Opendoor in Scottsdale
What You Actually Net.

To compare properly, build both columns. On the instant-offer side: the offer, minus the service fee, minus post-inspection repair deductions, minus your remaining closing costs. On the listing side: a realistic sale price based on true comparables, minus commission as negotiated, minus closing costs, minus preparation, minus carrying costs for the months you expect it to take.

Then compare the two bottom numbers alongside the timelines. Sometimes the gap is small enough that certainty wins easily. Sometimes it is large enough that a few extra weeks are worth a great deal of money. Either way you are deciding with numbers instead of a pitch.

Most sellers weighing an instant offer are really weighing speed, certainty, and hassle. Those can often be bought more cheaply than the spread. A correctly priced listing in a market with real demand can go under contract quickly. A discreet off-market sale delivers privacy and no days-on-market clock while still reaching buyers who will pay market. And a pre-listing inspection removes most of the renegotiation risk that makes conventional sales feel uncertain.

Before accepting an instant offer, it is worth knowing what your home would realistically sell for and how fast — because that is the number the offer is being measured against, and most sellers never obtain it.