{"id":25447,"date":"2025-07-24T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=25447"},"modified":"2025-07-25T00:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:38:55","slug":"why-do-i-keep-getting-offers-on-my-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/why-do-i-keep-getting-offers-on-my-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Getting Unsolicited Offers on Your Home? Here\u2019s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re scrolling through your texts: Your friend asked you to meet for coffee, your sister sent a cute pic of her puppy, a complete stranger offered you cash for your house<\/a> \u2014 wait, what? Your home isn’t for sale. After a series of similar messages, you wonder, why do I keep getting offers on my house?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re fielding phone calls, text messages, and postcards from people who want to buy your home \u2014 for cash, nonetheless \u2014 you\u2019re not alone. Investors and buyers on the hunt for real estate deals employ these tactics to find off-market properties<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To give us background on why homeowners receive unsolicited offers and where they come from, we spoke with Daren Sautter<\/a>, a top New Jersey real agent<\/a> on the board of directors for the NEXUS Association of Realtors\u00ae<\/a>. He advises that if homeowners want top dollar for their home, an unsolicited cash offer probably isn’t your best choice. But if convenience is more important to you, you may want to consider it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wondering, \u201cWhy do I keep getting offers on my house?\u201d You may think it’s a scam, but not necessarily. Here’s the deal about those cash offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":44581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322,342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics","category-negotiations"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nKeep Getting Unsolicited Offers on Your Home? Here\u2019s Why<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wondering, \u201cWhy do I keep getting offers on my house?\u201d You may think it's a scam, but not necessarily. 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