Fair Home Cash Every seller guide and tool we have. One page, no fluff.

Blunt, math-forward answers to the questions sellers actually ask: which route is fastest, what it really costs, what the law still requires, and how the numbers get built.

Selling a house fast is a math problem wearing a real-estate costume. Every route trades some of your net proceeds for speed and certainty, and the right answer depends on your house, your timeline, and your patience. These guides exist so you can run that math yourself before anyone runs it for you. Start with the big comparison if you are still choosing a route, or jump straight to the guide that matches your situation.

Key takeaways

Every route to a fast sale trades some of your net proceeds for speed and certainty.
If you are still choosing a route, start with How to Sell Your House Fast.
If cash is your route and you are on a clock, the 7-day timeline lays out a real cash closing day by day.
Illinois foreclosure deadlines are state law and identical everywhere in Illinois, while the courthouse and mediation program change by county.
Fair Home Cash publishes the full math behind a cash offer, line by line, so you can check any buyer against it.

Guides

The seller guides

Start here

How to Sell Your House Fast

Agent, iBuyer, FSBO, cash buyer, or auction. The honest speed-versus-net math on all five routes, and how to pick yours.

Timeline

Sell a House in 7 Days

The day-by-day timeline of a real 7-day cash closing, what can stretch it past a week, and what to have ready.

Condition

What an As-Is Sale Really Means

You fix nothing, but Illinois disclosure rules still apply. What as-is does and does not cover, plus the price math.

Inherited

Selling a House in Probate

What has to happen legally before an inherited house can be sold, who can sign, and how to keep the process moving.

Rentals

Selling a House With Tenants

Your options when the property has renters in it: sell with the lease in place, negotiate a move-out, or wait it out.

Tools and math

Run the numbers yourself

The math

How Cash Buyers Price Offers

The full math behind a cash offer, line by line, with a real worked example. Print it and check any buyer against it.

Calculator

Cash Offer Estimator

Plug in your own numbers and see roughly what a cash offer on your house would look like before anyone calls you.

Comparison

Cash Buyer vs. Realtor

Side by side: what you walk away with and when you get paid, listing with an agent versus taking a cash offer.

Comparison

FSBO vs. Cash Buyer

Selling it yourself versus selling for cash: the costs, the timelines, and the work each route asks of you.

Deadline

Illinois Foreclosure Deadline Calculator

Enter your dates and see where you are in the Illinois foreclosure timeline, and how much room you have left to act.

Cook County

Cook County Foreclosure Timeline

Every Cook County foreclosure deadline explained by statute, plus the free county mediation program and where selling fits in.

Compare

Selling Costs by State

Commission, transfer tax and closing costs for every state side by side, with the source for each figure.

Data

Chicago Vacant Building Report

City-wide 311 vacant-building complaints, building violations and vacant-building fines, 2019 to 2026, every figure from the City of Chicago Data Portal.

Reference

Real Estate Glossary

Plain-English definitions of the terms sellers run into: ARV, as-is, liens, probate, redemption period, escrow, title defects, and more.

Foreclosure, county by county

Illinois foreclosure timelines by county

The deadlines are state law and identical everywhere in Illinois — what changes county to county is the courthouse, the mediation program, and the local market math. Each guide covers one county's picture, deadline by deadline.

Cook County DuPage County Kane County Lake County Will County

Chicago and statewide

Selling in Chicago, the suburbs, or elsewhere in Illinois?

Who actually buys houses for cash here, how the buyer types compare, and what changes when the property is a condo, an as-is project house, or a suburban home outside the city limits.

Chicago

Cash Home Buyers in Chicago

Who the city's cash buyers actually are, how each type prices a house, and the two-minute checks that vet any of them.

How it works

Selling a Chicago House to Fair Home Cash

Each step from the first call to the closing table, the Chicago paperwork, and who pays for what.

The rulebook

Illinois Cash House Buyers

The state law every direct cash sale runs under — attorney review, the disclosure act, transfer stamps — and where the companies actually operate.

Compared

Top Cash Home Buyers in Chicago

Franchises, iBuyers, local investors, DIY, and us — every option type side by side, with the vetting checklist that works on all of them.

Statewide

Top Cash Home Buyers in Illinois

The four buyer types across the whole state, why the option list shrinks outside Chicagoland, and the five questions that sort any buyer.

As-is

Sell a House As-Is in Chicago

What as-is really means under Illinois disclosure law, why old Chicago housing stock scares lenders, and the price math on skipping repairs.

Condos

Selling a Chicago Condo for Cash

Dues, special assessments, HOA paperwork at closing, and the buildings financed buyers cannot touch — the condo-specific cash sale picture.

Suburbs

Sell a House Fast in the Chicago Suburbs

Kane, Will, and DuPage county sales: suburban taxes and carrying costs, and how a fast sale runs outside the city limits.

By property type

Not a standard single-family house?

Some properties sell on different rails: a different title, a third party at the table, or a price set by the rent roll. These guides map what actually changes for each type.

Mobile home

Sell a Mobile Home Fast

Title vs. deed, park approval and lot rent, and the chattel-financing wall that makes cash the realistic buyer pool.

Condo

Sell a Condo Fast

HOA dues and liens at closing, special assessments, Florida's inspection and reserve rules, and buildings lenders refuse.

Multi-family

Sell a Multi-Family Fast

Why the rent roll sets the price, how leases and deposits transfer with the deed, and the 2–4 unit vs. 5+ lending line.

Rented

Sell a Tenant-Occupied Property

How an occupied sale runs start to finish, how the tenancy shapes the number, and when vacating first is worth it.

Trust and verification

Check us — and every other buyer — before you sign

This industry earns its skeptics. These pages exist so you can verify who you are dealing with, spot the operators you should never deal with, and see why there are no fake stars anywhere on this site.

Verify us

Is Fair Home Cash Legit?

Our entity facts on the record, how we get paid, and the free two-minute Secretary of State lookup (Nevada for WealthExtract LLC) that verifies us, or any buyer.

Stay safe

Avoiding Cash-Home-Buyer Scams

The four real scams — equity skimming, closing-day price cuts, fake wholesalers, deed theft — the red-flag checklist, and how to protect yourself.

Search results

Finding a Cash Home Buyer Near You

The three kinds of companies behind that search — local buyers, franchises, lead-resellers — how to tell them apart, and the vet that works in any state.

Transparency

Who We Work With

The title company, attorneys, and anyone else involved in a purchase, and what each one sees.

Common questions

Straight answers, one question per page

Short, sourced answers to the questions sellers ask before they request an offer. The FAQ page groups them by situation.

By situation

Illinois situation guides

Some sales come with extra paperwork attached. These guides cover the Illinois-specific rules for the four situations we see most.

Inherited a house Behind on the mortgage Selling during divorce Fire-damaged property All locations

Not sure where to start? If you are choosing between routes, read How to Sell Your House Fast first. If you already know cash is your route and you are on a clock, go straight to the 7-day timeline. If your house needs work and you are wondering what that does to the price, the as-is guide walks the math.

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