We Buy Houses In New Bedford MA!

We buy occupied buildings, and the leases go with the property. Whoever is renting from you on the day we close is renting from us the day after, on the same terms, unless we agree to something different in writing. You do not need to give notice, empty a unit, or start an eviction to get an offer from us. Massachusetts has strict rules about how security deposits and the interest on them are held and transferred, so the accounting on those runs through the closing attorney rather than being something anyone handles informally.

What helps most is paperwork. Copies of the leases, a rent roll showing what each unit actually pays, and whatever deposit records you have. If those records are thin or missing, which is common with a building that has been in the family a long time, we work with what exists. Tell us upfront rather than at the closing table and it stays a non issue.

Yes. We buy properties with open violations, boarded windows, tickets from the city, and orders that make a house unfit to occupy. A retail buyer usually cannot, because their lender will not fund a house the city has flagged, which is why these properties sit on the market and then sit some more.

Send us whatever letters or orders you have received so we can factor them into the number instead of finding them later. Violations do not end deals. Surprises do. If you want to see how we handle problem properties generally, our what we do page walks through it.

No. Take the photographs, the documents, and anything that matters to the family, and leave the rest exactly where it sits. Furniture, appliances, a basement and attic packed to the rafters, a garage nobody has opened in years. We buy the house with the contents still in it and handle the cleanout ourselves.

That is not a free favor, and we will not pretend otherwise. A full cleanout costs real money and it is priced into the offer, the same way a roof would be. What it saves you is weeks of weekend trips and a dumpster in the driveway. If the house is going through probate, tell us where that stands, because the estate's attorney will need to confirm who has authority to sign before a closing date means anything.

It is one of the things we look at, but it does not disqualify a property. We buy in the low lying blocks behind the hurricane barrier, out toward Clark's Point, and on the streets closest to the harbor. For a buyer using a mortgage, flood and wind coverage is not optional, and a premium quote landing far above what they budgeted is one of the quieter reasons those sales fall apart. We are not borrowing, so that problem never reaches our side of the table.

If you have an elevation certificate or a current policy, bring it, because better information usually means a firmer number. Premiums vary a great deal street by street and year by year, and your insurance agent is the right person to explain what applies to your address. We are not going to quote you a rate we cannot stand behind.

Two to three weeks is typical once we have agreed on price and terms, and we have closed faster when the title work was clean. What slows a cash purchase down is almost never the money. It is the title. An old lien nobody knew about, a name on the deed that does not match, an estate that was never probated.

Tell us the date you need at the start, not after the walkthrough. If it is tight, we will say honestly whether we think we can hit it. If it is months out because you are waiting on a closing somewhere else, that is fine too, and we will set the date where you need it and leave it alone. Reach out through our contact page or call, and we will start with your deadline and work backwards.