Path A
Sell Direct, Fast, for Cash
Fast, as-is, straightforward. One walkthrough, a written number with the math behind it, and a closing date you choose.
How a direct sale worksSalt Lake Valley & Northern Utah
Need to sell your Utah house?Let's find your best path.
Cash isn't always the best answer. Neither is listing with a REALTOR®.Andrew Hasser is a Utah licensed real estate agent, REALTOR® and real estate investor who helps homeowners compare their options and determine the smartest way forward.
Andrew Hasser is a Utah-licensed real estate agent with Iconic: Realty Network, LLP, an active real estate investor, and the founder of Better Path Home Solutions. Andrew or an affiliated entity may have a financial interest in a transaction.
Three paths, one honest evaluation
We don't start with our solution. We start with your situation.
Other companies sell homeowners their solution. Better Path helps you choose one. All three paths are on the table every time.
Path B
Sell on the Market for More
Maximum exposure to competing buyers when your time and the home's condition allow. Usually the higher number, with more variables.
What listing requiresPath C
Find Another Path
Seller financing, loan assumptions, lease options, and more. For situations where neither conventional option works well. Evaluated case by case.
Explore alternativesUtah licensed real estate agent
Can list your home on the open market.
Real estate investor and housing provider
Can buy directly, as-is, on your timeline.
Local to Salt Lake Valley and Northern Utah
Salt Lake, Davis, and Weber Counties and the Wasatch Front.
Start here
What's going on with the house?
Whatever brought you here, start by understanding your choices.
- I need to sell fast
- I need cash or equity quickly
- The house needs major repairs
- I inherited a house
- I'm dealing with foreclosure
- I'm a tired landlord
- The property is vacant
- I'm relocating
- I'm going through probate
- I'm dealing with divorce
- My listing expired
- I have problem tenants
- I can't afford the property anymore
- I just want a simple sale
- I want to know what my house is actually worth
- Something else
- I have little or no equity
The Better Path
From "I need to sell" to a decision you understand.
The internal worry is almost always the same: "I don't want to make an expensive mistake." The path is built to remove that risk.
- 01
Your situation
- 02
Understand the options
- 03
Compare the paths
- 04
Choose with clarity
- 05
Move forward
1. Tell us about the property
Start with the address. We ask the rest progressively, and you can stop at any point.
2. Andrew evaluates all three paths
A direct-sale figure, a realistic listing estimate, and any alternative structure that genuinely fits, in writing.
3. You choose
Sell directly, list, use another structure, or wait. Clarity is the deliverable, not a signature.
Fast. Easy. Maximum price.
Cash offer or open market? It depends.
In most situations you can fully have two of the three. Our job is to help you see the trade-offs clearly, not pretend they don't exist.
Sell direct
Fast and easy
Best when your priorities include:
- Speed
- Convenience
- Selling as-is
- Avoiding repairs
- Avoiding showings
- Greater certainty
- Solving a complicated property problem
List your home
Maximum price
Best when your priorities include:
- Maximizing potential sale price
- Exposing the property to competing buyers
- Having sufficient time
- Condition that supports retail buyers
- Comfort with showings and conventional requirements
Alternative solutions
Case by case
Some properties and circumstances justify exploring alternative structures: seller financing, a lease-purchase, a renovation partnership, or simply holding. These are not generic recommendations. They require individual evaluation of the risks and the legal and tax implications.
How alternatives work| Factor | Direct / as-is | Open market |
|---|---|---|
| Typical timeline | 1–3 weeks to close | 45–90 days including marketing and escrow |
| Price | Below retail; discounted for condition and risk | Highest potential price through competing buyers |
| Repairs | None | Often some preparation; inspection repair requests common |
| Showings | One walkthrough | Ongoing showings and open houses |
| Certainty | High; no financing or appraisal contingency | Moderate; financing, appraisal, and inspection contingencies |
| Costs | Title and closing costs; no listing commission | Brokerage compensation, concessions, carrying costs |
| Best for | Speed, convenience, complicated situations | Maximum net when condition and time allow |
The central idea
Why trust anyone who only has one answer?
Many businesses advertising to time-sensitive sellers have exactly one product: buying your house with cash. If buying the property is how a company makes money, every homeowner's problem naturally starts to look like a reason to sell directly to them.
Andrew's model, and the reason Better Path Home Solutions exists, is different. Because he is both a real estate investor and a Utah licensed agent, he can evaluate whether you'd be better served by a direct purchase, selling on the open market, another transaction structure, or doing something other than selling right now.
"If listing your house is likely to put substantially more money in your pocket and your circumstances allow it, we'll tell you."
"If speed and certainty matter more than squeezing every possible dollar from the property, we'll explain what a direct sale could look like."
We don't need every homeowner to sell us their house. We need to help every homeowner understand their options.
Your guide
Andrew Hasser
Utah Licensed Real Estate Agent
Real Estate Investor
Founder, Better Path Home Solutions
Andrew combines two perspectives that rarely sit in the same chair. As an investor and housing provider, he has bought, repaired, held, and rented properties in a range of conditions, so he understands how direct buyers evaluate a house and where their numbers come from. As a Utah licensed real estate agent, he also understands what the open market will pay, what a listing actually requires of a seller, and how conventional transactions succeed or fall apart.
That combination lets Andrew evaluate a homeowner's situation from several directions rather than forcing every problem into a cash-sale model. Sometimes a direct, as-is purchase is genuinely the best fit. Sometimes a well-prepared listing will put substantially more money in the seller's pocket. Occasionally an alternative structure, or not selling right now, is the right answer. Andrew's job is to explain those trade-offs plainly.
- Direct and as-is home purchases
- Conventional MLS / open-market listings
- Creative and alternative transaction structures (evaluated case by case)
- Inherited and probate property
- Pre-foreclosure and low-equity options
How a direct sale works
One walkthrough. One written number. Your closing date.
- 1. Walkthrough. In person, or by photos and video if you're away.
- 2. Offer with a net sheet. The price, how it was built, and what you'd actually receive after payoffs and costs.
- 3. Close on your schedule. Often one to three weeks. Leave what you don't want.
How an open-market sale works
Preparation, exposure, and competing buyers.
- 1. Pricing and preparation. Comparable sales, condition review, and only the prep that pays back.
- 2. Launch and negotiate. Professional marketing, showings, offer review.
- 3. Escrow to closing. Inspections, appraisal, and a coordinated close, typically 30 to 45 days.
Illustrative scenarios
Different situations, different right answers.
Composite examples of how the evaluation plays out. Not testimonials; no figures are implied.
The dated Sugar House bungalow
Sound structure, 1970s kitchen, heirs in three states. A direct sale nets slightly less than an as-is listing but closes in three weeks with no clean-out. The family chooses simplicity, knowing exactly what it cost.
The well-kept Sandy split-level
Move-in ready, owners relocating in 75 days. The listing estimate is meaningfully higher than any direct offer. We recommend listing and keep a direct sale as a dated fallback.
The Ogden rental with a non-paying tenant
Owner is done. An investor purchase with the tenant in place avoids months of eviction and turnover. The owner compares that net to the evict-repair-list path and picks the shorter road.
The homeowner two months behind
Meaningful equity, no sale date yet. Selling now on the open market preserves the most equity. A direct sale stays available if the timeline tightens.
Transparency
How cash home buyers actually make money.
A cash buyer isn't doing anything wrong by needing to make a profit. But you should understand what you're paying for speed, convenience, certainty, and transferring the property's risk before you decide.
See the math behind a cash offerAfter-repair value
What the house would sell for once fixed up. Every offer starts here.
Repair costs
What it takes to get there, priced by someone who will actually do the work.
Holding and financing costs
Taxes, insurance, utilities, and money costs while the buyer owns it.
Resale and transaction costs
Commissions, closing costs, and concessions on the way back out.
Risk margin
A cushion for surprises, market shifts, and delays.
Profit
The return that makes the purchase worth doing. Sometimes a wholesale spread sits on top.
Subtract all of that from the after-repair value and you have the offer. Then compare that net to what a listing would leave you. That comparison is the whole point of the Home Seller Options Report.
Seller Resource Center
Answers first. Then the details.
12 min read
Cash Sale vs. Listing With an Agent: Which Nets a Utah Seller More?
A traditional listing often produces higher net proceeds for a well-maintained, marketable home when the seller has sufficient time to expose it to buyers. A direct cash sale may be competitive when the property needs substantial work, the seller faces significant carrying costs, or a shorter and simpler transaction has meaningful value. The correct comparison is the estimated amount the seller will receive after selling costs, repairs, concessions, carrying expenses, and other transaction-specific obligations.
Written by Andrew Hasser, Utah Licensed Real Estate Agent
14 min read
How Do Cash Buyers Determine Their Offer on a Utah House?
Most professional buyers evaluate the property as an investment, accounting for its potential value, the cost of improvements, transaction expenses, risk, and the return they need to make the purchase worthwhile. A common simplified approach is to start with the after-repair value and subtract repairs, holding costs, resale costs, a risk allowance, and required profit. Offers vary because each buyer estimates these items differently.
Written by Andrew Hasser, Utah Licensed Real Estate Agent
15 min read
Selling an Inherited House in Utah: A Step-by-Step Guide
To sell an inherited house in Utah, first determine how the property was titled and who has legal authority to transfer it. If probate is required, the appropriate representative must be appointed and obtain the necessary authority. The property should then be secured, its mortgage and other obligations reviewed, and its value assessed. Finally, the authorized seller can choose a selling strategy, negotiate a contract, and close through a title company with the required estate or trust documentation. The process may take weeks in a straightforward non-probate transfer or many months in a complicated estate.
Written by Andrew Hasser, Utah Licensed Real Estate Agent
Where we work
Helping homeowners throughout Salt Lake Valley and Northern Utah.
Salt Lake County
- Salt Lake City
- Sandy
- Millcreek
- Murray
- South Salt Lake
- West Valley City
- Taylorsville
- West Jordan
- South Jordan
- Draper
- Riverton
- Herriman
Davis County
- Layton
- Clearfield
- Syracuse
- Clinton
- Kaysville
- Farmington
- Bountiful
- Centerville
Weber County
- Ogden
- South Ogden
- Roy
- North Ogden
4 local guides published so far; more communities are added as genuine local content is written. See all areas.
Frequently asked questions
Understand your options before you sell
Have you completely ruled out exploring all your numbers?
Tell us what's happening. We'll lay out the direct-sale path, the listing path, and anything else that fits, and then it's your decision.
We may buy your property. Andrew Hasser is also a licensed real estate agent. Depending on the circumstances, Andrew or an affiliated entity may have a financial interest in a transaction. Requesting information does not create an agency relationship. Information on Better Path Home Solutions is educational and not legal, tax, or financial advice. Full disclosures.