{"id":1478,"date":"2022-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisbuyshomesstlseller8.carrot.com\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2025-02-15T15:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:32:03","slug":"how-long-does-it-take-to-sell-my-house-with-an-agent-vs-an-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/blog\/how-long-does-it-take-to-sell-my-house-with-an-agent-vs-an-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"How Long Does It Take To Sell My House With An Agent Vs An Investor?"},"content":{"rendered":"Sometimes you need to sell your house fast. Sometimes it doesn\u2019t matter. If you find yourself pressed for time and wondering \u201chow long does it take to sell my house with an agent vs an investor?\u201d then this blog post will guide you through the answer\u2026<\/em>\n\nYou want to sell your house, and perhaps you need to sell in a hurry. Chances are, you arrived at this blog post because you\u2019re hoping to find the best solution for you that sells your house as quickly as YOU want.\n\nBefore we get to the answer, it\u2019s important to understand the difference between what an agent does and what an investor does:\n\nWhen you sell your house with an agent, you are asking the agent to represent you in a sale and to try and find a buyer on your behalf. In other words, you\u2019re selling THROUGH an agent to a buyer.\n\nWhen you sell your house with an investor, you are actually working directly with the one who will be buying the house. In other words, you\u2019re selling TO an investor (they are the buyer).\n\nNow that you understand the difference, here\u2019s how long it can take\u2026\n

How Long Does It Take To Sell My House With An Agent<\/span> Vs An Investor?<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Agent…<\/strong>\n\nAn agent needs to show your house to prospective buyers and try to convince them to buy. Therefore, they\u2019ll want your house to be in pristine condition, and then they need to find as many prospective buyers as they can to show your house to.\n\nTherefore, it can take weeks or months for you to fix up your house before an agent feels that it\u2019s ready to list. And once the agent lists it, it can take months for the agent to find buyers to show your house to, and for one of those buyers to make an offer (on average, it can take 3-6 months\u2026 sometimes as long as 12 months for this to happen). And what people don\u2019t realize is: if the buyer can\u2019t get financing or gets cold feet in the deal then they can back out and you go through the process again.\n\nTherefore, it can take months to sell your house through an agent \u2013 it all depends on how quickly you can get your house in \u201cshowroom condition\u201d and how quickly they can find a buyer and whether the buyer goes through with the purchase.\n

How Long Does It Take To Sell My House With An Agent Vs An Investor<\/span>?<\/strong><\/h3>\nThe Investor…<\/strong>\n\n\"HowThis part surprises most people: an investor can buy your house very fast \u2013 some investors can even buy in as little as 7-10 days if that\u2019s what you want. That\u2019s because the investor is the buyer (so no showings are necessary) and many investors (including us here at Chris Buys Homes in Indianapolis) buy houses in any condition so you don\u2019t have to fix up the property either.\n\nSo, should you sell through an agent or sell to an investor? That\u2019s up to you. An investor is faster so if speed is important to you then you may want to think about selling to an investor.\n

Want more information about selling?<\/h2>\n

Great! We\u2019re here to help. Whether you need to sell fast or just want to understand the process a bit more, get in touch by calling (317) 526-4712 or by clicking here and entering your information<\/a> and we\u2019ll gladly spend the time talking to you about the house-selling process for your situation.<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you need to sell your house fast. Sometimes it doesn\u2019t matter. If you find yourself pressed for time and wondering \u201chow long does it take to sell my house with an agent vs an investor?\u201d then this blog post will guide you through the answer\u2026 You want to sell your house, and perhaps you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-selling","tag-how-long-does-it-take-to-sell-my-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18865,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions\/18865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisbuyshomesindy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}