A Cash Offer On Your Madison Heights House — And You Pick The Closing Date
Sell your 48071 house in as-is condition, for cash, with no commissions and no fees. No inspections to pass, no repairs to make, no open houses on a Saturday. You get a number within 24 hours, and if you take it, you name the closing date. See how the process works — free, and with no obligation.
Money Team Properties is a cash home buyer serving Madison Heights and the rest of Oakland County. I make a fair, competitive cash offer within 24 hours of hearing from you — not a range, not an estimate, an actual number.
No repair costs, no hidden fees, no pressure. The number I give you is the number you walk away with. It does not get renegotiated after a walkthrough.
Who You’re Actually Dealing With
I’m Aaron Robinson. I was born and raised in Detroit, I founded Money Team Properties in 2012, and I’m the one who answers the phone — there is no call center and no acquisitions rep between us. Fourteen years in this market means I’ve bought houses with bad roofs, failed sewer lines, hoarding, fire damage, tenants who wouldn’t leave, and estates that took months to sort out. In fourteen years I have never voluntarily walked away from a signed purchase agreement. I’ll be straight with you about Madison Heights specifically: I work Oakland County, but I haven’t closed a deal inside the 48071 city limits yet. I’d rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.
There’s no cost and no obligation to get a number from me. Take it to a Realtor, take it to another buyer, take it to your family. If listing gets you more money after commission and repairs, list it — I’ll tell you that myself if I think it’s true. The offer stands either way.
The Situations That Bring Madison Heights Owners To Me
People who search sell my house fast Madison Heights are rarely doing it for fun. In fourteen years the three calls I get most often are from older owners sitting on a house that got away from them physically, from families who inherited a parent’s home and don’t want to manage it from out of state, and from owners who have fallen behind on taxes or a mortgage and are watching a clock. Condition is not a disqualifier — I’ve bought houses with active roof leaks, knob-and-tube wiring, and thirty years of belongings still inside.
Avoiding Foreclosure
Behind on the mortgage, or on Oakland County taxes? There is usually more time than you think.
Too Many Repairs To Deal With
Failed furnace, bad roof, foundation cracks — I price it in. You fix nothing.
Inherited A House
Inherited a Madison Heights house you don’t want and can’t maintain? I buy them, probate or not.
Going Through A Divorce
A clean cash sale on a set date is often the simplest way to split one asset two ways.
Tired Of Being A Landlord
Done being a landlord? I buy tenant-occupied houses. You don’t have to empty it first.
Relocating
Job moved and the house has to go before you do? I’ll close around your start date.
How Selling To Me Actually Works
Three steps. No listing, no showings, no repairs, no city inspection to pass.
Contact Us
Send the address through the form, or call if you’d rather. Tell me what shape it’s in.
Receive an offer
Within 24 hours you get a real number. It is guaranteed and it does not change after a walkthrough.
Accept our cash
If the number works, you pick the closing date. As fast as seven days, or months out.
No Repairs. No Agents. No Fees.
Most Madison Heights houses are sixty-plus years old. That means original galvanized supply lines, sixty-year-old sewer laterals, and panels that don’t meet current code. I already assume that. I buy in as-is condition and you fix nothing.
A listing means an agent, repairs, staging, showings, and a buyer whose lender can still kill the deal at appraisal. I am the buyer. There is no lender behind me.
No commission, no listing fees, and I cover normal closing costs. The number I quote is the number on your side of the settlement statement when I buy your house.
Where I Buy Around Madison Heights
Madison Heights is seven square miles of Oakland County, all of it inside 48071, wedged between Hazel Park to the south, Royal Oak and Clawson to the west, Troy to the north, and Warren and Sterling Heights across Dequindre to the east. I buy anywhere in the city — the Lamphere side north of 12 Mile, the Madison District side south of it, the streets off John R and Campbell, and the pockets backing onto I-75 and I-696. Single-family, duplex, or a rental you’re done with. Send the address through the form and I’ll come back with a number.
Oakland County Neighbors
• Hazel Park
• Ferndale
• Oak Park
• Southfield
• Farmington
• Warren
Across Dequindre & East Side
• Sterling Heights
• Roseville
• Eastpointe
• Harper Woods
• Grosse Pointe
Detroit & Wayne County
• Detroit
• Redford
• Livonia
• Westland
• Dearborn Heights
• Taylor
• Lincoln Park
• Inkster
• All of Michigan
Six Reasons Owners Take The Cash Instead
What you actually get, and what you give up.
Competitive Cash Offer
A real number within 24 hours, guaranteed not to change after a walkthrough. You are never obligated to take it.
Close When You Want
You set the closing date, not me. My fastest close to date was three days; a standard purchase agreement usually runs about two weeks. If you need ninety days to find your next place, that works too.
No Repair Needed
In a city where the median house went up around 1960, there is almost always a list — roof, furnace, sewer line, panel. It stops being your list the day we close.
No Commissions Or Fees
No commission, no listing fees, no closing costs on your side. Read the reviews from people I have actually bought from.
No Need To Clean
Leave whatever you don’t want — furniture, a basement full of boxes, the car in the driveway. Clearing it out is my job, not yours, and I don’t need it clean to make an offer.
We Buy In As-Is Condition
As-is means as-is. No repair escrow, no punch list, no re-trade a week before closing because something turned up.
Cash Sale vs. Listing In Madison Heights
Listing is the right answer for a lot of houses. If yours is updated, clean, and you have three months to spare, an agent will almost certainly net you more than I will. I am not going to pretend otherwise.
Where a cash sale wins is when the house needs work you can’t fund, when you can’t be there for showings, when an estate has to be settled, or when there is a deadline you didn’t choose. Here is the honest side-by-side.
Take my number and compare it against a real listing estimate — minus commission, minus repairs, minus three more months of taxes, insurance and utilities. If listing still wins, list it.
| Selling to Money Team Properties | Listing with a Madison Heights agent | |
|---|---|---|
| Commission & fees | $0 | Typically 5–6% of the sale price |
| Repairs & cleanout | None — I buy as-is and clear it out | You pay for repairs, staging and hauling |
| Showings | One walkthrough | Weeks of showings and open houses |
| Closing costs | I cover them | Usually split or paid by you |
| Closing date | You choose it — as fast as seven days | Set by the buyer’s lender |
| Risk of falling through | No lender, no appraisal contingency | Financing or appraisal can end the deal |
| Likely net proceeds | Lower headline price, fewer deductions | Higher headline price, more deductions |
That last row is the one that matters, and it is the row most cash buyers leave off. A cash offer is a discount in exchange for speed and certainty. If you don’t need speed or certainty, you probably don’t need me.
What I Know About Madison Heights Houses
The median Madison Heights house was built around 1960, and roughly two-thirds of the city’s housing went up between the 1940s and the 1960s — small post-war ranches on rectangular lots, two or three bedrooms, one or two baths, a lot of them still on their original mechanicals. That is the whole reason a cash buyer is useful here.
A house of that age usually has some combination of galvanized supply lines that have narrowed to a straw, a clay sewer lateral with root intrusion, a 60- or 100-amp panel, original single-pane windows behind aluminum storms, and a furnace on borrowed time. A retail buyer’s lender sees that list and either kills the loan or demands the repairs before closing. I see the same list and price it in. Nothing on it has to be fixed before I buy.
Same goes for the things that scare off a listing: a basement that took water, a garage that’s leaning, a tenant with four months left on a lease, or a house that hasn’t been emptied since the owner passed.
Four Local Rules That Affect Your Madison Heights Sale
Most “we buy houses” pages for this city are the same page with the name swapped. Here are four things that are specific to Madison Heights and Oakland County, and that actually change how your sale goes. Verify any of it yourself — I have pointed you at the source in each case.
1. Madison Heights does not require a pre-sale inspection
Plenty of Michigan cities make you pass a city inspection and pull a Certificate of Occupancy before a house can change hands — Dearborn does, Flat Rock does, several downriver communities do. Madison Heights does not. The City’s own FAQ answers this directly: the City does not require, or provide, resale inspections. A Certificate of Occupancy comes into play for new construction, for known substantial damage, and for commercial and rental occupancy — not for an ordinary house sale.
Why this matters to you: it removes the single biggest cause of last-minute delay in a Michigan municipal sale. There is no inspector’s punch list standing between you and a closing date. Confirm it with the Building Division at City Hall, 300 W. Thirteen Mile Road, before you take anyone’s word for it — including mine.
2. If it is a rental, the City has to be paid before the license transfers
Madison Heights licenses rental property through Community Development, with a Property Maintenance Code inspection attached. The clause that catches sellers is this one: current property taxes, special assessment installments, water bills, and any other City charges against the property have to be paid in full before a license is issued. If you are a tired landlord with an open water balance or a lapsed license, that is a real obstacle to a retail sale — and it is one I handle at closing rather than asking you to clear first. Landlord Licensing: 248-583-0831.
3. Oakland County tax foreclosure runs on a three-year clock
Under Michigan law (MCL 211.78) the timeline is fixed. On March 1, the prior year’s unpaid taxes go delinquent and become payable to the Oakland County Treasurer, with a 4% administration fee and 1% interest per month. On March 1 of the following year the property is forfeited — not yet foreclosed — and the interest rate jumps to 18% per year, applied retroactively. In the third year, a judgment of foreclosure transfers title and there is no appeal after the deadline passes.
Forfeiture is not the end. That middle year is the window where selling still works and you keep your equity instead of losing the house at auction. If you are in it, call the Oakland County Treasurer at (248) 858-0611 first and ask for the exact payoff and whether you qualify for a payment plan or hardship extension — do that before you call me. If the numbers still don’t work, then call me.
4. Probate here goes through Pontiac, not Detroit
This trips up families constantly, because most Metro Detroit probate content is written for Wayne County. Madison Heights is Oakland County, so an inherited house is administered by the Oakland County Probate Court at 1200 N. Telegraph Road in Pontiac, (248) 858-0260 — not the Wayne County Probate Court downtown. Michigan offers a few paths: a small estate affidavit if the estate is $25,000 or less after liens, or informal versus formal administration above that.
I have been through an Oakland County probate sale myself, courthouse trip to Pontiac included. It was about six years ago and I am not going to pretend I remember every filing — that is what the estate’s attorney is for. What I can tell you is that the sale itself did not have to wait for the whole estate to close, and that a buyer who has done it before is worth more to a personal representative than a buyer who hasn’t.
What Metro Detroit Sellers Say About Working With Me
“My father and I worked with Aaron and his team to sell a house needing significant repairs. Aaron made the whole process simple, painless, and quick. The offer was fair and selling ‘as is’ made it so easy. We plan to connect with Aaron again when it’s time to sell our other house. I highly recommend!”
— Eric Vincent
“I had a wonderful experience! Aaron made this process fast, easy and efficient. He also did what he said he would do, no run around. Conducted business openly and honestly. I was able to close within 2 weeks.”
— Brandis Simpson
“We had a great experience with Aaron from Money Team Properties. My mom was looking to sell her house pretty fast. Aaron was nice, responsive and fair. He was always open and honest with us throughout the entire process. He kept us informed at every point. My mother was really pleased with him and the company.”
— Janai Wiliams
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Questions Madison Heights Sellers Ask Me
Do I need a city inspection or Certificate of Occupancy to sell in Madison Heights?
No. The City of Madison Heights states in its own FAQ that it does not require, or provide, resale inspections. That is different from cities like Dearborn, where a pre-sale inspection and Certificate of Occupancy are required before you can close. In Madison Heights a Certificate of Occupancy applies to new construction, known substantial damage, and commercial or rental occupancy — not a normal house sale. Verify with the Building Division at 300 W. Thirteen Mile Road if your situation is unusual.
How fast can you actually close?
You choose the date — that is the real answer. As fast as seven days if you need speed; my fastest close to date was three. A standard purchase agreement usually runs about two weeks, and a title problem or an open estate can push it to a month or more. I will tell you which one you are looking at up front rather than promising a date I cannot hold.
I inherited a house in Madison Heights. Can I sell before probate finishes?
Often yes, but it depends on the path the estate is on. Madison Heights is Oakland County, so the estate is handled by the Oakland County Probate Court in Pontiac, not the Wayne County Probate Court downtown. If the estate is $25,000 or less after liens, a small estate affidavit may be enough. Above that, whether the personal representative can sell without a court hearing depends on informal versus formal administration. I have bought through Oakland County probate before, and I am comfortable waiting on a court schedule rather than pressuring you to rush one.
Is a cash sale actually a good idea for me?
Sometimes no. If the house is in decent shape, you can be there for showings, and you have three months, a listing will usually net you more even after commission. A cash sale is a discount in exchange for speed and certainty. It makes sense when the repairs are beyond your budget, when there is a deadline you did not choose, when the property is tenant-occupied or an estate, or when you simply cannot manage a listing right now. Get my number, then get a listing estimate, and compare them honestly.
I am behind on my Oakland County property taxes. Is it too late?
Probably not, but the clock is real. Michigan runs a three-year process: delinquency on March 1, forfeiture to the County Treasurer on March 1 of the following year with interest jumping to 18% retroactively, then foreclosure and loss of title in year three. Forfeiture is not foreclosure — there is still a window to sell and keep your equity. Call the Oakland County Treasurer at (248) 858-0611 for your exact payoff and ask about a payment plan or hardship extension before you sell anything. If that does not solve it, a cash sale before the judgment date lets you walk away with money instead of losing it at auction.
My Madison Heights house has tenants in it. Will you still buy?
Yes. I buy tenant-occupied property and you do not have to remove anyone first. Madison Heights licenses rentals through Community Development and requires taxes, water bills and other City charges to be current before a license is issued, so if you have an open balance or a lapsed license, tell me — that gets handled through closing rather than being your problem to clear beforehand.
Will the offer change after you see the house?
No. The number I give you is guaranteed and it does not get renegotiated after a walkthrough. Since 2012 I have never voluntarily backed out of a signed purchase agreement. To be straight with you: a small number of deals do die on title problems — an unknown lien, a clouded deed, a missing heir — and those are outside anyone’s control. What I control is that I do not re-trade you.
Get Your Madison Heights Cash Offer
If you need to sell your house fast in Madison Heights and want an actual number instead of a form letter, that is what this is. I buy throughout Metro Detroit, including Madison Heights and the rest of Oakland County: one walkthrough, a guaranteed offer within 24 hours, no commission, no repairs, no city inspection to pass, and a closing date you set.
I am not going to tell you a cash sale is right for everyone, because it is not. If your house is in good shape and you have time, list it — you will likely net more. What I will do is give you a real number to measure that against, for free, with nothing owed either way. That is the whole point of getting an offer.
Fill out the form below with your Madison Heights address and I will come back to you within 24 hours. If you would rather talk it through, call or text (313) 307-4517 — you will get me, not a call center. No obligation, no follow-up pressure, and no hard feelings if you decide to list instead.