FireCashBuyer
We built FireCashBuyer so a homeowner, or someone planning to buy and fix up a house, can type an address and see a cash range for the house as it is right now. The calculator looks up the house, then takes money off for fire damage and for how worn it was before the fire. Fast, fair, and no fees. The number is a starting point. It is not an official price from an appraiser, and it is not a promise to buy.
FireCashBuyer ↗- Customer: A homeowner, or someone planning to buy and fix a fire-damaged house.
- Problem: A normal price does not show the house as it is after a fire.
- Solution: Type an address. The calculator looks up the house, then takes money off for fire damage and for wear.
- Outcome: A cash range, about 4% either way. It is a starting point, not an appraisal and not a promise to buy.
- Strategic win: A first number in one visit, before anyone books a walkthrough.
After a fire, last year's value is not a cash offer.
The owner needs a fair range for the house as it is. A buyer who will repair the house and sell it needs the same range before they decide the deal works.
Why it was hard
A price from before the fire is the wrong number. The owner wants to know what a cash buyer might pay for the house as it is. Someone who will buy, repair, and sell needs that same number before they price the repairs. Guessing, or waiting on an official appraiser, stalls both of them.
- The old value ignores smoke, a few burned rooms, or a house that has to be torn down
- Condition before the fire changes the number again
- A buyer still has costs, so the offer is not the full value
- An official appraiser's price is not what you need for a first conversation
What you get
- ✓Enter the address. The page matches the property
- ✓Minor damage, one or two rooms: 10% off
- ✓Half the home, fire or smoke: 22% off
- ✓Major damage, most rooms: 40% off
- ✓Total loss, a teardown: 65% off
- ✓Condition before the fire: well kept, some wear, or needs work
- ✓A 12% hold-back for the buyer's own costs comes off the starting value
- ✓The page shows a range 4% above and below that result
Start with the address
The owner types the property address. The page finds the matching house and a starting value. On the sample, that is 2246 Crestview St in Brookhaven, and a Cotality value of $1,172,900. Cotality is the company that supplied that starting house price. A cash offer, a home value, and a plan to buy and fix all begin with that lookup.
Open FireCashBuyer →Then the condition
Fire damage is 10% for one or two rooms, 22% for half the home, 40% when most rooms are damaged, and 65% if the house has to be torn down. Condition before the fire is 0% if it was well kept, 5% for some wear, and 12% if it needs work. Another 12% is held back for costs the buyer still has to pay.
See the adjustments →A range you can plan from
The result is a band, 4% above and below the adjusted value. The Brookhaven sample lands at $686,850 to $744,088. That is one sample house, not a promise for every address. An owner sees a fair figure for the house as it is. Someone who will fix it uses that figure before they price the work and the sale. It is not an official appraisal, and it is not an offer.
Real estate calculators →An address, the damage, and the condition. Then a cash range.
The calculator is for a cash conversation and for someone who will buy, fix, and sell: what the house is worth as it is, before anyone pays for repairs. The sample range is one house in Brookhaven. The next address gets its own lookup.
The figure is a planning estimate. It is not an official appraiser's price, and it is not an offer to buy. On this demo the result stays on the page, and the contact details are not sent.
Open FireCashBuyer ↗
