Why I Started Buying Houses in 2003
My name is Lawrence Irby. I have been buying homes across the Bay Area and Central Valley since 2003. Not as an agent. Not as a middleman passing your information to someone else. I buy houses with my own cash, and when you call Bay Area House Buyers, you talk to me.
I started this business after watching people I cared about go through the traditional selling process at the worst possible times in their lives. A job loss. A divorce. A parent's home that suddenly became their responsibility. On top of everything else, they were told to make repairs, stage rooms, host strangers at open houses, and then wait months hoping a buyer's loan would not fall through.
"I have sat across the table from families in foreclosure, couples going through divorce, and adult children managing an inherited home they never expected to deal with. Every situation is different. Every person deserves to be treated with dignity."
That belief shapes how I run this business. I visit every property in person. I call you myself, usually within minutes of your form coming in. I explain exactly how I calculate your offer, and then I give you three full days to think it over. You can say no for any reason, at any point, and I will not call you over and over trying to change your mind.
More than two decades in, my approach has not changed: a fair offer, full transparency on how I got there, and a closing that happens on your timeline. That is the whole business.
