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.:

Fixing a toilet in Kansas City?

It has been the month for toilet stories and well, I decided to share a few with you while shopping at Home Depot the other day. This is more of an educational article to help you learn from the mistakes of others. And if you have a leaky toilet, PLEASE pay close attention to the first one and don’t wait on fixing a toilet in Kansas City.

The Leaky Toilet in Independence

Don was over at his Dad’s house the other day – the one we are working so hard to “get ready” to get sold. He was there to power wash the garage, the driveway, and the front of the house . . . didn’t happen, but that is another story and a few more trips on his part to Independence. Anyway, while he was there he learned that the house next door had been condemned. It seems that the toilet was leaking, quite possibly for a very long time. The floor was absorbing all that leak and over time the floor had rotted and rotted and unfortunately, it had finally given way, while the elderly owner was in the room. The neighbor and her leaky toilet fell through the floor.

Rather than spending about $50 to get the seals replaced or $500 to replace the toilet, it was left to leak for a very long time, until a tragic accident. We understand the neighbor lady was not horribly injured, but she had to move out and now the city has condemned her house.

The moral of this story, watch for leaky toilets. Fixing them as soon as they start can save $100s . . if not $1000s in damage to your house and if they are leaking and constantly refilling, $1000s in water bills.

The Shiny Clean & Broken Toilet in Olathe

Ok, this was actually a story from a while back. It seems one of my more DIY friends decided to redo the powder room off her kitchen. She drained her toilet bagged it and got it to the garage without much mishap. She completed the redo of her powder room, installed the new flooring and then took a look at the toilet she had carried out to the garage. Knowing what a new toilet costs and what it would cost to have one installed, somewhere around $500 she took it upon herself to clean the old one, it’s just porcelain right? She scrubbed it all, up, you can imagine a toilet in a house of 8 to 10 for about 15 years, right off the kitchen, so it was well used.

Now armed with her sparkly clean toilet, she needed to carry it back inside to reinstall it. That’s where the problems started, she dropped it, and it broke. Now there is a broken toilet that she has to get rid of and she still has to buy a new one and, this time get help installing it. It seems installing is not all that hard, but picking it up is a bit tough for a woman.

The moral of the story is, old toilets are heavy. It might be better to replace than to clean that old toilet.

The Old Toilet with No Home in Kansas City

This one appeared out behind one of our houses. Not sure the story behind it, but obviously a new toilet was acquired and installed. Not wanting to pay to have it hauled away and not liking the looks of old broken toilets in their yard, this homeowner tossed theirs out behind their shed, behind the bush behind the shed, out of their site. Never mind that the neighbors in the 3 houses behind them have an old broken toilet on full display that they too probably don’t want to see.

The moral of this story is that toilets are not yard art for anyone. We found a great article on things to do with your old toilet.

The Mismatched Toilets at our Latest Rehab Project

Here at kcmoHomeBuyer, Don and Scott have several houses we are working to get ready to sell. Lots of paint, new flooring, refinishing hardwoods, updating bathrooms. One house had old leaky toilets and having to pay someone to make the old ones sparkly clean costs way more than replacing them. So off to Home Depot. Scott started with just two and when he got back to the house, with the toilets and all the other stuff needed, he found that the two he bought, while on the same pile at the store were not the same. Don in his efforts decided we needed to round out the 3 bathrooms with 3 new toilets so he went and got another one, that was yet different than the first two. Good thing you don’t often see two installed toilets, side by side unless you use the lady’s room at the Red Fox at the Lake of the Ozarks.

The moral of this story, is to check your numbers on your boxes because toilets can come preassembled or in parts, they can be tall or short, have round or elongated bowls, can have flipper handles to flush or push buttons, all of these attachments can vary, and the inside parts can all be different. Check out The Home Depot’s buying guide to toilets .

Avoid all the Hassle

To avoid all the issues that a used toilet in an older home presents: safety, lifting, code violations, or just getting the right one, please hire a professional to make repairs early, it might be cheaper than replacing the toilet or fixing a condemned house. And if you have toilet issues and a whole lot more house issues and just want to sell the house, give us a call. We are not toilet experts, but house buying experts. We can review your whole house, toilet issues and all, and make you an all-cash offer. You make no repairs, you do no cleaning or staging, just take what you want and leave us the rest. Go to closing on the day of your choice and you get paid. Sound enticing? It costs nothing to learn more, just fill out the form below.

Make No Repairs, Sell Your House As-Is Today

Contact the Tuckers at kcmoHomeBuyer.com to sell your Home Today! There is no obligation or cost. Why fix it when you can sell it?

Glad we Called

We had inherited Mom and Dad’s house a few years ago and had decided to rent it out. But being a landlord was not the best choice for us as it was a never-ending battle to keep it rented, keep the rent coming in and to fix it up every time that didn’t work. We were fed up and ready to be done with the whole situation. We called Scott at kcmoHomeBuyer and he was able to talk us through the situation on the phone, meet us at the house and make us an offer. We didn’t have to fix a thing, he took all the junk the last tenant left, and we closed a couple of weeks later.

Glad we called.

Skip all the Hassles of Fixing a Toilet in Kansas City