Real estate agents list properties and hope that someone will buy them. The agent shows the properties to prospective buyers and then takes a percentage of the sale price if they find a buyer. Oftentimes, the agent’s commission is 3-6% of the sale price of your house (so if it’s a $100,000 house, you’ll pay between $3,000 – $6,000 in commissions to an agent). Agents provide a great service for those that can wait to sell and don’t mind the hassles that come along with the traditional process of selling your home. But that’s where we’re different: We’re home buyers. Our company actually buys houses. Since we’re actually the one buying the house from you, and we can pay all-cash and close on your timeframe. Again, we make our living by taking the risk to buy the house with our own cash, repair the house, and then keep it or sell it on the open market ourselves.