About
A local buyer, not a national brand
You will deal with the person who signs the check. That is unusual in this business and it is the main reason people call us back.
I Buy San Diego Houses For Cash is a San Diego County home buying company operating out of Carlsbad. The principal has worked in this market since 2003, has been investing in it since 2011, has renovated close to a hundred houses here, and now develops small multifamily in the San Diego metro. Purchases are made with our own funds — we do not assign contracts and we are not a lead broker.
Twenty-plus years in one market
We have worked in San Diego real estate and mortgage since 2003 and have been buying, renovating and reselling houses in this county since 2011 — somewhere close to a hundred of them. These days a growing share of our work is ground-up multifamily development in the San Diego metro. All of that matters to you for one specific reason: we are pricing your house against renovation costs we are actually paying this quarter, on projects that are actually running, with contractors we actually use.
What we buy with
Our own capital. We do not tie your house up under contract and then look for someone to sell that contract to, which is what a large share of the "we buy houses" contacts in this county are doing. It is the single most important distinction in this industry and it is the one nobody advertises, so we will say it plainly: ask any cash buyer whether they are assigning the contract, and ask for proof of funds before you sign. We will send ours without being asked twice.
Why we publish our formula
Because the biggest problem in this business is that sellers cannot tell a fair offer from an unfair one. Every buyer says "fair cash offer" and none of them shows the arithmetic, so the whole category ends up feeling like a con even when the numbers are reasonable. We would rather hand you the formula, name the comparable sales, itemise the repair scope, and let you check the work — including against another buyer's offer. The full breakdown is here.
Why we will tell you to list instead
Because it is often true. A cash offer is the right answer for a house that needs real work, a seller who needs a date, or a situation that makes a listing painful. It is the wrong answer for a clean house in a good neighbourhood with a patient owner, and pretending otherwise would be a bad way to run a business we intend to keep running here. When listing is better we say so, and if it helps we will introduce you to a local agent who works your area. We are not a brokerage and we take no referral fee for that introduction.
Licensing and disclosure
The principal is a licensed California real estate licensee, DRE #01902107. In a cash purchase he is acting as a principal buying for his own account and investment — not as your agent or broker, and not representing you in the transaction. California requires that disclosure and it is the sort of thing you should expect any licensee to volunteer rather than bury.
Where to find us
- Phone760-908-0842 — call or text
- Emailoffers@ibuysandiegohousesforcash.com
- HoursMon–Sat, 8am–7pm PT
- Service areaAll of San Diego County, including the unincorporated areas
We buy with our own funds
No assigning your contract to a stranger, no "investor network," no daisy chain. Proof of funds on request.
Since 2003 in this market
Two decades in San Diego real estate and mortgage, roughly 100 houses renovated, now building multifamily here.
We show you the math
Every offer comes with the comps, the repair estimate and the arithmetic behind the number.
Honest about the alternative
If listing on the open market nets you more, we say so and can introduce you to a local agent.
See what your house is worth in cash.
One short form. A real number within 24 hours. Zero pressure.