Downsizing
Downsizing can involve more than selling a house. It may also require sorting belongings, coordinating a move and making decisions around a lifetime of memories.
MaliHaus can review the property in its current condition and work around a realistic transition schedule. Family members and professional advisers can be included where appropriate.
The property is usually the least complicated part. There is somewhere new to arrange, decades of belongings to sort, and a set of decisions that are genuinely difficult to make quickly.
Where the move is to assisted living or is prompted by health, the timing is often set by something other than the property market, and the family is coordinating several things at once.
Not everything below will apply to you. Most owners in this situation recognise at least one of them.
We can work to a realistic schedule rather than a hurried one, including where you need to remain in the property for a period after closing while the new arrangement is finalised. Say so at the start and it can be built in.
The property is reviewed as it stands, with no expectation that it is updated or emptied first. Family members, an attorney or a financial adviser are welcome in the conversation, and where somebody holds power of attorney we will need to see it before anything proceeds.
Important. MaliHaus is not a financial adviser, a tax adviser or a law firm. Decisions about downsizing can have tax and benefits implications, and those should be discussed with a qualified professional. Where someone is acting under a power of attorney, we will need to see the documentation.
Every property is assessed against all three before anyone quotes a number. Which one applies depends on the property, its condition and the scope of the work.
We complete a full property inspection to evaluate its condition, repair requirements and overall project scope. If the property meets our purchasing criteria, we move forward using our own cash with no lender financing to fall through.
If the project carries more risk than we want to take on alone, we may, with your written approval, complete select repairs while the property is under contract. By investing our own money first, we make the home more attractive to our investor partners and demonstrate that we have real skin in the game. That commitment gives our partners greater confidence to join the purchase and complete the project with us.
Through our partnership with a national real estate syndicate, we can present your property to investors across the country. Qualified buyers can review the opportunity and compete to purchase it, creating exposure beyond the local market.
Share the address, condition of the property and the situation you are facing.
The MaliHaus team reviews the property, the repair requirements, the local market and the available purchase route.
MaliHaus explains which of the three selling approaches may fit the property. The owner decides whether the proposed solution works for them.
Tell us what you need. A period of occupancy after closing can often be arranged and is much simpler to agree at the start.
No. We look at properties as they are, and updating a home you are leaving is rarely money well spent.
Yes, and we would encourage it. Advisers and attorneys are equally welcome.
Potentially, and we will need to see the documentation. The title company will confirm what is required before anything proceeds.
That is a common situation. Tell us and we will work around it rather than pressing for a date you cannot commit to.
Start with the situation you are in, not a form. It takes about two minutes, you tap rather than type, and nothing here commits you to selling.
Serving homeowners across Florida and selected markets nationwide. This situation is one we look at across every market below.
Several of these often overlap. If more than one applies, mention it when we speak.
You do not need to diagnose the problem or choose the right page. Tell us about the property, your circumstances and the outcome you want. The MaliHaus team will review the information and let you know whether it may be able to help.
