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High-level information about how CASHBATE works. For details on each solution, see the sections below.
CASHBATE helps you prepare your home for sale by focusing on the updates that matter most, without the typical upfront burden.
Instead of guessing what to fix or paying out of pocket before listing, CASHBATE connects you with the right cosmetic updates to help your home show better to buyers.
Depending on where you are in your selling journey, CASHBATE can support you before listing or after inspection when issues need to be addressed to keep the deal moving.No. CASHBATE works with your real estate agent, not in place of them.
Your agent continues to guide pricing, negotiation, and the transaction process. CASHBATE focuses on supporting the preparation of the home and helping connect you with trusted partners for cosmetic updates.A CMA, or Comparative Market Analysis, is an estimate of a home’s market value based on recently sold, similar homes in the same area.
It is commonly used by real estate professionals to help understand local market conditions and support pricing decisions.
CASHBATE Home Solution
Support for the right cosmetic updates to help your home show better and attract stronger buyer interest.
The CASHBATE Home Solution helps sellers complete qualifying cosmetic updates before listing, with no upfront payment for the covered portion. The work is completed by participating licensed and insured contractors. CASHBATE is not credit, not a loan, and not a contractor.
The covered portion is offered through the Home Solution’s fixed base solution value of $9,885. This amount applies to qualifying cosmetic updates and is reviewed during the qualification process.
If the home doesn’t sell during the agreed listing period, there is no cost for the covered portion of the updates.The CASHBATE Home Solution includes a fixed base solution value of $9,885 for qualifying cosmetic updates.
Every home is different. In some cases, certain updates may go beyond the base solution value and are required for the overall update to make sense. When that happens, those items are discussed during qualification so expectations are clear before any work begins.
Any work outside the Home Solution is handled separately between the seller and the contractor.The listing period is agreed upon during qualification and outlined in the participation agreement. In most cases, it is six months. You are not required to work with a specific agent during that time.
If you decide to take your home off the market or stop the sale during the listing period, payment for the covered cosmetic updates would be required.
The risk-sharing structure applies only when the home is actively listed and marketed for sale during the agreed listing period.
This is because the risk-sharing structure depends on the home being actively marketed for sale during the agreed period.CASHBATE helps you sell smarter by focusing on the right cosmetic updates before listing, instead of doing unnecessary work.
The Home Solution looks at your home’s condition and local market expectations to identify qualifying cosmetic updates that help your home show well to buyers. Only light, approved cosmetic updates are included.
This approach helps sellers prepare their homes for the market in a thoughtful, structured way, without paying upfront for the covered portion of the updates.CASHBATE focuses on light, qualifying cosmetic updates that help prepare a home for listing.
These may include items such as interior paint, flooring refreshes, lighting updates, and minor kitchen or bathroom improvements. Structural work, major renovations, and heavy construction are not included.If your home is actively listed for sale during the agreed listing period and does not sell, there is no cost for the covered portion of the qualifying cosmetic updates.
Each home is reviewed during qualification to determine which cosmetic updates qualify under the CASHBATE Home Solution.
The review considers your home’s current condition and local market expectations. CASHBATE works with you and your real estate agent to confirm the qualifying scope before any work begins.No. Not all homes will qualify for the CASHBATE Home Solution.
Qualification depends on the home’s condition and whether the proposed cosmetic updates fit within the Home Solution guidelines.Yes. CASHBATE is designed to work alongside your existing agent.
CASHBATE works alongside you and your agent to align on qualifying cosmetic updates and the listing approach.You can start the Home Solution at different points in your selling journey.
Starting before listing is ideal, as it gives you time to make the right updates and position your home more effectively for buyers.
However, you can still use the Home Solution after your home is already listed if improvements would help increase interest or strengthen your position in the market.
Closing Support
Support after inspection to help address issues and keep your transaction moving forward.
Closing Support is designed for sellers who are already under contract and have received an inspection report or buyer requests for repairs.
CASHBATE can help you address those items by supporting the next steps and connecting you with the right solutions, so your transaction can keep moving toward closing.Yes. If you’ve received an inspection report or buyer requests for repairs, CASHBATE can help you address those items and keep your transaction moving forward.
Instead of coordinating everything on your own, CASHBATE helps connect you with the right solutions so you can move forward more smoothly.The seller works directly with the contractor for any agreed work.
CASHBATE helps connect you with trusted partners to address inspection-related items.
This allows you to move forward without having to manage everything on your own.If the transaction does not move forward, any agreements related to the work remain between you and the contractor.
CASHBATE helps coordinate and support the process, but the terms of the work are arranged directly based on your agreement with the contractor.No. You decide how to respond to any inspection-related requests.
CASHBATE helps coordinate and connect you with the right solutions if you choose to move forward with certain items.The two are designed for different stages of the selling process.
The Home Solution is typically used before listing, or early in the process, to prepare the home with the right cosmetic updates.
Closing Support is used after a home is under contract, when inspection-related issues need to be addressed to keep the transaction moving toward closing.
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Whether you're preparing your home for sale or dealing with inspection-related issues during a transaction, we can help you find the right next step.
CASHBATE is not credit, cannot be used as credit, is not a lender, and is not financing. The CASHBATE Home Solution and Closing Support are different—use the path that fits your situation.