Sell Your House Fast in Maryland for Cash
A written cash offer within 24 to 48 hours, the house sold as is and a closing date you choose
Revolutionary Home Buyers buys houses for cash anywhere in Maryland, in any condition and directly from the owner, with a written cash offer within 24 to 48 hours of seeing the house. Ben Caplan and Sam Gallahan have bought over 1,100 Maryland homes since 2020, and this page sets the three ways to sell a Maryland house fast side by side before you choose one.
Ben or Sam replies within 24 hours, usually the same day, and the offer carries no obligation.
Prefer to talk? Call or text 443-205-7707
320 N Charles St, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201
What Selling Your House Fast in Maryland Means
Selling a house fast in Maryland means a signed sale with no lender, no repair list and no public showings, settled at a Maryland title company in 30 days or less, and four points separate it from a traditional listing.
The house sells in its present condition, with no renovation, staging or repainting before the offer.
You sell straight to the buyer, so no listing agreement and no commission on the price.
Most sales settle within 30 days, the fastest in 14, and a later date suits an estate or a move.
Revolutionary Home Buyers pays those taxes and the title fees, and liens and past due taxes come out of the proceeds.
How a Maryland Cash Sale Works From Call to Closing
A Maryland cash sale takes three steps, a call, a written offer and a settlement, and Ben or Sam stays on the sale from the first call to the closing table with no call center in between.
Describe the House and Your Timing
Share the address, the condition, who lives there and when you want to move, online or by phone. Ben or Sam calls back within 24 hours, usually the same day.
Review One Written Cash Offer
After one visit, the written offer arrives within 24 to 48 hours, with the repair estimate and the costs explained so you can set it against a listing.
Settle at a Maryland Title Company
The title company clears the title, pays the mortgage and any liens from the price and wires the balance to you on the closing date you picked.
Ben and Sam Buy Every Maryland House Themselves
Ben Caplan and Sam Gallahan own Revolutionary Home Buyers and buy each Maryland house themselves, rather than signing a contract and passing it to another investor. They see every house in person, make the offer and stay on the sale until settlement, working from an office at 320 N Charles St in downtown Baltimore.
Over 1,100 Maryland purchases since 2020 cover rowhomes, rentals, inherited houses, vacant buildings and homes with major repair needs, and the most common reason a seller calls is rarely speed alone. It is a repair budget, an estate, a tenant, a lien or the wish for a settlement date that holds.
The offer is free and carries no obligation, so comparing it with a listing costs nothing.
What Maryland Sellers Say After Selling for Cash
Revolutionary Home Buyers holds a 4.8 rating from over 110 Google reviews, and the live feed below shows recent sellers in their own words, straight from Google.
How a Maryland Cash Offer Is Calculated
A Maryland cash offer equals the resale value of the finished house, less sale costs, renovation, closing and holding costs and a margin, and the margin moves with the renovation rather than sitting at a fixed share of the value.
Sale costs run at about 6 percent of the resale value, and closing and holding costs at about 25 percent of the purchase price plus the renovation. On one real purchase, 80,000 dollars to buy, 80,000 dollars of renovation and 40,000 dollars of closing and holding costs put 200,000 dollars in, and the house sold for 250,000 dollars, netting 235,000 dollars after 15,000 dollars of sale costs.
What Ben and Sam Look At
- Recent sales of finished houses on the same streets
- Roof, foundation, electrical, plumbing and heating
- Cleanout and renovation scope
- Tenants, liens, ground rent and title items
- Holding time and resale costs
What You Compare It With
- The written cash offer
- The repair money and carrying costs you avoid
- The commission on a listing
- The months a listing takes to settle
- The price an updated house reaches on the market
Direct Cash Sale Compared With a Maryland Agent Listing
Maryland homes sold for a median of 455,000 dollars in July 2026 after a median of 14 days on the market, according to Maryland REALTORS housing statistics, and a direct cash sale differs from that listing route on seven points.
| Cost or Step | Listing With an Agent | Revolutionary Home Buyers |
|---|---|---|
| Agent commission | Commonly 5 to 6 percent of the price | None |
| Repairs and preparation | Set by the buyer inspection and the lender appraisal | None, the house sells as is |
| Showings | Open houses and repeat private viewings | One visit from Ben or Sam |
| Buyer financing | A loan approval and an appraisal can fail | Cash, with no lender contingency |
| Time to settlement | Days on market plus 30 to 45 days for the loan | 30 days or less, 14 days the fastest |
| Transfer and recordation taxes | Divided as the contract sets out | Paid by Revolutionary Home Buyers |
| Best fit | An updated house when the top price matters most | A house that needs work, carries liens or has a deadline |
Three Ways to Sell a House Fast in Maryland
A Maryland homeowner has three ways to sell a house fast, listing with an agent, repairing first or taking a direct cash offer, and each one asks for a different amount of time, money and effort.
List With an Agent
Listing suits a house that is ready to show, an owner who can wait for a financed buyer and a sale where the top price matters most.
- The highest price for a market ready house
- A commission of 5 to 6 percent of the price
- A buyer loan and appraisal that can fail
Repair First, Then Sell
Repairing first suits an owner with the cash, the time and the patience to manage contractors before the house goes on the market.
- A stronger listing once the work is done
- Repair money spent before any offer arrives
- No promise the repairs come back in the price
Take a Direct Cash Offer
A direct cash offer suits a house that needs work, an estate, a rental with tenants or an owner who wants a settlement date that holds.
- No commission and no repair spend
- The house sold in its present condition
- No obligation to accept the offer
Maryland Transfer and Recordation Taxes by County
Every Maryland sale carries a 0.5 percent state transfer tax plus a county transfer tax and a county recordation tax, and Revolutionary Home Buyers pays all three on a cash purchase, along with the title fees.
The county rates below are the fiscal year 2026 rates published by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services for the 14 jurisdictions where most Maryland sellers call from, with the recordation tax charged for each 500 dollars of the price.
| Jurisdiction | County Transfer Tax | Recordation Tax per 500 Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore City | 1.5 percent | 5.00 dollars |
| Baltimore County | 1.5 percent | 2.50 dollars |
| Anne Arundel County | 1 percent below 1 million dollars | 3.50 dollars |
| Howard County | 1.25 percent | 2.50 dollars |
| Montgomery County | 1 percent at 70,000 dollars and above | 4.45 dollars on the first 500,000 dollars |
| Prince George's County | 1.4 percent | 2.75 dollars |
| Frederick County | None | 7.00 dollars |
| Charles County | 0.5 percent | 7.00 dollars |
| Carroll County | None | 6.50 dollars |
| Harford County | 1 percent | 3.30 dollars |
| Cecil County | 0.5 percent | 4.10 dollars |
| Calvert County | None | 5.00 dollars |
| St. Mary's County | 1 percent | 4.00 dollars |
| Washington County | 0.5 percent | 3.80 dollars |
On a 300,000 dollar sale those taxes run from 4,500 dollars in Calvert County to 9,000 dollars in Baltimore City once the state tax is added, and in a listed sale the contract divides them between buyer and seller. Water bills, past due property taxes and liens are a separate set of seller payoffs, set out in the guide to closing costs in Maryland.
Maryland Selling Guides by Situation and County
Each Maryland selling problem has one guide of its own, grouped here by the condition of the house and by the situation behind the sale.
Maryland House Conditions We Buy As Is
Repairs, damage and deferred maintenance are the reason a listing feels hard for most of these owners, and each guide explains the sale for that condition.
Maryland Ownership and Life Situations
Title, family, tenants and money pressure drive these sales more than the condition of the house, and each guide covers the paperwork for that case.
Maryland Counties Where We Buy Houses
Revolutionary Home Buyers buys houses anywhere in Maryland, and these 16 county and regional pages carry the local rules, rates and towns for each area.
A Maryland location does not need its own page for Ben and Sam to make an offer, and Southern Maryland sellers have a regional page of their own.
Maryland City Pages With Local Detail
Fourteen Maryland city and regional pages cover the towns where sellers search most, each with the housing stock, county rules and settlement rates of that town.
What Happens Between the Contract and Closing
A cash sale still goes through a Maryland title company, which checks the title, pays every debt on the house from the price and records the deed before the money reaches you.
Title Search
The title company checks the recorded owners, mortgages, judgments and ground rent against the property.
Payoff Letters
Mortgage lenders, the county and any lien holders send the exact payoff figures for settlement day.
Closing Date
Settlement is booked for the date you chose, 14 days the fastest and later when you need the time.
Settlement
You sign the deed and the settlement statement, and the balance after payoffs is wired to you that day.
The most common reason a signed contract does not reach settlement is a title that is not clear, and the full order of these steps sits on the page about how to sell a house in Maryland for cash.
Maryland Offices That Hold Property Records
Six public Maryland offices hold the records and the help a seller uses before a sale, independent of any cash buyer.
Questions About Selling a House Fast in Maryland
These are the questions Maryland homeowners ask most often before they decide whether to request a direct cash offer.
How fast can I sell my house in Maryland?
Do I have to make repairs before selling?
Are there commissions or seller closing costs?
Do you buy throughout Maryland?
Can I sell an inherited or probate house?
Can I sell a rental property with tenants?
How do you calculate the offer?
Is selling for cash always better than listing?
What happens after I accept the offer?
How do I check that a Maryland cash buyer is legitimate?
How long does it take to sell a house in Maryland?
Who pays the transfer tax when selling a house in Maryland?
See What a Direct Sale Looks Like for Your Maryland House
Tell Ben and Sam about the property and receive a written cash offer within 24 to 48 hours of the visit, a number to set against listing, repairing or keeping the house, with no obligation to accept it.
A reply within 24 hours and a written offer within 24 to 48 hours of the visit.
Prefer to talk? Call or text 443-205-7707
320 N Charles St, 4th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201