Notes on selling
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Short, useful pieces on cash sales, foreclosure, inherited homes, and selling without an agent.

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How a cash sale to Birch actually works

There's no mystery — and there are no tricks. Here's the seven-step path a Birch sale takes, from your address to the closing table.

May 14, 20265 min read
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Divorce and the family home: a calm guide to a hard decision

Three options for the marital home, what each really costs, and a few hard-won notes on keeping the sale from making the divorce worse.

May 26, 20266 min
A modest white house with a front porch under autumn trees.

Behind on your mortgage? Here are your options.

Foreclosure feels like a freight train, but you have more time and more options than the bank lets on. A plain-English guide to what's on the table.

April 22, 20266 min
A brick apartment building with fire escapes — a small multi-unit rental.

Selling a rental with tenants in place: what's actually possible

You don't have to evict your tenants to sell. A practical walk-through of selling occupied rentals — leases, deposits, notice, and the buyers who will actually take one.

April 3, 20266 min
A lived-in living room with a stone fireplace and a worn leather armchair.

You inherited a house. Now what?

A short, practical checklist for the first 90 days after inheriting a home — from probate basics to what to do with the contents.

March 8, 20265 min
An empty room in a tired house — paint peeling, floor bare, waiting on work.

Fix it or sell as-is? The real math on a tired house.

Before you take out a HELOC to renovate before listing, do this back-of-envelope calculation. Most owners are surprised by which way it tilts.

February 19, 20267 min

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