Get my cash offer
Jose Schnaider

Los Angeles · San Fernando Valley · San Gabriel Valley

Los Angeles · San Fernando · San Gabriel

Sell your house fast in Los Angeles.

We buy houses in Los Angeles. Three numbers, not one. What I’d pay in cash today, what the same house sells for once I fund the repairs and you don’t lift a finger, and what I’d advance when the house isn’t the real problem. You pick. Any condition, any situation, and it costs nothing to find out.

4.7 12 Reviews on 72 Homes Sold on
  • 100% confidential
  • No obligation
  • Free cash offer

Licensed agent

Jose Schnaider · Dream Team Real Estate Consultants Inc · DRE 01975968

Los Angeles County + 3

Orange · San Bernardino · Ventura

Office

1955 Blake Ave, Unit D, Los Angeles

Who picks up

Maisha or I do, usually the same day

  • 72

    Homes sold

    On Zillow profile, 22 of them in the last 12 months, across 12 years.

  • 17 days

    Typical cash closing

    Faster if there’s a reason to be. Later if you’d rather.

  • Up to

    $150,000

    Renovation capital funded up front

    Not a dollar of it out of your pocket, if that’s the path you pick.

  • $0

    What the visit costs you

    No fee for the walk-through, the comps, or any of the three numbers.

4.7 across 12 reviews on , a third-party profile any seller can check. On Google, 5.0 across 2 reviews so far. None are invented here.

What actually happens, start to finish.

Three steps from the address to a date on the calendar. No chasing, no guesswork.

  1. A few questions, on the form or the phone: the address, what shape it’s in, what’s going on. Maisha usually picks up. Her job is to get me to your kitchen table, not to talk you into anything.

  2. I walk it with Marco, who sells the houses I buy and sits in on every seller meeting. You get the comps, the repair estimate and all three numbers on the spot. Not a “let me run this by my team.”

  3. You choose, I execute. Cash closes in about 17 days at a local title company. On path two the renovation starts and I handle every contractor, permit, photo and showing.

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The front porch, as found
A bathroom, down to the subfloor
The back of the house

Sell your house as is · Los Angeles

Houses I’ve actually stood in.

There isn’t a stock photo on this page. Every house here is one I walked, made an offer on, and closed. Some I bought for cash. Some I renovated with funded capital and sold for the owner. Same guy either way.

Some of these were rough when I walked in. Nobody’s judging the inside of your house, I’ve seen worse and I’ve bought worse.

  • No repairs needed. The cash offer takes it as‑is: the roof, the foundation, the permits nobody pulled in 1987. Nothing gets fixed before anyone signs.

  • You pick the closing date. Cash closes in about 17 days at a local title company, or later if later is what you need. I work back from your date.

  • No fees and no commissions on the cash offer. No commission, no repair credits, and no closing costs out of your pocket.

  • Nobody walks through your house but me. No listing, no sign in the yard, no open houses. One visit, and it is me.

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Sell your house for cash · any situation

We buy houses in any situation in Los Angeles.

Repairs you can’t pay for, a house you inherited, a divorce, a job in another state, tenants who stopped paying, or you’re just done being a landlord.

The ending is the same one: a cash offer on a Los Angeles house in any condition, all three numbers in writing, and a closing date you pick, about 17 days at a local title company.

Three ways out. I’ll show you all of them before you choose.

Same house, same afternoon. One path is faster. One is bigger. And one gets built around whatever is actually standing between you and the outcome you want. I’m not going to tell you which one you’re supposed to want.

Path one The cash offer As it sits, nothing touched. A cash sale to Rapid Close SoCal, or to an investor it brings in. Path two The renovation money goes in first After the prep work, funded and managed. A market listing with The Schnaider Group, DRE 01975968. Path three The one we build around your situation When the house isn’t the actual problem. Cash, funding or a listing, whichever the situation calls for.
Time to your money Path one · The cash offer About 17 days. You pick the date. Path two · The renovation money goes in first Repairs first, then it lists. The renovation runs to a schedule you see up front; how fast it sells after that is the market’s call, not mine. Path three · The one we build around your situation However long the thing in your way takes to clear. Sometimes money moves in a week, long before the house sells.
What you pay Path one · The cash offer Nothing. No commission, no repair credits, no closing costs out of pocket. Path two · The renovation money goes in first My listing commission, and the renovation money comes back out of the sale proceeds at closing. Never out of your pocket. Path three · The one we build around your situation Nothing up front. Whatever I advance, carry or pay for comes back out of the proceeds at closing, on terms you see before you sign.
What you do Path one · The cash offer Nothing. Take what matters to you and leave the rest, I clear it out. Path two · The renovation money goes in first Nothing. My project manager runs the work. You don’t pick tile, chase contractors, or set foot in a Home Depot. I clear the house out on this path too. Path three · The one we build around your situation Tell me what’s actually in the way. I build the plan around it and my team runs it.
Who buys the house Path one · The cash offer Me, or an investor I bring in. If it’s an investor, I tell you before you sign. Path two · The renovation money goes in first A buyer on the open market, once the work is done. Path three · The one we build around your situation Depends on the plan: me, an investor or a buyer on the open market. You know which before you sign.
How firm is the number Path one · The cash offer The number I hand you is the number you get. No re-trade. Path two · The renovation money goes in first It’s a market estimate until a buyer signs. I’ll show you the comps behind it. Path three · The one we build around your situation What I advance, carry or pay for is firm and in writing. The sale price stays a market estimate until a buyer signs.
Best when Path one · The cash offer You need a date more than you need the maximum. Path two · The renovation money goes in first You’ve got time, and the equity is worth more to you than the speed. Path three · The one we build around your situation Money, a court, a second mortgage or a deadline is the real problem, and a fast cash sale would only be a workaround.

Path one

The cash offer

As it sits, nothing touched.

Time to your money
About 17 days. You pick the date.
What you pay
Nothing. No commission, no repair credits, no closing costs out of pocket.
What you do
Nothing. Take what matters to you and leave the rest, I clear it out.
Who buys the house
Me, or an investor I bring in. If it’s an investor, I tell you before you sign.
How firm is the number
The number I hand you is the number you get. No re-trade.
Best when
You need a date more than you need the maximum.
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Path two

The renovation money goes in first

After the prep work, funded and managed.

Time to your money
Repairs first, then it lists. The renovation runs to a schedule you see up front; how fast it sells after that is the market’s call, not mine.
What you pay
My listing commission, and the renovation money comes back out of the sale proceeds at closing. Never out of your pocket.
What you do
Nothing. My project manager runs the work. You don’t pick tile, chase contractors, or set foot in a Home Depot. I clear the house out on this path too.
Who buys the house
A buyer on the open market, once the work is done.
How firm is the number
It’s a market estimate until a buyer signs. I’ll show you the comps behind it.
Best when
You’ve got time, and the equity is worth more to you than the speed.
Get the fixed‑up number

Path three

The one we build around your situation

When the house isn’t the actual problem.

Time to your money
However long the thing in your way takes to clear. Sometimes money moves in a week, long before the house sells.
What you pay
Nothing up front. Whatever I advance, carry or pay for comes back out of the proceeds at closing, on terms you see before you sign.
What you do
Tell me what’s actually in the way. I build the plan around it and my team runs it.
Who buys the house
Depends on the plan: me, an investor or a buyer on the open market. You know which before you sign.
How firm is the number
What I advance, carry or pay for is firm and in writing. The sale price stays a market estimate until a buyer signs.
Best when
Money, a court, a second mortgage or a deadline is the real problem, and a fast cash sale would only be a workaround.
Tell me what's going on

No obligation, and you see all three before you choose.

Get the cash number
Get the fixed‑up number
Tell me what's going on

No obligation, and you see all three before you choose.

Which one is actually yours? Three questions.

Answer honestly, nobody sees this but you. There’s no wrong answer either. The paths exist because different people need different things.

  1. Would you wait 60 more days for a bigger number?

  2. Who sets your price?

  3. How much work are you willing to have done on the house?

Answer the three and your result appears here.

Before closing

Money in your hands before the sale closes.

Moving costs money you don’t have yet. That’s the actual reason a lot of people take a low cash offer they didn’t want, not because they thought it was fair, but because they needed something to happen this month.

So I handle that part first.

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  1. Depending on your equity and the deal, I can advance $30,000 or 3% of the price, whichever is less, before closing, to cover the move.

    No interest and no fee.

  2. I can carry a mortgage payment while the house is being worked on.

  3. And I can run a tenant buyout under the city’s disclosure process, so nobody gets dragged through an eviction.

  • Whatever I advance comes out of the proceeds at closing, and the terms are in the agreement before you sign anything.
  • Advances need written approval on the specific deal, and if you’re in an active foreclosure the structure has to clear escrow and legal review first.

If you want to know exactly how it’s secured, ask me on the visit and I’ll show you the paperwork. Amounts depend on the equity and the deal. You’ll know the number before you commit to anything, not after.

  1. If I’m not the one buying, you’ll know.

    Sometimes the best buyer for your house is an investor I bring in, not me. When that’s the plan, I tell you straight up, before you sign, and your price and your date don’t move because of it. Plenty of companies call themselves cash buyers and are really a middleman: they put your house under contract and pass it to the real buyer without saying so.

  2. Where today’s number comes from.

    You see the comps I used, the repair estimate I used, and the margin I’m working on. If the math doesn’t hold up when you look at it, say so and we’ll look at it again. I’d rather be argued with than quietly doubted.

  3. Why the cash number is lower.

    It’s lower because I’m buying speed, certainty, and the right to skip your repairs. That’s a real trade and it’s worth real money to some people. If it isn’t worth it to you, don’t take it.

  4. The price I sign is the price I close.

    No re-trade. I don’t come back a week before closing with a new number after you’ve already packed. If something genuinely undisclosed turns up, I’ll show you the invoice and we’ll talk, but I don’t use the inspection as a negotiating tool.

Real deals · Real numbers

What that’s looked like.

Three closings, the actual numbers, and, where there was a cash offer on the table, what the seller would have walked away with if they’d taken it.

  • The house: a stucco front with a columned porch, bins lined up and the yard overgrown As found

    Path one · The cash offer

    A trustee sale, stopped

    roughly $250K More than at auction

    In Los Angeles, a homeowner was deep in foreclosure after listing the property for over a year with no success. The lender was losing patience. A trustee sale date was looming, and the borrower and lender weren’t communicating well at all.

    Jose Schnaider Los Angeles
  • Illustration, not the property: a ranch house near the end of a renovation, half painted, with scaffolding, tiles and a ring of keys Illustration

    Path two · Renovate & list

    The last 20% of a renovation

    about $500K Better than the cash option

    When John came to Rapid Close, he was exhausted. He’d done most of the hard work on a big renovation, but the last 20% had him completely overwhelmed. Between contractors, permits, budget overruns, and just everyday life, he was ready to be done. So, naturally, he asked us for a cash offer.

    Jose Schnaider 11750 Christy St, Cerritos
  • The red-tagged house as found: weathered board siding and a roof caved in under blue tarp As found

    Path three · Built around your situation

    A red-tagged house and a 50% claim

    When we first met the family in La Mirada, they were overwhelmed. The home they’d inherited had been in the family for 70 years, but after heavy rains, the roof caved in and the city red-tagged it. On top of that, after a death in the family, there was an heir who was entitled to half the estate and was pressing hard for their share.

    Jose Schnaider La Mirada

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Jose Schnaider

Who you’ll be dealing with.

Most of what I know about real estate I learned sitting in other people’s living rooms.

There’s a simple test for whether you’re getting advice or a pitch: count how many real options you were shown. Usually the answer is one.

I built Rapid Close SoCal so the answer could be three.

You’ll also meet Maisha, who answers the phone and listens before she books anything, and Marco, who walks the house with me.

Why I built it that way

  • 12 years

    In Southern California real estate. Licensed California agent, DRE 01975968

  • 72

    Homes sold over that career

  • Los Angeles

    Grew up in the San Fernando Valley and I’m in it every week. Office at 1955 Blake Ave, Unit D, just over the hill in Atwater Village.

We buy houses across Los Angeles County

We buy houses in Los Angeles right now.

We buy across Los Angeles County, plus the parts of Orange, Ventura and San Bernardino counties I can actually get to.

Pick the area that sounds like yours, or type it in and check. If you’d rather just ask, my line is below, Maisha or I pick it up, usually the same day.

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See every city and neighborhood

San Fernando Valley

The Eastside

San Gabriel Valley

Greater Los Angeles

Orange County

Further out

Santa Clarita Valley
Where my map stops going north. Everything from here down through the Valley is a drive I make.
Orange County
The parts I can actually get to. If yours isn't one of them I'll say so on the first call, not after a week of it.
Ventura County
Same rule, Oxnard included: the parts I can drive to and be at your kitchen table the same day.
San Bernardino County
Out through Chino and Ontario, to the Orange County line. Past the 15 freeway I stop.

Before you call

Questions I get before people call.

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How fast can I sell my house for cash in Los Angeles?

About 17 days on a cash purchase, at a local title company. The timeline depends mostly on how fast title comes back clear. If you need it sooner I’ve done sooner, and if you need longer, you pick the date.

How much will you actually pay?

Less than a clean listing would bring, and I’ll show you exactly how I got there, the comps, the repair estimate, and the margin I’m working on. If that trade isn’t worth it to you, don’t take it. That’s what the second number is for.

Do cash home buyers lowball?

Some do, and the way it usually happens is a high offer to get your signature and a lower one a week before closing. That’s called a re-trade. The number I sign is the number I close, and I’ll put that in writing before you sign anything.

Are “we buy houses” companies legit?

Some are and some aren’t, and the test is whether you can check them. Look for a real name attached to a licence you can look up, and a third-party profile the company doesn’t control. Mine is a public Zillow agent profile, 4.7 across 12 reviews and 72 sales you can read yourself. Rapid Close SoCal buys for its own account, as an investor, it isn’t a brokerage and I’m not your agent when I’m the buyer. When the better buyer is an investor I bring in instead, I tell you that before you sign. Anyone who won’t tell you which of those they are is telling you something.

Do I have to clean the house out first?

No. Take what matters to you and leave the rest, furniture, paperwork, the garage, all of it. That’s true on the cash offer and on the renovation path.

Can I sell if I’m facing foreclosure?

Usually yes, and a sale can resolve it if it closes in time. The timing depends on where you are in the process, so call and tell me what the letter says. I can’t stop a foreclosure and I won’t tell you I can, but I can tell you what your actual options are, including the ones that don’t involve me.

Can I sell a house that’s in probate in California?

Often yes, depending on whether a personal representative has been appointed and what authority they have. Your attorney will know in one phone call. I’ll work with whatever they tell you, and I’ve been through the paperwork side of this many times.

Can you buy with tenants or squatters in it?

Yes. You don’t have to evict anyone before you sell. I take on the lease and the deposits, and if a buyout is cleaner I run it through the city’s disclosure process so it actually holds up.

What does the renovation path cost me?

Nothing out of pocket. The renovation capital is funded up front and comes back out of the sale proceeds at closing, and you pay my listing commission. Both figures are on the sheet I hand you before you pick a path.

What are the closing costs when I sell to a cash buyer?

There’s no commission on the cash path and I don’t charge you a fee, that’s the point of selling direct. Escrow and title still have their own costs, and they’re itemised on the settlement statement you get before you sign, so nothing turns up on closing day that wasn’t on that sheet. On the renovation path you pay my listing commission, and that number is in front of you before you pick a path.

Do I need a realtor to sell for cash?

No. On the cash path I’m the buyer, not your agent, and there’s no commission. On the renovation path I am the listing agent, and I’ll tell you which one I think fits before you decide.

How can I sell my house quickly?

Fill out the form, Maisha or I call you, usually the same day. We ask about the house and what’s going on. Then I come see it and bring all three numbers. There’s no cost and no obligation at any point before you sign.

Start with the address

Sell your house for cash in Los Angeles.

You’ll know all three numbers before I leave your kitchen. And if listing it the ordinary way is the better move for you, I’ll say so out loud.

  • No repairs, on any path
  • Nothing to pay for the visit
  • No obligation to take any of the three
Property address

Or skip all this:

(323) 363-2731

That’s my line. Maisha or I pick it up.