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We buy houses in Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Cash offer within 48 hours. No agent, no repairs, no commissions — anywhere in Lake Havasu City.

First 48 Offers buys houses for cash in Lake Havasu City, Mohave County. Send us the address and you will have a written offer within 48 hours, with no obligation to take it and nothing to pay us at any stage.

Havasu carries a lot of second homes and short-term rentals. When those stop making sense to hold, owners usually want out quickly and quietly rather than on the MLS.

Where we buy in Lake Havasu City

We buy throughout Lake Havasu City, including the Island, the Refuge, and the north and south ends of town. These are the zip codes we cover here:

  • 86403
  • 86404
  • 86406

If your zip is not on that list but the property is in or near Lake Havasu City, call us anyway — the answer is usually still yes.

What drives value in Lake Havasu City

Havasu carries a high proportion of second homes and short-term rentals. When the economics of holding one stop working, owners usually want a quiet exit rather than a public listing.

What we buy here

  • Houses needing major repair — roof, foundation, plumbing, fire or water damage
  • Inherited property, including estates still working through probate
  • Homes with liens, back taxes or missed mortgage payments
  • Rentals with tenants still in place, paying or not
  • Vacant property that is costing you every month it sits
  • Houses that are perfectly fine, where you simply want a certain date

Back taxes and liens in Mohave County

If unpaid property tax is part of why you are selling, it is worth understanding the clock. In Arizona the County Assessor sets a Full Cash Value for each parcel annually, and the County Treasurer bills it in two installments. When taxes go unpaid, the Mohave County Treasurer can sell a tax lien against the property at auction, and those auctions are held in February each year.

A lien does not stop us buying. Back taxes are settled out of the proceeds at closing, through escrow, the same as a mortgage payoff. You do not need to clear them first — in fact you should not try to.

How it works in Lake Havasu City

You send the Lake Havasu City address. Within about 24 hours we come and walk the property with you — roughly twenty minutes, nothing cleaned or repaired first. By hour 48 you have a written offer showing what we would pay and which costs we cover.

If you accept, escrow can close in as little as seven days, or on a later date if you need time to move. We buy with our own cash, so there is no lender to fall through. Read the full process.

Lake Havasu City questions

Can you buy discreetly, without a sign or listing?

Yes. There is no listing, no sign, no showings and no public record until closing. That privacy is a real reason people use us.

Do you buy short-term rental properties with bookings on the calendar?

Yes. Tell us about existing bookings and we will structure the close around them.

More general answers are on our questions page.

Should you list instead?

Sometimes, honestly, yes. If your Lake Havasu City house is in good shape and you are not in a hurry, listing will usually net more. If it needs work, or you are on a deadline, or you cannot face showings, the maths often goes the other way once commissions and repairs come out. We set out both sides of that comparison.

Get our offer first either way — it is free, and it gives you a firm number to measure any listing estimate against. Note that once you sign a listing agreement we can no longer buy the house directly.

Talk to someone about your Lake Havasu City property

Call or text (480) 818-4105, Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, or send the address and we will do the research first.

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