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In 2014, we set out to reinvent life’s most important transaction with home sellers and buyers in mind. Since then, we’ve helped thousands of people sell their homes and move in one simple, seamless transaction.

Life’s biggest milestones come with a move. Whether you’re getting married, starting a family, or taking a new job, moving is a natural step towards your dream. But it isn’t easy. Each step is more stressful than the last, and sometimes it seems like everyone but you is in control of your destiny.

Opendoor is here to change that. From selling your current home to choosing your next one, we’ve revolutionized the process to put you at the center of your move. Because we believe only one person should be in charge of how your future unfolds, and that’s you.

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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
My wife and I couldn't be happier with the way this sale went. It was sooooo easy! There was literally no stress for us. We didn't have to worry about showings, repairs or any of the traditional hassle of a home sale. We were skeptical until the end but when we got the proceeds the day we closed i knew we were going to give a glowing review! Thank you so much Opendoor! I'm telling everyone that will listen.
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(Phoenix) - Posted 3 years ago
We love great customer stories like yours. Thanks for sharing Rob!
Posted 3 years ago
I sold my condo to Opendoor. The closing date was 06/01/2021. After signing the closing document on 05/28/2021, we expected to receive $280522.42 that is the DUE-TO-SELLER amount shown on the closing statement. They called me on 06/02/2021 and told me that they made a mistake on one of their documents and asked me to sign an addendum. This addendum states to void $5000 credit to the sellers. They assured me that it was just for documentation purposes and nothing would change. I thought it was weird at first, but they told me that signing the addendum wont change anything. I trusted Opendoor. So I signed the document. They sent me $276721.09 on 06/03/2021. I was puzzled why there was $3801.33 short. They told me the reason was I signed the addendum. I was shocked! Even though it is not a lot of money, how can Opendoor just lie to their customers who are willing to try a new way to sell their property to them? I dont know how much $3801.33 means to this publicly traded corporation, but it means a lot to me. It means a lot to me, not only because I lost $3801.33, but also because I took their words for it and the Opendoor failed my trust. If anyone plans to sell your property to Opendoor, please be aware of how they practice their business. I am not going to disclose their employees' names here. If anyone wants to verify my comments, I will provide more details.
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Posted 2 years ago
They lie and cover stuff up and suck
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Posted 3 years ago
Amanda, thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry we didn't meet your expectations and want to look into this. Please reach out at community@opendoor.com with your property address so we can further evaluate this situation.
Posted 3 years ago
Reading through these reviews I have to wonder if these are legit reviews! This is the absolute worst company we have ever dealt. Trying to buy a house through these people for last 3 weeks. Our closing is today by open door contract we signed. We are living in a hotel because these people can’t get their acts together. They accepted our offer with stipulation we closed in 21 days. So we are literally jumped through hoops to finish the sell of our house in Colorado for these people. So they have essentially left us homeless now, with no home! Veterans beware do not use this company! Will never use or recommend this company. Our Florida realtor has literally contacted the CEO of Open Door to rectify this issue. Still no communication
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Posted 2 years ago
Open door is not a good company
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Posted 2 years ago
In may I had a offer from these people and they said needed 600 in repairs. I turned they offer down because fees and home didn't need no repairs. This week they made another offer and came back with 1400 in repairs. When I told them home didn't need repairs they came back and ask for receipts for the repairs. When I asked the to see what repairs they r claiming then today they come back with a lower offer and with no fees on nothing. I called them out on this and still asked for the list of repairs they claiming. .this is call bait and switch
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Posted 2 years ago
We saw one of the most unclean houses for sale by Opendoor on Kit Carson Trl in Anthem, AZ last week; including one toilet having diarrhea splattered. But my wife wanted the house as market is tight. We offered $18K above selling price. Inspection showed many problems including a leaky 20-yr roof and a dismantled irrigation system. Inspector recommended roof be replaced. Opendoor said no and tried to offer $5K back (of the extra $15K we offered). I told my wife that with $5K we could buy many buckets to catch the rain. In the future, if a realty company can not pay a few dollars to clean the house, they are not going to replace a roof. It is a seller's market and they will find some victim that is more desperate than us. Unfortunately, the lowest star rating you can give is one. I am going to attempt to place 2 photos of the toilet.
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Posted 3 years ago
Thanks for letting us know about this Del. This is not the experience we strive to deliver at Opendoor. Please reach out at community@opendoor.com so we can look into this matter!
Posted 3 years ago
The offer came quickly, and what little contact I've had with representatives of Opendoor has been polite and professional. No complaint with that. I got a (very) low-ball offer, and one Opendoor told me they couldn't increase. Their business model is not at all what I thought. I thought it was "we'll buy your house for cash, no muss, no fuss," but it's "we'll buy your house for cash, charge you for everything we fix or update, then charge you real estate fees as well" - not sure how this is appreciably different from a normal real estate transaction, other than there is no competition. The comps Opendoor provided for my house on 1/16/2020 were all from 2018, with the most recent being in September 2018. Denver has a very competitive real estate market, very low inventory, and I'm selling in a very desirable neighbourhood. In early 2018, my house appraised for $50k more than Opendoor offered me (keeping in mind their offer price will only go down for repairs or upgrades they make), and has only increased in value since. Opendoor can work their business model any way they want. If they make money that way, power to them. But I think people should be aware, and should be very thorough in their research before accepting any Opendoor offer. Don't accept comps that are a year-and-a-half old, for instance.
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Posted 4 years ago
Marin, We value your feedback and take it seriously. We want to look into this! Please email community@opendoor.com with more information about your experience and the property address.
Posted 4 years ago
Buyers, don’t waste your time. They won’t do a home warranty or termite bond. They said the repairs on our inspection were not repairs but “conditions” and offered pennies. It was a complete waste of our time. I will never, ever put an offer on an Opendoor home again. They should be transparent about selling as is.
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Posted 4 years ago
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry we didn't meet your expectations and want to look into this. Please reach out at community@opendoor.com with your property address so we can further evaluate this situation.
Posted 4 years ago
Doesn't adds up! To begin with the company have misleading information making you believe that the initial offer they give you is a cash offer (to be fair they claim that they have all the information available online but I am guessing that unless you read all the footnotes you will also think that this is a cash offer). After I decided to go a long with the process and setup the appointment they shared with me that the offer they provided online is before all their fees which include 5% commission plus all the closing costs. So in essence the offer range they initially give you is similar to a traditional listing price. If you put your house on the market you list it for X but you might get X+ or X-, which is why Zillow, Redfin and other online outlets will also give you a range. Sounds great yes, where is the catch then? The catch is that their offer comes at whopping 20% markdown on your house market value. In addition the final offer that they gave me was even under the lower point of their initial range by around 5%. Well you might think now that my house might be a dump and doesn't worth more than that... Well, a day earlier I have met with two real estate agents (the emphasis on REAL :)) and they gave me around 20% higher listing estimate which was also on-par with Redfin and other online estimates. So I have asked the Opendoor representative what's the logic of selling with them then? Her answer was "convenience". Well, I personally fail to see the logic unless you are falling to one of the following categories: 1. It's a fire-sell 2. You need the cash asap, that's assuming that their process actually provide this benefit of ultra fast closing which I don't know. 3. You have too much money and too little patience so throwing a lot of money out the window wouldn't make too much difference for you. Here is the complete data for my sell so you can judge for yourself: Initial opendoor online offer - $431,000 which came with a range of $415,000 - $457,000 for the low point and high point (that's the one that I thought is equal to a cash offer) Final opendoor offer: $411,500 - 5% service fee (their commission which is on-par with a traditional broker commission but they don't have to do anything as their is no listing process) - estimated closing of 0.8% - estimated repair cost of around 4k which equal a total of $384,000 in cash proceeds. In contrast these are the traditional numbers: Redfin estimate - $494,500 Broker 1 estimate - $499,000 Broker 2 estimate - $509,000 To be conservative I will go with the lower estimate to calculate the estimated proceeds from the sell for the traditional selling process: $494,500 - 6% broker commission - 3% closing cost = $459,885 Comparing the two tracks the traditional track will yield 18%, or $78,885 more cash in hand vs what opendoor offers you. Like any other sale it can end up selling for an higher price or a lower price which will yield an estimated range of 50k - 100k more cash in hand. There you have it! I will let you decide if leaving so much money on the table worth the so called "convenience" that they offer.
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Posted 1 year ago
Opendoor sucked me in with the promise of an easy process--they'd buy my house (albeit at a lower amount than if I took the time to get it with a realtor, but this would be easier) and I would buy a house that we viewed with Opendoor. Everything was a go until 2 days later when SUDDENLY Opendoor would not buy my house (2 days earlier, they would?!), which I have put a lot of money into in order to sell so it's not like it's a junk property, and the possibility of an assumption of the seller's loan was unknown (somehow agents wouldn't give info to the Opendoor people?). If the assumption didn't work, I was prepared with a pre-qual letter from the bank for which I work. I work in the mortgage loan industry and know how the loan process works in my area--well versed in it. When I wanted certain things in my offer, I was told that they would not work. I was told 5 due diligence days was typical. That's not even enough time to get an inspector out, let alone get a report from one. A realtor is supposed to present my terms to the seller, not tell me they won't work. It's not his decision to make. It's not Opendoor who is selling the house--it is the seller who is a private individual. I was prepared for the seller possibly telling me that my offer was too low--that's what negotiation is supposed to be for. I was NOT prepared for the realtor to not even give the seller a choice. Many consumer protection issues here, and since I work in loan compliance, I'm going to hit up the CFPB about this. Consumers need to be aware of the shadiness of this business model and how it is implemented.
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Posted 1 year ago
We appreciate you bringing this to our attention, your feedback is important to us. Please reach out to resolution@opendoor.com with your name, property address, and the details of your situation, so we can look into this further.
Posted 1 year ago
Our friends have helped us investigate Opendoor's procedures as an added protection for ourselves as buyers due to many of their bad reviews. In doing so, we made inquiries on several properties to see how the negotiating process works. Obviously, Opendoor favors buyers that buy through Opendoor processes rather than with a private real estate agent who will actually advise them. In this way, they are able to take advantage of buyers who may be unfamiliar with buying real estate. We are working with Opendoor right now to buy a house that has been on the market for 90+ days. We have offered fair offers for the property and have asked for a 60 day close period per their stated declaration on their website, "With Opendoor, you choose your closing date so it can take anywhere from 10-60 days–the timeline is up to you". The agent refuses to go past 30 days and countered a price 1k lower than their published asking price. The next day, the agent says the seller has multiple offers and the seller is calling for everyone's highest and best offer by today at 3pm. This is a common trend for any offer they seem close to accepting based on other reviews and is meant to drive up the price. Furthermore, this is a property owned by Opendoor but the agent refers to Opendoor as "the seller". We all know that Opendoor is calling all the shots here. We find that Opendoor engages in non-tranparent, unethical business practices to maximize their profits. Quality control and customer service are lost in the way that they've set up their virtual presence, and obvious improvements could be made if they valued their employees and their customers. It is difficult to find reviews regarding the buyer's perspective, but I have searched Yelp, the BBB, Glassdoor, Indeed, and this page which is monitored by them. The consensus for buyer reviews is 1 star but Opendoor masks that with the higher reviews made by people who had a good experience selling to Opendoor (especially when they were in a bind). If any one is thinking about buying from Opendoor, we would encourage you to investigate their business practices and reviews for yourself and come prepared for the negotiation process.
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Posted 4 years ago
Hi Vickie, sorry to hear that this was your experience with us. We always strive to provide a stress-free, positive experience with Opendoor, but if we've fallen short, we want to make it right. Could you please reach out at community@opendoor.com so we can investigate? Thanks a lot!
Posted 4 years ago
Opendoor SUCKS. They quoted my wife and I an offer at $240k and gave my Real Estate agent an offer of $247k to lock in. Then they came to look at the house and only looked at the outside. They didn't go in the house at all. Then they told us they would offer $199k which is below what we owe on the house. They will give you an offer and then subtract repairs they THINK need to be made. You will actually be paying for repairs, not them. My guess is that most their reviews are from employees giving the company a 5 star rating. I could not find a way to write a google review on them.
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Posted 1 year ago
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we want to look into the issue further. Could you please send us an email with your name, more information about your experience, and the property address to support@opendoor.com?
Posted 1 year ago
My husband and I recently purchased our home through OpenDoor (September 2022). Even though we had an inspection and of course an appraisal (2 actually), they failed to tell us all of the plumbing/water damage and HVAC issues in the house. The prior owners smoked in the house, I found cigarette butts in the floor AC vents in the master bedroom and bathroom, showing that a true and correct inspection was NOT done. They DID tell us there was water damage on the floor in the garage - and that they had to fix it...the damage isn’t and was never on the floor, it’s on the ceiling, nothing was fixed. They decided to forgo telling us of the water damage underneath the kitchen sink cabinet which is causing the cabinetry to crumble, the sink itself leaks in so many places - above and believe the cabinet - that it just gets water everywhere when in use, one of the toilets is not even installed completely, the tile in our living room has began to bubble & break, clearly it was not installed properly. I emailed the company about these issues and they responded saying flat out that they would not speak to me, only to our realtor, which makes zero sense as the house is already in our names. I responded and asked why and they have yet to respond. DO NOT BUY OR SELL YOUR HOUSE THROUGH THIS COMPANY!!!
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Posted 1 year ago
We value your feedback and would like to investigate this further. Would you please send us an email describing the issue with your name and property address to resolution@opendoor.com?
Posted 1 year ago
They offer a seriously weak, low-balled offer. In my case $50K below the bottom value range of our home. THEN they assess a bunch of repairs ro further weedle away your cash, AND charge you a service fee, seller's costs, etc...
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Posted 1 year ago
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, we want to look into the issue further. Could you please send us an email with your name, more information about your experience, and the property address to support@opendoor.com?
Posted 1 year ago
This company is ridiculous for offering pennies on the dollar for a home. I would never use Opendoor to sell or buy a home even if I was desperate. In my opinion, they are predatory and similar to Pay Day Lenders by taking advantage of the underserved community or those who are in a difficult situation. I WOULD GIVE THEM ZERO STARS.
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Posted 1 year ago
Thank you for this candid feedback, we appreciate it. If you could reach out to us at resolution@opendoor.com with your name, property address, and additional details, our team will look into this and get back to you as soon as we can. Thank you!
Posted 1 year ago
My mother left me a house. I was going to sell to opendoor. I sent pictures and texts. They said the house was great and would contact me soon about an offer. No calls or texts for a couple of weeks, I decided to list with a local Realtor. She had a showing 15 minutes after getting a key. Four showings yesterday and two scheduled for tomorrow. Don't waste your time!!! List with a local professional.
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Posted 2 years ago
Thank you for reaching out, your feedback is a gift, and we would love to learn more. Please contact us at resolution@opendoor.com with your name, property address, and your experience details so we may look into it further.
Posted 2 years ago
Sold my home. It need some repairs I said I would fix it they told me they are not allowed to do it. They said they had to charge me to fix everything and I have no choice. They charged me a ton of money and just put the house on the market and fixed nothing at all!!! Everything the exact same! Not happy at all!!!!! Open door are scammers!!!!!!!! Watch out!!!
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Posted 2 years ago
We value your feedback and would like to investigate this further. Would you please send us an email describing the issue with your name and property address to resolution@opendoor.com?
Posted 2 years ago
Beware if buying a home from Opendoor to make sure you get everything in writing. Especially if they are offering incentives or discounts. It was a choir to say the least to get the purchase completed to my satisfaction.
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Posted 2 years ago
The final offer from Opendoor was about $73,000 lower than their preliminary offer. They ended up offering less than what I paid for the house several years ago, and I have put in over $20,000 in remodeling since buying the property. Their only explanation for the massive change in sales price was that the comps they used for the preliminary offer were not very good comps so they re-ran the comps and came up with a "more accurate" assessment of the home value. Their final offer price was about $78,000 lower that the Zillow Zestimate for my home and about $85,000 lower than what local real estate agents suggested my home was worth. They were definitely a waste of time for me.
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Posted 2 years ago
Opendoor is rated 4.4 based on 3,299 reviews