How it works
Three steps from your first call to cash in your account. Most clients are done inside 3 to 7 days.
Three simple steps. A real person at every one.
Most clients go from first call to cash in hand in 3 to 7 days. No agents, no listing, no strangers walking through your house.
1Step 1
Tell us about the house
Call us or share a few details online. No pressure, no long forms. A real local person picks up.
2Step 2
We make a fair cash offer
Within 24 hours we’ll send a no-obligation cash offer. We coordinate with attorneys, family, and probate as needed.
3Step 3
Close on your timeline
Choose your closing date. Fast as 3 to 7 days or whenever you’re ready. Walk away with cash, on terms that work for you.
What actually happens after you call
The honest, unglamorous version. No surprises at the closing table.
Within the first hour. A real person calls you back, usually a member of the Maple family or a long-tenured team member. We ask about the house, your timeline, and what is driving the call. No script, no high-pressure pitch. This conversation is 10 to 20 minutes.
Within 24 to 48 hours. We either walk the property in person (Bay Area, Solano, Sonoma, Marin, and parts of the Central Valley) or do a virtual walkthrough over video. Either way, we send a written cash offer the same day or the next morning. The offer is itemized so you can see the comp price, the repair adjustment, and the net to you.
If you accept. We open escrow with a licensed Bay Area title company (typically Old Republic or First American). You sign a one-page purchase agreement. We deposit earnest money into escrow. Title runs the search and pulls payoffs for any mortgages or liens.
Closing day. A mobile notary meets you wherever you want, including at your kitchen table or assisted-living facility. You sign three documents. Funds wire to your account that day or the next business day. We pick up the keys when you are ready, not before.
After closing. Anything left in the house is ours to deal with. Leave the furniture, the paperwork, the family photos you have not gotten to yet. We donate what we can and clean out the rest. You walk away with a wire confirmation and an empty schedule.
Selling traditionally vs. selling to Maple
A direct, side-by-side honest comparison. No gotchas.
60–120 days, contingent on financing
3 to 7 days, on your timeline
You pay, before listing
Sell as-is. Leave anything you don’t want
Strangers in your house, often
One walkthrough. That’s it
5–6% to agents
$0. We don’t charge commission
1–3% of sale price
We cover them
Deals fall through
Cash offer. No financing contingency
Maple is a great fit when speed, certainty, and as-is matter more than squeezing a maximum sale price. If you have time and the home is market-ready, we’ll happily tell you so.
FAQ
Common questions about the process
The most frequent questions sellers ask before their first call.
From your first call to cash in your account is usually 3 to 7 days if the title is clean and you want to move quickly. We can also slow down to 30, 60, or 90 days if you need time for probate, a move, or coordinating with family.
No. We buy houses exactly as they sit. Leave furniture, leave clothes, leave the lawn untended. We handle the cleanout after closing. We have bought homes with foundation issues, fire damage, mold, hoarder conditions, and decades of deferred maintenance.
Three things: comparable sales for updated homes in the same neighborhood, an honest estimate of the repairs and updates needed to get yours to that comp standard, and a modest margin for the time and risk we take on. We walk you through the math so the offer is not a black box.
No. The offer is free. There is no obligation to accept. There are no fees, commissions, closing costs, or surprise deductions if you do accept. The number we offer is the number you get at closing.
Then say so. We will tell you honestly whether a traditional listing would likely net you more. About a third of our calls end with us pointing the seller to a local agent instead. We would rather be useful than push a sale that does not serve you.
What we’ve done. And what comes next
Numbers our team is proud of. Real reviews from Bay Area homeowners below. Pulled fresh from Google.
2,000+
Homes purchased
Across Northern California
17 yrs
In business
Family-owned since 2009
3–7 days
Typical close
Or whenever works for you
4.3★
Google rating
From 24+ reviews
Ready to start? It begins with a phone call.
Tell us about the house. We’ll send a fair, no-obligation cash offer in 24 hours. And you can take it or leave it.
- A real local person picks up. Not a call center.
- We coordinate with attorneys, family, and probate.
- You pick the closing date.