Why small Cudahy homes are hard to sell the normal way
A 900 square foot cottage with one bathroom is a tough retail listing. The buyer pool that can afford it usually needs FHA financing, and FHA appraisers are strict about peeling paint, handrails, roof life and furnace condition. On a house built in 1925 that has never been fully updated, the appraisal often comes back with required repairs.
Which puts the seller in an ugly spot: fix things you were selling because you could not afford to fix, or lose the buyer and start over. We have bought several Cudahy houses from people who had already been through that loop twice.
Cash removes the appraiser from the equation entirely. There is no repair list, no re-inspection, and no lender deciding your house is not good enough.
