Do I need to be in North Carolina to sell my house to you?

The house is in NC. You do not have to be

No, you do not need to be in North Carolina. The property is here; you do not have to be.

There are three ways to sign from a distance: by mail in front of a local notary, by remote online notarization on a video call, or through a power of attorney. Our page on closing remotely from out of state walks through each one and how the money reaches you. This page covers the two questions that page does not: what happens when the heirs are scattered across several states, and who has to sign what.

The situations this covers

Out-of-state heirs are a common case. When siblings live in three different states, each heir signs in their own state, by mail-and-notary or by remote online notarization, and funds are wired to each of them at closing. Nobody flies back to North Carolina, and nobody has to be in the same room as anybody else.

Job relocations are next. Once you accept our offer you can move and never need to come back to deal with the house. No showings to coordinate from 500 miles away, no repairs to project-manage remotely, no second mortgage payment while a listing sits.

Military sellers can use on-base notaries, and a seller at an overseas duty station can sign the same way.

And you do not need to come back to prepare it either

You do not have to empty the house. Take what you want, leave what you do not, and we handle the rest after closing, with no trash-out fee. You do not need to clean it, and you do not need to know its current condition. We ask detailed questions about the house and evaluate it as it actually stands. If nobody is nearby to let us in, we can arrange access with a lockbox, a neighbor or a property manager.

If you have not seen the property in years, that is normal here. Tell us what you know, which is often very little, and we take it from there.

Read the relocation guide, or send us the address from wherever you are.