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Cash Home Buyers Daly City
Sell Your Daly City Home for Cash Without the Prep Work.
We buy houses all over Daly City, including Westlake, Serramonte, Broadmoor, St. Francis Heights and Crocker, in any condition. You pay no commission and no fees, and there is nothing to repair or clean out first. Ask for a written cash offer with no obligation, and close in 7 days or less if you want to.
Selling in Daly City? We can send you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
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Selling a House in Daly City: Neighborhoods, Local Rules & Situations We Handle
Daly City sits right on San Francisco‘s southern edge, and much of it was built after World War II as tract housing. Many of those homes have since had garage conversions, in-law rooms and other changes, some with permits and some without. Daly City also asks every seller of a one to three unit home for a city report before the sale. That combination is where a financed sale often slows down, and where a cash buyer can make things simpler.
Daly City neighborhoods we buy in
- Westlake: Henry Doelger's postwar development of compact single-family homes, built on about 600 acres he bought and annexed to Daly City in 1948, per the Westlake article on Wikipedia.
- Serramonte: family neighborhoods around the shopping center and nearby parks.
- Broadmoor: a small unincorporated community bordered by Daly City and Colma.
- St. Francis Heights: a hillside neighborhood with views toward the bay.
- Crocker: older homes close to the Daly City and Colma BART stations.
- Bayshore and original Daly City: the older eastern neighborhoods near the San Francisco line.
Daly City rules that affect a sale
- The 3R report. Before an agreement of sale on a one to three unit home, the seller must get a Residential Requirements Report (3R) from the city. It lists permits on file since January 1989 and any open code enforcement or zoning issues. It stays valid for six months, and the city emails it within about three working days. Rooms added without permits will not show up as legal on it.
- Water heater and smoke alarms. Per the city's Building Division FAQ, when a house is sold a water heater in the garage must be raised 18 inches off the floor, which needs a permit, and battery smoke alarms are required in each bedroom and the hall leading to them. We can buy before any of that is done.
- Transfer tax. San Mateo County's documentary transfer tax is $1.10 per $1,000 of value. The county records list the City of San Mateo as the only city whose conveyance tax it collects, and Daly City is not on it.
Selling a tenant-occupied Daly City home
Daly City does not have its own rent control law, so most rentals follow California's AB 1482. For tenants who have been in place 12 months or more, it limits yearly rent increases to 5% plus inflation, up to 10%, and requires a just cause to end the tenancy. Some single-family homes and condos owned by individuals are exempt from the rent cap. You do not need to work any of this out to sell. We buy with your tenants in place.
What gets settled at a Daly City closing
- Sewer. Most of Daly City is served by the North San Mateo County Sanitation District, a subsidiary district run by the city's Department of Water and Wastewater Resources, per San Mateo LAFCo. A northeast part of the city drains to the San Francisco system instead. Escrow handles the final bill.
- Supplemental tax. After a change in ownership, the San Mateo County Assessor sets a new value and sends a supplemental bill for the rest of the fiscal year. A purchase between January and May can trigger two bills. That is the buyer's bill, so when we buy, it is ours.
- The 3R and the deed. If you do not have a 3R yet, we help you request it, and the title company records the deed with the San Mateo County Clerk-Recorder.
Why Daly City owners call us
- Estates. San Mateo County probate is handled at the Hall of Justice in Redwood City, per the court's probate division page. See our probate guide. Heirs who will not live in the home usually face a Prop 19 property tax reset.
- Foreclosure. If the trustee's sale date is close, we can work to it. See options when facing foreclosure.
- Unpermitted rooms. Garage conversions and in-law units without permits, which the 3R will not list as legal.
- Nearby cities we buy in. We also buy in South San Francisco, Pacifica and San Bruno, and across San Mateo County.
Frequently Asked Questions About Selling Your Daly City House
The questions Daly City homeowners ask us most, answered.
1. Can you buy my Daly City home if it has tenants?
Yes. Daly City has no local rent-control ordinance, but many rentals fall under California's statewide AB 1482, which requires just cause to end a tenancy after 12 months and caps rent increases. You don't need to deliver any notices or wait out a lease. We buy tenant-occupied homes with renters in place and take on those obligations ourselves.
2. How fast can you close?
We can close in 7 days or less. Because we pay cash, there's no lender, no appraisal delay, and no financing contingency. If you need a little more time to move or settle other matters, we can work around your schedule.
3. I've received a Notice of Default. Is it too late to sell?
No. In California you generally have a 90-day reinstatement window after the Notice of Default is recorded, and the foreclosure sale comes only after a Notice of Trustee's Sale (at least 21 days later). As long as we close before the trustee's sale, you can sell and avoid the auction. Our cash close in 7 days or less is built for exactly this kind of deadline.
4. What about closing costs and the San Mateo County transfer tax?
We don't charge any fees or commissions, and there are no agent costs. The San Mateo County documentary transfer tax (about $1.10 per $1,000) still applies at recording, and Daly City adds no separate city conveyance tax. We'll walk you through exactly what comes out at closing, so there are no surprises and nothing out of your pocket up front.
5. Will you buy a home with foundation, hillside, or landslide concerns?
Yes. Daly City's hillside lots and proximity to the San Andreas Fault mean foundation settling, soil movement, and seismic-hazard-zone designations can scare off financed buyers. We buy completely as-is. You don't repair anything, get any reports, or fix any condition issue. We factor the property's real condition into a fair cash offer.
6. My home has an unpermitted garage conversion or in-law unit. Can you still buy it?
Yes. Converted garages and unpermitted in-law units are very common in Daly City and routinely stall traditional sales. We buy as-is, permits or not, and take on the legalization question ourselves after closing.
7. How do you calculate your cash offer?
We start with what comparable Daly City homes have recently sold for, then subtract the estimated cost of repairs and updates the property needs to reach that resale condition, plus our costs to carry and resell it. What's left is your cash offer, with no commissions or fees deducted.
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Sell My House for Cash in Daly City, CA
Daly City is known for its rows of postwar homes, from Doelger’s Westlake to the newer Serramonte blocks, and for the fog that comes over the hills from the ocean. Many of those houses are now changing hands as longtime owners retire, settle an estate or move away, and decades of small changes and deferred repairs can make a listing a project in itself. We buy Daly City houses for cash as they are, so you can skip the repairs, the staging and the open houses.
From your first call to closing: selling a Daly City home to us
How to Get Started
Tell us about the house, any rooms added over the years, and when you would like to close. We will explain how we would handle the 3R and the rest.
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We Want to Buy Your Daly City Home
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If your Daly City home has been sitting unsold longer than you expected, you already know the listing route can be a grind. Showings, open houses, staging, the wait for the right buyer, and a deal that can stall the moment a lender or inspector gets cold feet: that’s the traditional path, and it asks a lot of you before you ever see a dollar. Selling directly to us for cash takes all of that off your plate. Whether you’ve already tried an agent or were just weighing one, we make a straightforward offer on your house as it stands today, so you can stop managing a sale and start moving forward.
Here’s the concrete difference in Daly City: no repairs, no cleanouts, and no agent fees or commissions eating into your proceeds. Because we buy with cash, there’s no appraisal and no financing contingency that can collapse the deal at the last minute: the offer we make is the offer you can count on. You get a fair cash price, we cover the closing costs that would normally fall to you, and we close in 7 days, or on whatever date fits your timeline best.
What You Get
Traditional Real Estate
A cash offer within a day
No commission due
Close on the date you pick
No repairs needed
Sell in its present condition
We pay closing costs
Close in 7 days or less
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Why Homeowners Choose Us
Daly City owners sell to us for a firm price, no showings and a date they choose.
We Pay All Cash
Because we pay cash, there is no appraisal and no lender conditions.
Easy & Clear Terms
Simple terms in plain English. We go over the 3R, any liens and any tenant questions before you sign.
We Do the Paperwork
A licensed title company holds escrow and records the deed in San Mateo County.
Zero Fees
No commission and no closing costs for you on a Daly City sale.
Sell "As-Is"
Old wiring, a garage conversion or a worn-out roof: we buy the house with all of it.
Close in 7 Days or Less
Close in as little as 7 days, or on a later date that suits you.
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Selling Your Daly City Home: Three Options Compared
How a Daly City sale to us compares with listing or a typical investor offer.
Traditional Sales Process
- 6% of purchase price plus other fees
- Price haggling and unpredictable offer
- Clean up and repair hassle
- Showings and open houses
- Long sales timeline, often 2-3+ months
Rapid Home Solutions
- ZERO FEES to sell your home
- Highest off-market price
- Sell AS-IS. No cleanup or repairs, or showings
- Close in 7 days or less, or move at your pace, up to 60 days
- No closing costs
Property Investor
- Hidden fees at close
- Lower prices, zero transparency
- High-pressure sales tactics, often not trustworthy
- Small-scale local operators not a trusted brand
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“We were about to retire and move out of state, so we needed to sell our home of 16 years. Our home needed some TLC but we just wanted to move on and retire! … Super fast closing, no real estate agents or commissions, and they took the house as-is, no questions asked.”