or Dads house. Or possibly they just are not financially capable of maintaining Mom or Dad’s house.

One seller thought it was an awesome idea to move into mom’s house on the golf course. It was owned free and clear, so no mortgage to pay. However, they were not financially able to pay the Home Owner Association Dues or the Taxes and when they called us they were just a few days short of the home being sold for back taxes and they didn’t even have enough money to pay to move. We were able to get them some cash up front so they could put money down on a new rental and rent a moving van so they could move out, and then we closed a few days later getting them some money out of moms free and clear house.

House with Unpaid Taxes

Here we have two situations. Sometimes in some areas where houses are flat out sold to pay back taxes, we will often have the homeowner reach out to us to buy the home before the sale. This way they can move out on their own terms and get some cash up front. We see this in Kansas City Missouri especially as they don’t have a tax lien program, but rather just sell the house at a tax foreclosure sale after 4 years of unpaid taxes.

In other situations, where the county has a tax lien program, we have sellers call us before the lien goes into place. With the tax lien, some third party steps in and pays the taxes. If the home owner wants to save their house they have to then pay not only the taxes but a full years interest on those taxes or eventually the home will be sold to pay the tax lien holder.

Either way in a tax lien or a tax deed situation, the owner calls us before all of this happens so they don’t hassle of the situation and so they can get the most money out of the house.

Homes in Foreclosure

We don’t see this one very often because, well most sellers in foreclosure either take the time to list it with a Realtor and get it sold before they are foreclosed or they just ignore the situation. But a few people do reach out to us in this situation and we do our best to help. If they owe more on the house that it is worth, we can work with the lender to negotiate a short sale and other times, they don’t owe so much and can just sell it out right and get their cash out of the home, rather than letting the bank foreclose and kick them out.

Accidental Landlords

Most of our properties owned by Accidental Landlords are a case of someone owning rental property, passing away and leaving it to heirs to deal with or heirs who decide to rent out an inherited property rather than sell it. Either way, they find out that being a landlord is not for them and they call us to buy the house, houses or multi-family property.

A word of caution here, if you are not a landlord and you have no idea how to be a landlord, please think long and hard about taking on rental property. If you do take it on, seek a professional property management company for help.

We see time and again that an estate that holds multiple rental properties that were managed by the owner are turned over to the trustee to manage. In one case the trustee was given, 25 cash flowing rental property to manage. He had no idea what he was doing, but to save the estate money, he managed the properties himself rather than hire a manager. He had a package of properties that had a fairly significant value due to the rents coming in. He also was trying to sell them but asking too much for them. Over the two year period of time, he took 25 cash flowing rental properties that had value as rental property to 23 vacant properties that went vacant and got vandalized and dropped significantly in value and 2 with non-paying tenants. He lost the estate somewhere around $100,000.

So if you find yourself an accidental landlord, please call us sooner rather than later. We can help you find a good property manager and help you get the homes sold quickly . . . even at a fast sale discount price, you will be better off.

Divorce

We have purchased a few houses from people in divorce. Neither can keep the house or wants to keep the house, they want to sell it quickly and split the proceeds. Now in this situation, we always want to know, just how fast you want to sell. If you can take the time to list the home and sell it, you will make a better return. So while we would love to make you a quick close cash offer, we might refer you to one of our many Realtor friends to get the home sold, just a bit slower, but for much more money.

Downsizing / Relocating

We have also purchased a few from people who were just moving, they were either getting a larger or smaller home, locally or moving to a Tiny Home on the Beach in Florida. Either way, they had plans and they needed to sell to get on with their lives. They didn’t want the time and hassle of listing and having people walking through their home and looking at their stuff. They didn’t want the expense of making inspection repairs. They just wanted their home sold on such and such a date for a specific amount so they could plan their move and go.

So if you find yourself in any of these situations or maybe something else and you just need to sell your home quickly, click here to share your information with us. We can discuss your situation, take a look at the property (properties), and make you an offer.

It was very nice of you to send the pictures of our family home after the remodeling process. When my mother passed away and my brother, sister and I were confronted with trying to sell the home with a real estate agent or sell the home to you it was a difficult decision. With my sister living in Arizona, me in Alaska and my brother the only local resident to manage the affairs it was decided to sell the property to your company. This was the best decision we could have possibly made. Thank you for your professionalism and patience during the difficult times that our family faced. The home looks beautiful and I wish that I did not live so far away and could come take a look at it in person.