Northeast Ohio · Locally owned
We're Erie Property Solutions — named for the lake, based in Northeast Ohio, with over 20 years of real estate experience behind us. People call us when a house has turned into a headache: inherited from three states away, taxes stacking up, tenants who won't leave, repairs nobody has the money for. We help them find the way out.
Free, no obligation, and we're not going to chase you. If we're not the right answer, we'll tell you who is.
Takes a minute. Someone from our team follows up the same business day.
How this works
Not just the house — the whole thing. What's happened, what you're worried about, what you'd like to have happen. It's a conversation, not an intake form.
Every path we can see, including the ones we make nothing on. What each would likely net you, how long it takes, and what could go wrong.
Then we do the heavy lifting on it — the paperwork, the cleanout, the title company, the introductions. Or nothing at all, if that's your answer.
Ways we help
Here's what usually comes out of that second conversation.
No repairs, no cleanout, no showings, no financing to fall through, and no commissions or closing costs out of your pocket. You pick the closing date. This is the right answer when speed and certainty matter more than squeezing out the last dollar.
If the house is in good shape and you can wait, the open market will beat our number. We'll say so, and put you in touch with an agent we actually trust. We don't take a referral cut for it.
Need to close fast but stay in the house a few weeks? Need to close months from now? Need payments over time instead of a lump sum? These are all workable — most people don't know to ask.
We'll help you understand where you actually are in the timeline and what your real deadlines are, and connect you with people who handle this for a living. Knowing the timeline changes what's possible.
Often the hardest ones — siblings in different states, a house full of a lifetime of things, a process nobody has done before. We coordinate cleanouts, work around probate timing, and handle closings remotely.
Now and then the honest answer is that selling is the wrong move — a repair loan, a refinance, a rental manager, or a family arrangement serves you better. We'd rather tell you that and be the call you make in two years.
Situations we see every week
If you're embarrassed about the condition of the house, don't be. We have seen every version of this, and none of it changes how we talk to you.
The honest comparison
We'd rather you see this clearly than find out later. Both columns are true.
| Selling to Erie Property Solutions | Listing on the market | |
|---|---|---|
| Sale price | Below full retail — that's the trade for speed and certainty | Higher on paper, before costs and time come out |
| Commissions | None | Typically 5–6% of the sale price |
| Closing costs | We cover them | Usually 1–3%, paid by you |
| Repairs & cleanout | Our problem, not yours | Expected before listing, plus repairs after inspection |
| Showings | One walkthrough | Ongoing, on the buyer's schedule |
| Financing falling through | Cash — no lender, no appraisal | A real risk right up to closing day |
| Time to close | As fast as a couple of weeks, or whenever you want | Often 60–90 days from listing |
| Best when | Speed, certainty or condition is the problem | The house shows well and you can wait |
What comes through the phone
We're not going to put words in a homeowner's mouth. So here it is in ours — the three calls we take most often.
Two or three siblings, none of them local, a parent's house holding forty years of belongings, and a probate process nobody has been through before. Everyone is waiting for someone else to fly in and deal with it.
We work around the probate timing, arrange the cleanout, and run the closing remotely — nobody has to take time off work to sign.
A tenant who hasn't paid in months, a furnace heading into one more winter, and an owner who has quietly stopped opening the mail about it. The house isn't the problem any more — the situation is.
We buy with the tenant in place and take it on ourselves. The owner is out of it the day we close.
A clean, updated house in a district where things move in a week. Our number was never going to beat the open market, and pretending otherwise would have cost the owner real money.
We said so on the first call and introduced them to an agent. It cost us that deal — and it's why they called us again about the next house.
Where we work
From the lakefront to the southern suburbs. If it's within about an hour of Cleveland, it's very likely ours.
Cleveland · Lakewood · Parma · Euclid · Elyria · Lorain · Amherst · Avon · North Ridgeville · Vermilion · Sandusky · Mentor · Willoughby · Painesville · Kirtland · Chardon · Medina · Brunswick · Akron · and everywhere between. Not sure if you're in our area? Just ask.
Common questions
Nothing, and there's nothing to sign. Plenty of the calls we take end with us pointing someone somewhere else. That's a fine outcome.
No. No countdown offers, no "today only", no calling you six times a week. Tell us to stop and we stop.
What comparable homes nearby have actually sold for, minus what the house needs, minus our costs to hold and resell it. We'll show you that math instead of asking you to trust it.
No. Take what matters to you and leave the rest — furniture, junk, whatever's in the basement. We handle it.
All common, all workable. Liens and back taxes usually get settled at closing out of the proceeds. Tenants we deal with ourselves.
No, we're buyers — we're not listing your house or charging you a commission. When listing is the better move for you, we'll hand you to an agent rather than pretend otherwise.
Tell us what's going on with the house. Worst case, you'll understand your options better than you did this morning.