April 1, 2025 • 10 mins
In this episode, Danny Johnson from Danny Buys Houses in San Antonio, TX, takes you behind the curtain of selling your house to a cash home buyer. Find out what to expect when you need to sell a house fast and decide on selling to one of the companies that pay cash for houses. Whether you’ve got a fixer-upper, an inherited property, or a rental trashed by tenants, Danny walks you through every step of the process—no repairs, no stress, just cash. Tune in for a clear breakdown, real listener questions, and how to get started today!
What You’ll Learn
- The Process Unveiled: From your first call to cash in hand, see how simple it is.
- No Repairs Needed: Why Danny buys your house as-is—mess and all.
- Speed Matters: How fast a cash sale can happen—even in days.
- Real Stories: Hear how Danny helped Carla ditch a tenant-wrecked house.
- Your Next Step: Get a no-obligation cash offer in 24 hours.
Key Moments
- Danny introduces the cash-buying process—fast, easy, no repairs.
- Step-by-step: Call, visit, offer, close—done!
- Carla’s story: From trashed rental to cash in a week.
- Listener Q&A: Repairs, junk, and speed—Danny’s got answers.
- How to start: Fill out the fast offer form at DannyBuysHouses.com.
Resources Mentioned
- Website: DannyBuysHouses.com – Submit the fast offer form for a cash offer fast.
- Location: Serving San Antonio, TX, and nearby areas like New Braunfels and Boerne.
Call to Action
Ready to sell your house as-is? Don’t lift a finger—visit DannyBuysHouses.com and fill out the fast offer form. Danny and his team will call within 24 hours with a fair cash offer. No fees, no delays—just a quick, clean sale.
Listener Questions Answered
- James (San Antonio): “What if it needs tons of repairs?” No problem—we buy it anyway!
- Rachel (Austin): “Do I clear out junk?” Nope—leave it all for us!
- Mark (New Braunfels): “How fast can you close?” As little as a week—or less!
Connect with Us
- Website: DannyBuysHouses.com
- Questions? Send them to Danny for a future episode!
- Share the Love: Tell a friend with a house they want gone fast.
Coming Up Next
Next episode, Danny explains how to sell an inherited house for cash whether before, during, or after probate. Subscribe now so you don’t miss it!
Tagline: “Sell as-is, get cash fast—Danny Buys Houses makes it simple.”
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Episode Transcript
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(00:07):
Hello. Welcome back to the Danny Buys Housespodcast.
I'm your host, Danny Johnson, here in San Antonio,Texas.
All right, we got a great show for you today.
If you've got a house that's falling apart,inherited a property you don't want, or just evicted some
tenants who left a mess, this episode is for you.
Today, we're going behind the scenes of selling ahouse to a cash homebuyer like me at Danny Buys
(00:31):
Houses. I'll walk you through every single step,from the first call to cash in your
hand. We'll answer some listener questions too.Are you ready? Let's get started.
Selling a house can feel like a mystery, right?Especially if it's beat-up or if you need out fast.
That's where cash buyers like Danny Buys Housescome in.
I've been doing this for over 20 years now here inSan Antonio, buying houses as is
(00:55):
for cash. No repairs, no delays, just a simplereal estate
transaction.
So what happens when you contact us? Let's diginto that.
Let's break it down in detail step-by-step.
First step, you reach out. You can call us at
210-881-7707. That's
210-881-7707 or head to
(01:18):
dannybuyshouses.com
and fill out the fast cash offer form. It's rightthere on the homepage and you can't miss it.
All right, it's easy. It really just takes twominutes.
Uh, you just basically tell us about your house,where it is, what it's like,
and, you know, don't hold back. If, if it's gotcracks in the walls, an outdated kitchen, or a leaking
(01:39):
roof, we need to know. This isn't really a beautycontest.
We buy off-market properties in any shapewhatsoever.
Once you hit the submit button on the form or hangup the phone, we're on it.
Next, we schedule a visit.
We agree to a time that works for you. We come toyour house, me or one of my
team, and there's no pressure and no rush.
(01:59):
You know, even if you're out of town, we can evenwork around that.
This isn't a traditional home inspection where wewalk around with a clipboard and nitpick everything,
climb up on the roof, crawl under the house. Wedon't do any of that stuff.
We're basically looking at what shape is the housein, what do we need to do to get it fixed up and
sold, rented, or, you know, anything else we wannado with the house.
(02:21):
So basically, we're looking at what shape the, theHVAC system is in, do the kitchens, bathrooms need
updating, uh, is the foundation unlevel?
Um, you know, what kind of cleaning needs to bedone? Is there anything that need to be hauled off?
All that kind of stuff. And don't worry,
because nothing scares us. We've seen it allreally.
We've bought burned houses before that have been,you know, like 20, 30, 40%
(02:43):
burned. We've bought high-end houses that didn'teven need any work.
Uh, we're not scared off by anything.
We've, we've, uh, you know, we're really justfiguring out what it'll take to fix up after we buy it.
That's our job, not yours. So you don't have toworry about, you know, having a detailed list of things
or point out things. We, we just walk through and,and look at it all.
You know, this walkthrough typically really, a lotof people are surprised 'cause it only takes about 15 to
(03:06):
30 minutes. So we're not gonna take up a lot ofyour time during this appointment.
And then the big question that we get
is usually, how do we determine our offer?
So we've walked through, we've determined,
you know, how much, uh, in repairs we're gonnahave to do.
We can basically come up with our cash offer foryou. And people wanna know what is the process.
(03:26):
Well, we look... Before we head even out there tothe house, we're looking at what the house's value is
fixed up. So we look at what things have soldfor...
Similar houses have sold for in that immediatearea within the last typically six
months. And from there, we have an idea of what itmight be worth once we're done fixing it.
Obviously, there's some risk involved.
And so, you know, we, we have to figure out thatnumber, uh, pretty, uh, you know, sometimes
(03:50):
conservatively depending on, on how varied thedifferent sales prices have been.
And from there, we subtract the repair costs thatwe just figured out after walking through the house
and a little bit for our profit. And that's it.There's no secret formula.
Say your place needs 30K in work, we factor thatin and give you a fair number for the, uh, for
the house. So, it's not full market price. Thosebuyers don't want...
(04:13):
You know, they don't want to buy a house thatneeds work.
They want move-in ready, but it's cash, it's fast,and it's hassle-free.
So you know exactly what you're getting, no games,right?
There's no, there's no cost to get that offer.There's no obligation for you to accept that offer.
Uh, but if you do like it and you wanna movequick, we're ready to go.
So let's assume that you do like the offer. What'snext? So you say yes and we move fast.
(04:35):
We both sign a purchase agreement so that ouroffer is in writing, right?
You wanna know what you're agreeing to.
We wanna know what's being agreed to, all inwriting, so there's no confusion.
We send the deal to a local title company here inSan Antonio.
For us, it's usually Old Republic Title.
They do a title search, make sure the house isyours to sell and there's no hidden liens.
Uh, it just takes a few days and we put downearnest money deposit to show we're serious and to make it a
(04:59):
binding contract.
Uh, and then we set a closing date. So thatclosing date is gonna be, you know, basically,
you know, a week. It could be two weeks. It'sreally up to you. It's what do you need.
How much time do you need to take care of thingsyou need to do?
If you are living in the house, you need to moveout, you wanna have, you know, three or four weeks,
that's really up to you.
(05:21):
Uh, we're pretty flexible with all of that.
So now, the closing day rolls around. We'reusually out there early.
We sign first with the title company because itonly takes us about 10 minutes.
Then you sign at the title company when it'sconvenient for you or you can even sign remotely if you're not
local,
uh, and can't make it to the title company inperson.
Uh, after all signatures are, are done, the titlecompany gives you a check for your proceeds
(05:45):
and the papers, uh, everything's done.
You know, everything is recorded at the, thecounty courthouse by the title company.
They really handle all of that kind of stuff, soyou don't have to worry about it.
You're really basically signing and getting yourcheck
and, uh, handing over the keys, and that'sbasically the, the end of it for you.
So,
you know, you walk away with crash- cash, nostrings attached. We take the house mess and all.
(06:09):
And, you know, I've had, uh, I've had even folkscry tears of relief at
the table, you know. Uh, I remember one, one lady,Carla, sold us a house after her
tenants had wrecked it and she said, "Danny, Ifeel free."
And, you know, you could tell that the weight hadbeen lifted off her shoulders.
And, and that's what this is all about.
So, that's basically the process in a nutshell.
(06:31):
If you have more questions regarding how we dothings and what we do, feel free to give us a call.
We'd love to talk to you about it.
And, uh, at this time in the podcast, I like to,to go through some listener questions.
So you've sent them in. I've got answers. Let'sget right into the mail.
All right, the first one here. "Danny, what if myhouse needs a ton of repairs, including a roof
that has been leaking for a long time? Can youstill buy it?" That's from James in San Antonio. James, yes.
(06:56):
You know, the worse,
the better. We bought places you wouldn't stepfoot in. Uh, repairs don't scare us.
You don't touch a thing while we handle it all.
Uh, even if there's, you know, a different thingcaused by, by the, the roof leaking for a long
time, you're gonna have damage that might not beseen. We know that. We understand that.
We can get in there and take care of stuff andwe'll still buy the house as is so that you don't have to mess with
(07:18):
any of that stuff. All right, James? Cool. Allright, next.
Let's see here. "I inherited a house full of junk.
Do I have to clear it all out?" This is fromRachel in Universal City.
Uh, Rachel, nope, leave it all there, furniture,trash. Whatever you want to take, you take.
Whatever you don't want, just leave it there.We'll deal with it.
Um,
you know, I once bought a house with 20 years of,of things, newspapers and, and
(07:42):
different things stacked up
and, uh, you know, nearly touching the ceiling. Itwas kind of hard to even get through the place.
So you're off the hook. You don't have to, toworry about cleaning all that stuff up.
I know that's daunting to, to have to go throughall of that stuff, uh, when you don't really even
want any of it, you know, to find out what to dowith it.
A lot of times, there's, uh, an emotionalattachment to it because of th- the person that owned those
(08:03):
items, you know, things like that. So, you don'thave to worry about that.
We'll take care of it if you don't wanna keep anyof it.All right, so the last letter here is, "How fast can
you close? I'm behind on property taxes." That'sMark from Converse. Hey, Mark.
Uh, you know, we can close in as little as a weekif you're in a pinch, uh, tax troubles are
urgent. We know we've helped folks dodge auctions,uh, with days to spare and we can move fast
(08:26):
for you. So just give us a call. We can see whatthe situation is, uh, and, uh, the property
information, all that kind of stuff, and make youan offer and see if we can't,
uh, get that house sold, uh, before any- any moreserious problems with the property
taxes 'cause you know, the county's gonna getpaid.
Before anybody else, the county will get paid nomatter what.
All right.
(08:46):
If you got more questions, send them my way. Ilove hearing from you.
And, um,
yeah, so let's transition into,
you know, like I said before, how- how to get theball rolling.
If you're thinking about considering a house, uh,selling a house quickly,
uh, for cash, needs repairs or anything like that,just visit, uh, DannyBuysHouses.com.
Fill out that fast cash offer form on the homepageand tell us about the San Antonio house, repairs or
(09:10):
not. Or if you're in surrounding areas, Seguin,um,
uh, Universal City, Converse, Selma, Schertz,
Boerne, uh, you know, New Braunfels, all of thatkind of stuff, you
know, it- it's fine. Uh, just reach out to us and,uh, and we'll make you an offer.
All right? There's no- no obligation and you cansay no and walk away if you're not happy with the offer that
(09:33):
we make you. All right.
So
selling a house doesn't have to be hard. You know,it can be scary, but it doesn't have to be hard.
I've... Y- you know, I know it's scary for mostpeople and, uh, you know, I've been doing this since
2003.
So I love helping people with houses that- thatneed work 'cause I love taking houses, fixing them up and-
and really transforming them.
(09:53):
Um, you know, that house with the- the ceilingthat's falling down and, uh,
you know, maybe has, uh,
you know, lots of problems, uh, that you reallydon't want to deal with anymore, we'll take it,
fix it up and, uh, we'll do something with it.
We can get you cash for that house as is. And, uh,you can be on your way.
(10:14):
That's what we do at Danny Buys Houses.
So head over to DannyBuysHouses.com, fill out thatform, and let's talk.
I'm Danny Johnson, and here,
uh, I'm here to make this easy for you in SanAntonio. All right?
Thanks for tuning in, everyone. Uh, share thiswith someone who needs it.
Next time, we're gonna talk about selling aninherited house for cash, whether probate
has been done or not. So you don't wanna miss it.Tune in to the Danny Buys Houses podcast.
(10:38):
This is Danny Johnson saying take care and let'sget that house sold. See you soon.
Hello. Welcome back to the Danny Buys Housespodcast.
I'm your host, Danny Johnson, here in San Antonio,Texas.
All right, we got a great show for you today.
If you've got a house that's falling apart,inherited a property you don't want, or just evicted some
tenants who left a mess, this episode is for you.
Today, we're going behind the scenes of selling ahouse to a cash homebuyer like me at Danny Buys
(00:31):
Houses. I'll walk you through every single step,from the first call to cash in your
hand. We'll answer some listener questions too.Are you ready? Let's get started.
Selling a house can feel like a mystery, right?Especially if it's beat-up or if you need out fast.
That's where cash buyers like Danny Buys Housescome in.
I've been doing this for over 20 years now here inSan Antonio, buying houses as is
(00:55):
for cash. No repairs, no delays, just a simplereal estate
transaction.
So what happens when you contact us? Let's diginto that.
Let's break it down in detail step-by-step.
First step, you reach out. You can call us at
210-881-7707. That's
210-881-7707 or head to
(01:18):
dannybuyshouses.com
and fill out the fast cash offer form. It's rightthere on the homepage and you can't miss it.
All right, it's easy. It really just takes twominutes.
Uh, you just basically tell us about your house,where it is, what it's like,
and, you know, don't hold back. If, if it's gotcracks in the walls, an outdated kitchen, or a leaking
(01:39):
roof, we need to know. This isn't really a beautycontest.
We buy off-market properties in any shapewhatsoever.
Once you hit the submit button on the form or hangup the phone, we're on it.
Next, we schedule a visit.
We agree to a time that works for you. We come toyour house, me or one of my
team, and there's no pressure and no rush.
(01:59):
You know, even if you're out of town, we can evenwork around that.
This isn't a traditional home inspection where wewalk around with a clipboard and nitpick everything,
climb up on the roof, crawl under the house. Wedon't do any of that stuff.
We're basically looking at what shape is the housein, what do we need to do to get it fixed up and
sold, rented, or, you know, anything else we wannado with the house.
(02:21):
So basically, we're looking at what shape the, theHVAC system is in, do the kitchens, bathrooms need
updating, uh, is the foundation unlevel?
Um, you know, what kind of cleaning needs to bedone? Is there anything that need to be hauled off?
All that kind of stuff. And don't worry,
because nothing scares us. We've seen it allreally.
We've bought burned houses before that have been,you know, like 20, 30, 40%
(02:43):
burned. We've bought high-end houses that didn'teven need any work.
Uh, we're not scared off by anything.
We've, we've, uh, you know, we're really justfiguring out what it'll take to fix up after we buy it.
That's our job, not yours. So you don't have toworry about, you know, having a detailed list of things
or point out things. We, we just walk through and,and look at it all.
You know, this walkthrough typically really, a lotof people are surprised 'cause it only takes about 15 to
(03:06):
30 minutes. So we're not gonna take up a lot ofyour time during this appointment.
And then the big question that we get
is usually, how do we determine our offer?
So we've walked through, we've determined,
you know, how much, uh, in repairs we're gonnahave to do.
We can basically come up with our cash offer foryou. And people wanna know what is the process.
(03:26):
Well, we look... Before we head even out there tothe house, we're looking at what the house's value is
fixed up. So we look at what things have soldfor...
Similar houses have sold for in that immediatearea within the last typically six
months. And from there, we have an idea of what itmight be worth once we're done fixing it.
Obviously, there's some risk involved.
And so, you know, we, we have to figure out thatnumber, uh, pretty, uh, you know, sometimes
(03:50):
conservatively depending on, on how varied thedifferent sales prices have been.
And from there, we subtract the repair costs thatwe just figured out after walking through the house
and a little bit for our profit. And that's it.There's no secret formula.
Say your place needs 30K in work, we factor thatin and give you a fair number for the, uh, for
the house. So, it's not full market price. Thosebuyers don't want...
(04:13):
You know, they don't want to buy a house thatneeds work.
They want move-in ready, but it's cash, it's fast,and it's hassle-free.
So you know exactly what you're getting, no games,right?
There's no, there's no cost to get that offer.There's no obligation for you to accept that offer.
Uh, but if you do like it and you wanna movequick, we're ready to go.
So let's assume that you do like the offer. What'snext? So you say yes and we move fast.
(04:35):
We both sign a purchase agreement so that ouroffer is in writing, right?
You wanna know what you're agreeing to.
We wanna know what's being agreed to, all inwriting, so there's no confusion.
We send the deal to a local title company here inSan Antonio.
For us, it's usually Old Republic Title.
They do a title search, make sure the house isyours to sell and there's no hidden liens.
Uh, it just takes a few days and we put downearnest money deposit to show we're serious and to make it a
(04:59):
binding contract.
Uh, and then we set a closing date. So thatclosing date is gonna be, you know, basically,
you know, a week. It could be two weeks. It'sreally up to you. It's what do you need.
How much time do you need to take care of thingsyou need to do?
If you are living in the house, you need to moveout, you wanna have, you know, three or four weeks,
that's really up to you.
(05:21):
Uh, we're pretty flexible with all of that.
So now, the closing day rolls around. We'reusually out there early.
We sign first with the title company because itonly takes us about 10 minutes.
Then you sign at the title company when it'sconvenient for you or you can even sign remotely if you're not
local,
uh, and can't make it to the title company inperson.
Uh, after all signatures are, are done, the titlecompany gives you a check for your proceeds
(05:45):
and the papers, uh, everything's done.
You know, everything is recorded at the, thecounty courthouse by the title company.
They really handle all of that kind of stuff, soyou don't have to worry about it.
You're really basically signing and getting yourcheck
and, uh, handing over the keys, and that'sbasically the, the end of it for you.
So,
you know, you walk away with crash- cash, nostrings attached. We take the house mess and all.
(06:09):
And, you know, I've had, uh, I've had even folkscry tears of relief at
the table, you know. Uh, I remember one, one lady,Carla, sold us a house after her
tenants had wrecked it and she said, "Danny, Ifeel free."
And, you know, you could tell that the weight hadbeen lifted off her shoulders.
And, and that's what this is all about.
So, that's basically the process in a nutshell.
(06:31):
If you have more questions regarding how we dothings and what we do, feel free to give us a call.
We'd love to talk to you about it.
And, uh, at this time in the podcast, I like to,to go through some listener questions.
So you've sent them in. I've got answers. Let'sget right into the mail.
All right, the first one here. "Danny, what if myhouse needs a ton of repairs, including a roof
that has been leaking for a long time? Can youstill buy it?" That's from James in San Antonio. James, yes.
(06:56):
You know, the worse,
the better. We bought places you wouldn't stepfoot in. Uh, repairs don't scare us.
You don't touch a thing while we handle it all.
Uh, even if there's, you know, a different thingcaused by, by the, the roof leaking for a long
time, you're gonna have damage that might not beseen. We know that. We understand that.
We can get in there and take care of stuff andwe'll still buy the house as is so that you don't have to mess with
(07:18):
any of that stuff. All right, James? Cool. Allright, next.
Let's see here. "I inherited a house full of junk.
Do I have to clear it all out?" This is fromRachel in Universal City.
Uh, Rachel, nope, leave it all there, furniture,trash. Whatever you want to take, you take.
Whatever you don't want, just leave it there.We'll deal with it.
Um,
you know, I once bought a house with 20 years of,of things, newspapers and, and
(07:42):
different things stacked up
and, uh, you know, nearly touching the ceiling. Itwas kind of hard to even get through the place.
So you're off the hook. You don't have to, toworry about cleaning all that stuff up.
I know that's daunting to, to have to go throughall of that stuff, uh, when you don't really even
want any of it, you know, to find out what to dowith it.
A lot of times, there's, uh, an emotionalattachment to it because of th- the person that owned those
(08:03):
items, you know, things like that. So, you don'thave to worry about that.
We'll take care of it if you don't wanna keep anyof it.All right, so the last letter here is, "How fast can
you close? I'm behind on property taxes." That'sMark from Converse. Hey, Mark.
Uh, you know, we can close in as little as a weekif you're in a pinch, uh, tax troubles are
urgent. We know we've helped folks dodge auctions,uh, with days to spare and we can move fast
(08:26):
for you. So just give us a call. We can see whatthe situation is, uh, and, uh, the property
information, all that kind of stuff, and make youan offer and see if we can't,
uh, get that house sold, uh, before any- any moreserious problems with the property
taxes 'cause you know, the county's gonna getpaid.
Before anybody else, the county will get paid nomatter what.
All right.
(08:46):
If you got more questions, send them my way. Ilove hearing from you.
And, um,
yeah, so let's transition into,
you know, like I said before, how- how to get theball rolling.
If you're thinking about considering a house, uh,selling a house quickly,
uh, for cash, needs repairs or anything like that,just visit, uh, DannyBuysHouses.com.
Fill out that fast cash offer form on the homepageand tell us about the San Antonio house, repairs or
(09:10):
not. Or if you're in surrounding areas, Seguin,um,
uh, Universal City, Converse, Selma, Schertz,
Boerne, uh, you know, New Braunfels, all of thatkind of stuff, you
know, it- it's fine. Uh, just reach out to us and,uh, and we'll make you an offer.
All right? There's no- no obligation and you cansay no and walk away if you're not happy with the offer that
(09:33):
we make you. All right.
So
selling a house doesn't have to be hard. You know,it can be scary, but it doesn't have to be hard.
I've... Y- you know, I know it's scary for mostpeople and, uh, you know, I've been doing this since
2003.
So I love helping people with houses that- thatneed work 'cause I love taking houses, fixing them up and-
and really transforming them.
(09:53):
Um, you know, that house with the- the ceilingthat's falling down and, uh,
you know, maybe has, uh,
you know, lots of problems, uh, that you reallydon't want to deal with anymore, we'll take it,
fix it up and, uh, we'll do something with it.
We can get you cash for that house as is. And, uh,you can be on your way.
(10:14):
That's what we do at Danny Buys Houses.
So head over to DannyBuysHouses.com, fill out thatform, and let's talk.
I'm Danny Johnson, and here,
uh, I'm here to make this easy for you in SanAntonio. All right?
Thanks for tuning in, everyone. Uh, share thiswith someone who needs it.
Next time, we're gonna talk about selling aninherited house for cash, whether probate
has been done or not. So you don't wanna miss it.Tune in to the Danny Buys Houses podcast.
(10:38):
This is Danny Johnson saying take care and let'sget that house sold. See you soon.
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