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The house you can't sell retail — hoarder, probate, fire, tenant, a foreclosure clock — is the house we buy. Cash, as-is, on your seller's timeline. You get paid through your broker, you keep the client, and you list it when we sell it.
We are a buyer, not a bird-dog program. Your compensation is written into the purchase contract, paid through your broker, and shows up on the settlement statement where it belongs.
Paid to your broker at closing, $2,500 minimum — even on a $50,000 house. You never have to list it to get paid on it.
Cash, as-is, no inspection contingency circus, no retrade. Your listing side is untouched — we just make the closing happen.
When we renovate and resell a house you brought us, you get the resale listing. On a $250,000 flip that's the biggest number on this page.
Volume bonuses on top of every commission — paid through your broker when you hit the milestone. Every closed referral counts.
Agent compensation is paid through your broker at closing and disclosed on the settlement statement. You're responsible for any disclosure your state and broker require to your seller. Heartland Buys, LLC is a real estate investment company, not a brokerage.
Your seller is your client. We don't contact them without you, and you're on every call, walkthrough and closing that involves them.
A real number, in writing, that you can put in front of your seller. No "let me talk to my partner."
The price we sign is the price we close at. The only exception is a material defect nobody disclosed — and we say so before we sign.
Seven days or seventy — the seller picks. Cash, as-is, and we cover our side of closing costs.
Our Director of Agent Relations shepherds every referral from submission to funding. You always know who to call.
Sellers we can't buy but who need to list, and first look at our off-market inventory for your investor buyers — both go to the agents who send us deals.
Address, the situation, and how to reach you. No seller contact info required — that stays with you until you want to hand it over.
Within one business day. We tell you on the spot whether the property is already in our system, so attribution is never a surprise later.
You set up the walkthrough. We deliver a written cash offer within 48 hours, with your commission written into the contract.
On the seller's date. Your commission is paid through your broker on the settlement statement. Flip? The resale listing comes back to you.
Honest pricing note: we pay investor prices — what the house is worth fixed, minus the repairs, minus our margin. We are the right buyer for the house that can't sell retail, not for the one that can.
Pulled straight from our closed files — every one bought as-is, for cash. Days shown are contract to closing, the seller's chosen date.
Agent-referred case studies with the referring agent's name and commission will be added here as they close — with the agent's permission.
Heartland Buys was founded by Rhen Bartlett and is run out of 358 St. Louis Street in downtown Mobile. We buy houses across Mobile, Baldwin and the Florida Panhandle — 300 and counting.
We're BBB A+ accredited, members of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, and the "we buy houses" company you've seen on FOX10 and heard on iHeart. What you probably haven't seen is how much of our inventory comes from agents who had a house that couldn't sell. This program exists to make that systematic instead of accidental.
On an off-market house, a 3% buyer-side commission ($2,500 minimum) is written into our purchase contract and paid to your broker at closing — it shows on the settlement statement like any other transaction. On a listed house, nothing changes: you keep your full listing commission and we're simply the buyer. We don't pay cash, gift cards or "finder's fees" outside of closing, because your license doesn't allow it and neither does our lawyer.
It's a volume bonus on top of your commissions. When your fifth referred deal closes, we pay a $5,000 bonus; when your tenth closes, a $10,000 bonus. Every closed referral counts — off-market or listed, flip, rental or wholesale. Like everything else here, it's paid through your broker.
No. You can bring us a house you've never listed — a past client, a neighbor, a probate you heard about at the office, an expired you didn't win. If you have the relationship, you're the referring agent.
Never without you. You submit the property, we call you, you arrange the walkthrough. If your seller wants to talk to us directly, that's your call, not ours.
We tell you immediately — on the first call, not after the deal. If we've been marketing to that seller in the last 12 months or another rep is actively working them, we'll walk through attribution with you up front. We'd rather lose a deal than surprise a referring agent.
No. Our offer is made after a walkthrough, and the price we sign is the price we close at. The only exception is a material defect that wasn't disclosed and couldn't be seen — a foundation problem behind finished walls, for example — and we say that before anyone signs.
As fast as title can clear — we closed a Mobile house in six days this summer. Most sellers choose two to four weeks. If the seller needs sixty days and a leaseback, that works too. The seller sets the date.
Investor pricing: what the house is worth renovated, minus the cost of the work, minus our margin. That's less than retail on a house that could sell retail — which is why we say list those. On a house that can't, it's often more than the seller will net after months on market, price cuts, repairs and a failed financing contingency.
Yes. When we renovate and resell a house you referred, the listing is yours at our standard listing terms. It's the biggest incentive we offer and it costs you nothing to earn — bring us the house.
Yes, on owned land. Mobile or manufactured homes on rented lots are not a fit.
Yes. Agents who refer us deals get first look at our off-market inventory before it goes to the wider buyer list. Note it in the form or mention it on the first call.
Tell us where it is and what's wrong with it. You don't need to give us the seller's contact information — you stay the point of contact until you decide otherwise.
We log every submission with your name on it the same day, run it against our system while you wait, and call you within one business day.
Your referral is logged as with your name on it. A confirmation is on its way to your email.
Have another one? Submit another property.