Inherited or estate home
You can sell an inherited Metro Detroit house as-is, even when it is dated, vacant, or still contains belongings.
Read more →Direct property buyer · Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan
Sell your Metro Detroit house privately, as-is.
A firm cash offer from a local investor who understands older homes, difficult circumstances, and what a property can become.
GET MY OFFERFree & Confidential · No Obligation · No Repairs · No Commissions
Serving Metropolitan Detroit and statewide Michigan.
A higher standard for private sales
Local knowledge. A direct conversation.
Carl Schiller has spent nearly three decades in Michigan real estate. He has rehabbed more than 100 homes for resale and lease and remains a licensed Michigan real estate salesperson and residential builder.
Instead of penalizing an older home with a generic repair checklist, Carl looks at its condition, location, land, and future potential. You meet with Carl personally and receive a clear, as-is offer.
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Private Sale vs. Traditional Listing
| Feature | Private sale | Traditional listing |
|---|---|---|
| Brokerage commissions | $0 | Commonly charged, 6% of the sales price |
| Property repairs | None — sold as-is | May be requested and/or required after inspection |
| Showings & privacy | One private walkthrough | Showings and open houses |
| Clean-out | Keep what you'd like and leave the rest for us | Broom-swept and free of all personal property |
| Closing timeline | Completely at seller's discretion | Unknown; market and financing dependent |
| Certainty | Cash, no lender contingency | Subject to financing and appraisal |
See how a private, as-is offer fits your property.
GET MY OFFERA smarter alternative
A simple process without public showings.
A traditional listing is not the right fit for every inherited home, rental, or property needing significant work. A private sale keeps the process direct and the terms clear.
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Tell Carl about the property
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Schedule one private visit
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Review the offer and choose your date
Situations we help with
Property challenges deserve practical answers.
Tenant-occupied property
A rental property can be sold without first removing a tenant or completing years of deferred maintenance.
Read more →Older homes, sold as-is
You do not need to renovate an older home before asking Carl for an offer.
Read more →Foreclosure risk
If foreclosure is approaching, a direct sale may help preserve time and remaining equity, but acting early matters.
Read more →Relocating or out of state
You can sell a Metro Detroit property without returning to Michigan for repeated appointments or a traditional closing.
Read more →We love condos
Rising association fees or unpaid dues can turn condo ownership into an urgent financial burden.
Read more →Seller experiences
Trust is built by following through.
“I was fed up with the mounting repairs in a house I wasn't really living in. I needed to sell fast so I went to the website and Carl responded to my text very quickly. He was super nice, personable, and very easy to work with. We closed in less than 2 weeks, just in time for me to take a much needed vacation!”
“Thank you so much for making a difficult task of selling our family home so easy. All your kindness & generous offers of help and most of all following through with everything you said at our one and only meeting. Carl is a man of his word and proved to be an awesome team to work with.”
“I had recently lost my job and was in danger of losing my home and equity. I called Carl Schiller and he met me right away. He had done many other projects in my area and gave me a fair offer on the spot. Carl treated me with respect and answered all of my questions, no matter how silly I thought they were. He truly cares about the people he works with and it shows. I would do business with him again in a heartbeat.”
From dated to renewed
Experience changes how a property is valued.
Carl has renovated more than 100 Michigan homes. That practical building experience helps him look beyond worn finishes and unfinished repairs to understand the opportunity.
Kitchen renovations shown in Southfield and Ferndale.
Southfield
Ferndale
Metro Detroit
Areas we buy
Ferndale
Ferndale's classic bungalows, most just 900 square feet, were built in the early to mid twentieth century for a growing working class population, and their tiny kitchens and single car garages still show it.
View area →Royal Oak
Carl's first home after college, Royal Oak is a city he still knows block by block, from its tight, walkable streets of bungalows and colonials to its packed downtown.
View area →Oak Park
Oak Park filled in almost overnight in the 1950s, and its compact brick ranches, most with three bedrooms and a single bath, still reflect that postwar boom.
View area →Berkley
Berkley's small, well kept bungalows sit close together on tree lined streets just blocks from a walkable downtown, and buyers here tend to expect a home that's already move in ready.
View area →Madison Heights
Madison Heights grew up almost overnight after its founding in 1955, and its neat, modest ranches on rectangular lots still reflect that first wave of postwar construction.
View area →Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills didn't see major development until late in the twentieth century, so its housing runs from a handful of older homes to mid century ranches to subdivisions built well after 2000, often on larger lots than its older neighbors.
View area →Pontiac
Carl bought his first property here in 1997, and Pontiac has been part of his story ever since.
View area →Hazel Park
Hazel Park's housing stock is mostly small capes and ranches built just after World War II, with 9 Mile Road splitting the city into more affordable blocks to the north and pricier ones to the south.
View area →Troy
Much of Troy filled in between the 1970s and 1990s, giving many neighborhoods their classic split level and center entrance colonial look, alongside newer condos closer to the city's business corridors.
View area →Rochester
Rochester's downtown blends century old homes with new condos and lofts along Main Street, a mix that traces back to the city's start as a mill town on the Clinton River.
View area →Rochester Hills
Birthplace of Carl's daughter, Rochester Hills is home to more than four hundred subdivisions, ranging from 1950s bungalows near Stoney Creek to newer colonials and contemporary builds further out.
View area →Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge packs a National Register Historic District into one of Metro Detroit's smallest cities, with 1920s and 1930s colonials, bungalows, and Tudors lining its tree lined avenues.
View area →Huntington Woods
Known locally as the City of Homes, Huntington Woods is almost entirely residential, with Tudors, colonials, and bungalows built between the 1920s and 1960s lining streets that border the Detroit Zoo and Rackham Golf Course.
View area →Bloomfield Hills
Carl's hometown, Bloomfield Hills is where auto magnates built some of Michigan's grandest estates in the 1920s and 1930s, and many of those wooded, half acre and larger lots are still what gives a property here its real value.
View area →Birmingham
Birmingham grew up around Detroit's northernmost streetcar line, and its older homes still carry that era's carriage houses, wide porches, and parlors even as new construction fills in around them.
View area →Waterford
With 34 lakes covering more than a tenth of the township, Waterford's housing runs from 1960s cottages to brand new builds on the same street, especially on lakefront lots where older homes are often torn down and replaced.
View area →Southfield
Southfield pairs one of Michigan's largest concentrations of office space with housing that ranges from wooded single family neighborhoods to high rise condos overlooking the skyline.
View area →Macomb County
Explore the Macomb County communities Carl serves.
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Frequently asked questions
Do I need to make repairs before selling?
No. Carl buys residential property as-is, so you can leave repairs and updates for after closing.
Will I pay a real estate commission?
No brokerage commission is charged when Carl buys your property directly.
Do I need to empty the house?
Not necessarily. Take what matters to you and discuss what you would prefer to leave behind.
Is requesting an offer an obligation to sell?
No. The conversation and offer are free and confidential, and you choose whether to proceed.
Can you buy a tenant-occupied property?
Yes. Carl reviews tenant-occupied rentals and can discuss a sale without requiring the property to be vacant first.