Who you're actually dealing with
A family company, not a franchise with a friendly logo.
House Buyer Dan was founded in Appleton in 2010 by Dan and Diana Ahlborn, long before the postcards and billboards showed up. Sixteen years later it's still a small, family-owned company with deep Wisconsin roots, and when you call, a real, live person from our company answers. Never a call center.
Since 2010 · $4.6M+ paid to Wisconsin homeowners · 5.0★ on Google
The short version
Sixteen years of buying houses the same way
Plenty of companies buy houses for cash. The reason we're still here after sixteen years, in a business where most operations don't survive five, is boring: we tell people the truth, including when the truth is "list it with an agent instead, you'll net more."
That honesty shows up in the details. Every offer comes in writing, and if you want to know how we arrived at the number, ask and we'll walk you through it, because you shouldn't have to guess what's behind an offer. And once a cash offer goes firm, we back the closing date with $5,000 of our own money in escrow at a Wisconsin title company. When WFRV Local 5 in Green Bay featured us, they called us "Northeast Wisconsin's trusted home buyer." We intend to keep earning that.
How we work
Three things we ask our own team to live by
Say the true thing
If we're not the right fit, you hear it on the first call, along with an introduction to someone who is: an agent, an attorney, whoever actually helps your situation.
Respect the house and the story
Every house we walk into belonged to somebody's life. Whatever condition it's in and however it got there, you'll get respect, not raised eyebrows.
Put money where the promise is
Guarantees are cheap when they're just words. Ours sits in an escrow account with a Wisconsin title company before we ever ask you to trust a closing date.
Talk to us like a neighbor, because that's the point.
Thirty seconds to reach out, a real person on the phone, and a written offer within 24 hours. No pressure at any step.
Rather talk to a person right now? Call (920) 259-4326 and a real, live person from our company answers. Never a call center.
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