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Cash Home Buyers Rodeo
Sell Your Rodeo, CA House For Cash in ANY Condition.
We buy houses across Rodeo — from Old Town and Rodeo Hills to Viewpointe, the San Pablo Bay waterfront, and the streets near the Phillips 66 refinery — in any condition. No realtors, no fees, no commissions, no repairs, and no cleanup. Get a fair, no-obligation cash offer and close in as little as 7–10 days.
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We Buy Houses Across the SF Bay Area
253 Bay Area homes purchased for cash since 2014 — we'd love to add Rodeo to the map.
Selling a House in Rodeo: Neighborhoods, Local Rules & Situations We Handle
Rodeo is an unincorporated waterfront community on San Pablo Bay — there is no city hall here; Contra Costa County governs zoning, permits, and code enforcement directly through the Board of Supervisors and the advisory Rodeo Municipal Advisory Council. That, plus older Craftsman and ranch stock dating back to Old Town’s founding in 1914, life next to the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinery, and San Pablo Bay flood exposure, makes a clean retail sale here slower and trickier than most agents admit. Rapid Home Solutions has bought Bay Area houses as-is for cash since 2014 — no fees, no commissions, no repairs, no cleanup — and we close on your timeline.
Rodeo Neighborhoods We Buy In
- Old Town Rodeo — the oldest part of town, with cozy cottages and bungalows dating to 1914; great bones, but aging systems and deferred maintenance that send financed buyers running.
- Rodeo Hills — established hillside homes where inherited and long-held properties often need updating before a retail buyer will touch them.
- Viewpointe — a quieter residential pocket with San Pablo Bay views, popular with retirees downsizing or settling an estate.
- Waterfront / San Pablo Bay — homes closest to the shoreline that face flood-zone insurance and disclosure hurdles on the open market.
- Refinery-adjacent streets — properties near the Phillips 66 plant where air-quality history and insurance friction scare off contingent buyers.
- Garretson / Investment Avenue corridor — older modest homes, tenant-occupied rentals, and probate properties where a fast cash close beats a drawn-out listing.
The Rodeo Rules That Slow Down a Traditional Sale
- County-only governance, no city hall. Because Rodeo is unincorporated, every permit, code question, and inspection routes through Contra Costa County — there's no local fast track, which can stretch out a retail sale that hinges on closing out permits or violations. We buy with the open permits and code issues in place.
- AB 1482 statewide rent control. Contra Costa has no local rent-control ordinance (only Richmond does), so unincorporated Rodeo runs on California's Tenant Protection Act — it caps annual increases at 5% plus regional CPI (currently 6.3% total for the Bay Area through July 31, 2026, and re-set each year) and requires just-cause to end most tenancies of 12+ months. That makes a tenant-occupied Rodeo rental hard to sell vacant on the open market; we buy with tenants in place.
- San Pablo Bay flood exposure. Waterfront and low-lying Rodeo parcels can sit in a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, where flood insurance is mandatory for any federally-backed mortgage and standard homeowner policies don't cover flood damage — a deal-killer for many financed buyers. Our cash offer isn't tied to flood-zone financing.
- Documentary transfer tax & SB 2 recording fees. Contra Costa charges $1.10 per $1,000 of sale price (no extra city tax in unincorporated Rodeo), plus SB 2 recording surcharges of up to $225 per transaction. We cover these costs so they never come out of your pocket.
Living Next to the Phillips 66 Refinery: Air-Quality & Insurance Friction We Absorb
Rodeo's defining challenge is the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinery on its doorstep — now converted to the Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex but still a major industrial neighbor. Community air sampling in Crockett and Rodeo after 2022 found elevated heavy metals — vanadium, nickel, and lead — and a local Fenceline Working Group continues pressing the Bay Area Air District for stricter monitoring, with the facility carrying hundreds of pending air-quality violation notices into 2026. For sellers, that history translates into nervous financed buyers, tougher insurance underwriting near heavy industry, and disclosure questions that can stall or kill a retail escrow. We buy refinery-adjacent homes anyway. Air-quality disclosures, odor or flaring history, and insurance complications don't reduce our cash offer or slow our close — we factor in the location and still close in as little as 7–10 days.
Common Rodeo Situations We Handle
We regularly buy Rodeo houses out of tough situations: probate and inherited estates (filed at the Contra Costa County Superior Court's Wakefield Taylor Courthouse in Martinez, a process that often takes close to a year), Prop 19 reassessment on inherited homes an heir won't occupy, foreclosure and pre-foreclosure against the clock of a recorded Notice of Default, tenant-occupied rentals under AB 1482, code violations and unpermitted units or additions the county is flagging, fire and water damage, and hoarder or full-cleanout properties. Every one of these we buy strictly as-is — no repairs, no cleanup, no commissions — with cash and a closing date you choose. Call (925) 483-7327 for a fair, no-obligation offer.
Frequently Asked Questions About Selling Your Rodeo House
The questions Rodeo homeowners ask us most, answered.
1. How fast can you close on my Rodeo house?
We can close in as little as 7–10 days because we pay cash and skip the bank, the appraisal, and the buyer-financing contingencies that stall a traditional sale. By contrast, listing a Rodeo house with an agent typically runs 45–75 days from listing to keys once you add showings, escrow, and a 30-day loan. If you need a little more time to move or sort out paperwork, we close on the date that works for you — you pick the day.
2. I'm behind on payments and facing foreclosure — can you still help?
Yes. In California you generally have a 90-day reinstatement window after a Notice of Default is recorded, and after that a 21-day published notice before a trustee sale. A cash sale that closes in 7–10 days can pay off the loan before the auction date and protect your credit. We work directly with your lender's payoff and your title company, and we cover the costs — there's nothing for you to bring to closing.
3. Who pays the closing costs and the county transfer tax?
We do. There are no agent commissions because we're the direct buyer, not realtors. Rodeo is unincorporated, so there's no separate city transfer tax — only Contra Costa County's documentary transfer tax of $1.10 per $1,000 of price, plus standard recording fees, and we cover those on your behalf. The cash offer you accept is the amount you walk away with, with no surprise deductions at the table.
4. My house needs major repairs and is full of stuff — do I have to fix or clean anything?
No. We buy completely as-is. Leave behind anything you don't want — old furniture, debris, a packed garage, a hoarder situation — and take only what matters to you. You don't repair the roof, the foundation, the plumbing, or anything cosmetic. We handle every repair and the entire cleanout after closing, at our cost. Deferred maintenance and code issues that would scare off a retail buyer don't scare us.
5. Does living near the Phillips 66 Rodeo refinery hurt my chances of selling?
On the open market it can. Rodeo and neighboring Crockett have had documented air-quality concerns — community samples after 2022 showed elevated heavy metals like vanadium, nickel, and lead, and a local Fenceline Working Group still tracks emissions, with the refinery carrying hundreds of pending air-quality violation notices into 2026. That history, plus tougher insurance underwriting near heavy industry, makes some financed buyers walk. We buy regardless of refinery proximity, air-quality disclosures, or insurance friction — it doesn't change our cash offer.
6. I inherited a Rodeo house through probate — how does that work and will my property taxes jump?
Probate for a Rodeo home is handled at the Contra Costa County Superior Court's Wakefield Taylor Courthouse at 725 Court Street in Martinez, and the full process often takes close to a year. You can usually sell once the court authorizes it, and we're experienced buying probate and inherited properties. On taxes: under Proposition 19, the parent-child exclusion only protects an inherited home if an heir makes it their primary residence — and even then it's capped at $1,044,586 of value above the old assessment (for transfers Feb 16, 2025–Feb 15, 2027). An inherited Rodeo house you don't move into is reassessed to current market value, which often makes a fast cash sale the smarter move.
7. How do you calculate your cash offer?
We start with what comparable Rodeo homes have actually sold for, then subtract the repairs, cleanout, and carrying costs the property needs to reach retail condition — that's it. We don't lowball with hidden fees, because there are no commissions, no closing costs charged to you, and no last-minute price cuts. You get a clear, no-obligation number, you're free to compare it to listing, and there's zero pressure to accept.
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Sell My House for Cash in Rodeo, CA
Rodeo is an unincorporated pocket of west Contra Costa perched on the eastern shore of San Pablo Bay, a working town that grew up around its 19th-century cattle-shipping wharf and the refinery that has anchored the waterfront since 1896. We pay cash for homes here exactly as they sit — the post-war ranches and 1960s-70s tracts up off Parker Avenue, the older cottages and Craftsman bungalows near the original downtown, the hillside places with bay views — no repairs, no cleanouts, and no agent commissions taken out of your proceeds. If your Rodeo house needs work or you simply want it gone without the listing circus, we close on your timeline in as little as 7-10 days.
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If your Rodeo home has lingered on the market, or you’ve weighed calling an agent and stalled at the thought of what comes next, you already know the listing route asks a lot before it gives anything back. Prepping a house for retail buyers in Rodeo can mean repairs, staging, open houses, and weeks of strangers walking through, all with no guarantee the right offer ever lands. Selling directly to Rapid Home Solutions removes every one of those steps. We’re a family-owned, all-cash buyer that has purchased Bay Area homes since 2014, so instead of preparing your house to impress someone else’s buyer, you simply hand us the keys when you’re ready.
Here’s the concrete difference for a Rodeo seller: we buy as-is, so you fix nothing and clean out nothing, and you pay no agent commissions, no fees, and no closing costs. Because the money is cash, there’s no appraisal and no bank financing that can collapse at the last minute the way a traditional escrow so often does. You get a fair, no-obligation cash offer and a close in as little as 7–10 days, or on whatever later date fits your plans, your move, and your schedule.
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Why Homeowners Choose Us
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We Pay All Cash
Because we pay cash, we can be flexible and close on your time frame. We don’t need to wait for an appraisal or lender approvals.
Easy & Clear Terms
We make this a simple, straight forward and easy to understand process for you.
We Do the Paperwork
We use a licensed and insured title company and we will make sure the details are taken care of, so you don’t have to.
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Sell "As-Is"
You won’t have to fix or clean anything! We will buy your home the way it is.
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The Benefits of Selling to Rapid Home Solutions
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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 just 10 days, 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