The quick answer to that question is no.
We are local cash house buyers in Indianapolis IN and work with local home owners who need to sell fast. The home owners we've worked with come to us with all kinds of reasons for needing to sell fast.
But one of those is that the house is rundown and in dis-repair and they just don't have the time or money to make the repairs needed to be able to sell it fast on the open market with a real estate agent.
But here's the "official" reason we'll buy a house in any condition in and around the Indianapolis market (including other cities in IN).