We Buy Houses in North Reno & the UNR Area
Older bungalows, student rentals, and family homes that have seen decades of use. The neighborhoods north of downtown are where tired landlords and longtime owners call us first.
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Get your free cash offer in North Reno
Two minutes of your time, a written offer within 24 hours.
The neighborhoods between downtown and the North Valleys, the University District, the Wells Avenue and Sutro corridors, the streets out toward Rancho San Rafael, hold some of Reno’s oldest housing stock. Many of these homes have spent years as rentals for students and working families, and it shows: worn kitchens, patched roofs, additions from another era.
On the open market, that means lowball investor calls, picky lenders, and repair negotiations that drag on for months. With us it means one visit and a written cash offer in 24 hours. We have bought houses in these blocks since 2009, we know what university-area properties are actually worth, and we never ask you to fix, clean, or stage anything.
These neighborhoods are also better positioned than their tired kitchens suggest, and our offers account for it. The streets around Rancho San Rafael, where the balloons lift off every September for the Great Reno Balloon Race, hold solid 1940s and 1950s bones a block from one of the city’s best parks. The university keeps growing, which keeps rental demand permanent, and investors know it: half the calls a North Reno owner gets are from wholesalers who have never seen the house. We have. We walk it, price the real condition against real university-area sales, and show the math, which is a different conversation than a voicemail offering a number invented in a call center.
Landlords, this is the easy exit
If you are done with the 2 a.m. calls and the turnover costs, you can sell with the tenants in place and the lease transfers to us. No evictions, no vacancy period, no listing photos of a lived-in rental. One conversation, one closing date, done.
The Family Behind the Offers
If Joel and the twins look familiar, you have probably seen the TV commercials. Sierra Homebuyers has been a family business since 2009, and it still works the way one should: when you call about a house in North Reno, you talk to Joel's local team, never a national call center.
Three Steps, Zero Hassle
The steps run the same whether the house is tenant occupied, between renters, or finally empty after years of student turnover.
Two minutes on the form below, or one phone call.
We meet you at the property, anywhere in the North Reno area.
Take it, decline it, or think it over. Zero obligation.
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Proof From Real Northern Nevada Sellers
"When it came time to sell a rental property that we had for 30 years we contacted Sierra Homebuyers. We met with Joel and he made us a very fair offer on the spot. No commission, no closing costs and no repairs. It could not have been easier!"
Neighborhoods & Corridors We Serve
And every street in between. If it's in the 89512 area, we want to see it.
Selling in North Reno: Your Questions
Do you buy North Reno rentals with tenants still living there?
Yes. We buy tenant-occupied properties and take over the existing lease at closing. You do not need to evict anyone, wait out a lease, or coordinate showings around a tenant's schedule.
My house near UNR needs a lot of work. Will you still make an offer?
Yes. Decades of rental wear, original wiring, deferred maintenance, none of it stops a cash sale. We buy as is, put the offer in writing within 24 hours, and handle every repair after closing.
Do I need to clean out the property first?
No. Take what you want and leave the rest, including anything past tenants left behind. We handle the cleanout after closing at no cost to you.
How fast can you close on a North Reno house?
In as little as 7 days, because there is no financing, no appraisal, and no inspection contingency. If you need longer to wind down a rental or plan a move, you pick the date.
More general questions? Read the full FAQ.
Done being a landlord near the university?
Call and we will talk through the lease, the tenants, and the timeline before you decide anything.