Got a “We Buy Houses Cash” Letter?
Get Your Three Numbers First.
That letter shows you a single number when there are almost always three, and you deserve to see every one of them before you put your name on anything. Tell me about the property and I'll run all three, at no cost to you.
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One House. Three Numbers.
Most executors only ever see the number printed on the letter. Here's a real Orange County probate case: one inherited home, sold in the same month, valued three different ways.
The cash offer letter
One buyer, one offer, no bidding war to push the price higher, and even that number often gets renegotiated downward once you're already in escrow.
Sold exactly as it stands
Nothing repaired and nothing cleared out, yet $150,000 more, purely because more than one buyer was bidding for it.
Prepared, then listed
Cleared out and repaired at no cost to you up front, and those costs are simply deducted from the proceeds when the home sells.
Your own three numbers will look different, but you deserve to see all three before you decide anything, and if that cash offer really does turn out to be your best move, I will be the one to tell you.
“I Just Want This Over With.” I Understand. And I'll Make It Go Away.
Most executors tell me the same thing: they don't want to manage a house right now, they want to grieve the person they lost, and they'll take less money just to make it go away. That is exactly what the cash offer letter is counting on.
Being finished and getting more do not have to cost each other. You can have both. I handle the cleanout, the repairs with nothing out of your pocket, the attorney coordination, the showings, and the sale itself. As much or as little of it as you want. None of it requires you to be here.
Waiting is not free either. An Orange County property still costs the estate somewhere between $1,000 and $2,700 a month once the taxes, the insurance, the utilities and the upkeep are counted, and that runs for as long as the house sits.
Take a faster, stronger cash offer with none of the hassle, or a fast and affordable repair that nets you more. Either path gets you to the finish line quicker, and you still walk away with more than that letter offered.
What I Handle for You
White glove probate services, so that the property never becomes your second full time job.
Full Estate Cleanout
Whether the home is occupied, vacant or in genuine disrepair, we coordinate the entire cleanout so that you never have to sort through a lifetime of belongings on your own.
Repairs and Staging
Repairs, remodeling and staging that earn back more than they cost, with nothing at all paid by the estate up front.
Attorney and Court Coordination
Documentation the court will accept, and seamless work alongside your probate attorney, including confirmation hearings and sales under the IAEA.
A Vetted Network
Probate attorneys, appraisers and title companies I already trust, introduced to you at the moment you actually need them.
Support for Executors Living Elsewhere
If you're in another city or state, I manage everything here in Orange County, so you don't have to keep flying back.
Free Probate Home Valuation
The same three number reading described above, run specifically for your property: a real number, not a computer generated guess, so you know exactly where you stand before you sign anything.
Results That Speak for Themselves
more than the $5,000,000 offer two other agents recommended for the home as it stood. A $100,000 investment in repairs took this inherited Orange County home to a $6,900,000 listing, then a $7,200,000 sale, $300,000 over asking.
Selling As It Stands Can Be a Surrender or a Strategy
You have almost certainly received the letters by now, the ones offering to buy houses exactly as they stand for cash. There is a real difference between surrendering to those words and using them, and before you answer any of those letters it is worth knowing what that difference is actually worth.
One investor’s letter
- A single unsolicited offer that you either take or leave
- A business that profits by buying low, at pennies on the dollar
- No competition at all, so you never learn what the house was worth
- The cleanout remains entirely your problem
Selling as it stands with Aragone & Associates
- Your home in front of many cash investors and the open market at once
- Buyers competing, so one offer becomes several and the price climbs
- Still sold entirely as it stands, still fast, but for top dollar
- The full cleanout handled for you
The Anaheim house behind those three numbers
It was dated, it had not been touched in years, it was still full of belongings, and nobody in the family lived nearby. The cleanout, the repairs, the staging and the rekey came to $53,000, and not one dollar of it left the family's bank account. It was paid out of the proceeds at closing.
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Client Reviews
Read what our clients have to say about working with us.
“Paula has been honest, professional, warm and truly compassionate during what is an emotional period for our family. She is extremely knowledgeable in the probate process and all the details that have to be covered.”
“I was comfortable with Paula handling the sale as the property was in probate. My family and I are very pleased with the Aragone Team and would recommend them to anyone with a home to sell.”
“Selling my mother's house after she passed was not the experience we were dreading because we were lucky enough to get a referral for Paula Aragone.”
“When our elderly mother died, we were at a complete loss as to what to do with her house. It was old and very run down, but it had a lot of hidden value.”
“She coordinated directly with my trust attorney to make sure all the documents were filed properly, navigated a difficult HOA on behalf of the buyer, and handled a buyer requested repair so I didn't have to.”
“Another realtor I spoke with insisted I wouldn't be able to get anywhere near the price Paula believed the home could sell for. In the end, Paula was right and helped me get almost $100,000 more than I would have if I had gone with the other agent.”
Why Executors Choose Me
I am a Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist with 23 years in Orange County, and I finished law school before I ever sold a house, which gives me an edge on the court, the contracts and the fiduciary side that most agents simply do not have.
How It Works
1Free valuation and a game plan
We talk through your situation, what the property is worth today and every option in front of you, with no pressure and no obligation of any kind.
2We handle the heavy lifting
The cleanout, the preparation that pays for itself, and all the coordination with your attorney and the court, and you never front a single dollar.
3We sell and the estate distributes
We market the home to sell at the very top of its range, we close, and the estate distributes to the beneficiaries.
A Second Opinion Protects the Estate, and It Protects You
This is not only a question of price. As the person responsible for the estate, accepting a single unsolicited offer without ever putting the home in front of the market is precisely the decision that a sibling, a beneficiary or the court can question years later. Picture the conversation eighteen months from now, when an heir asks why the house sold for what it did.
“Because a company sent us a letter” is a hard sentence to say out loud. “We put it in front of the market and took the best offer” is not.
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Get Your Free Three Number Second Opinion
Tell me about the property and I'll run all three on your actual house, at no cost to you: the reading on that cash offer, the value as the house stands today and the value once it has been prepared, so you know exactly what it is worth before you sign anything.
- What that cash offer is really worth
- Your value on the open market exactly as the house stands
- Your prepared value, with nothing coming out of your pocket
- And if the cash offer wins, I will tell you and leave it there
Run my three numbers
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Before You Sign, Get Your Three Numbers
It costs nothing, it obliges you to nothing, and I will not chase you. Most executors only ever see one number, and you should see all three.
Run my three numbers
Tell me about the property and I will run all three, free. We respond fast, usually within minutes.
No cost. No obligation. We never sell your information.