Here is the question that stops a lot of sales before they start: if I sell this house, where do I go on closing day? I am Grant Howard with Howard Buys, and I want to tell you about a sale in Jeffersonville, Indiana where that was the entire problem to solve.
He was hard to even get in front of
His work kept him on the road for long stretches at a time. Getting the two of us in the same place to walk the house and talk it through took real coordination — not because he was avoiding it, but because he was genuinely not in town.
If that is you, say it early. I would rather work around your schedule than have you feel rushed into a decision between shifts.
Selling was not his problem. Landing was.
He was not underwater, not in trouble, not desperate. He wanted to sell.
What he did not have was somewhere lined up to go. And that is a real bind: the money to buy the next place is locked inside this one. You cannot go get the next house until you sell this house — but if you sell on a normal timeline, you are out before you have anywhere to be.
Most people in that spot just stall. They decide to deal with it later, and later never comes, because the problem does not solve itself.
What we actually did
We agreed on a price we were both comfortable with. Then we did the part that made it work: we built his stay into the deal.
He needed to remain in the house for a stretch after closing while he found and closed on his next place. So rather than him paying me month to month after the sale, we accounted for that time inside the purchase price and settled it all at the closing table.
The effect for him was simple. He walked out of closing with the funds he needed to go buy his next house, and he stayed put in this one while he did it. No storage unit. No couch. No moving twice.
Then he did exactly what he said he would — cleaned the place out on the timeline we agreed and handed it over. Smooth the whole way through.
A deal like this gets papered properly through the title company, and the right shape for it depends on your situation and what the closing attorney advises. The mechanics are not the point. The point is that “I need time” is a solvable problem, not a dealbreaker.
If you need to stay a while after you sell
Say so on the first call — not at the closing table. It changes what I can build, and it is a normal request.
You may need weeks, not days. Fine. Tell me roughly how long and we work from there.
You may not know how long. Also fine, and more common than you would think.
You may need the money before you can go shopping. That is usually the whole reason this comes up.
You may be hard to reach. Shift work, travel, on the road — tell me and I will work to your schedule.
If this sounds like where you are
Moving somewhere smaller but not ready to be out the day it sells.
A house that needs work you do not want to do before you go.
A property with someone still living in it — including you.
An inherited house you need to turn into money before you can make your next move.
How selling as-is for cash works
I buy houses in any condition across Southern Indiana and the Louisville area — no commissions, no repairs, and a closing date built around your life rather than a lender’s calendar. You can see exactly how I buy houses and how I calculate an offer, and if timing is your worry, here is how fast this actually moves.
If the thing standing in your way is not the house but where you go next, call or text me at (502) 414-8334 and start there. It is solvable, and I have solved it before.