Sell your Rancho Cordova house fast, for cash

Older homes, and new growth south of 50

Rancho Cordova became a city on July 1, 2003, California’s 478th, after about 40 years of trying. It has 87,554 people and a lot of older housing: in the city’s Housing Element, about 31% of homes were built before 1970 and about 56% before 1980. The new growth is south of Highway 50, built with Mello-Roos districts.

We specialize in houses that need work. Original kitchens, roofs near the end of their life, foundation questions, years of deferred maintenance: we buy them as-is and do the renovation ourselves after closing. You don’t fix, clean or stage anything. Our guide to selling a house that needs repairs goes into more detail.

Tired of being a landlord in Rancho Cordova?

Rancho Cordova’s Rental Housing Program covers every rental in the city, from single-family homes to fourplexes and apartments. Each one registers every year for $70. Code Enforcement inspects periodically with 14 days’ notice, any required repairs are due within 30 days, and a missed inspection costs $125.

For an owner with one aging rental house, that adds up: the yearly fee, the inspections, the repair deadlines, on top of tenants and turnover. We buy rentals with tenants in place or empty, as they are, and close when it suits you.

Mello-Roos south of 50

The newer neighborhoods south of Highway 50 were built with community facilities districts: Sunridge Anatolia (2003-1), Sunridge Park (2004-1), Sunridge North Douglas (2005-1), Montelena (2014-1) and others. The special tax appears on the property tax bill and rises each year; in fiscal 2021-22, for example, CFD 2014-2 charged $469.52 a year per single-family parcel in one zone.

Rancho Cordova by the numbers

Rancho Cordova has 87,554 people (Census, 2025). About 58% of homes are lived in by their owners, which means a large share are rentals, and the median household income is $89,585. The city’s Folsom Boulevard Specific Plan is aimed at underused and blighted properties along that corridor.

Because Rancho Cordova is in Sacramento County, the paperwork for a sale runs through county offices. Deeds are recorded by the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder at 3636 American River Drive, Suite 110, with same-day recording on weekdays from 8am to 3pm. If the house has to go through probate, the case is heard at the William R. Ridgeway Family Relations Courthouse, 3341 Power Inn Road, not the downtown courthouse. The county’s transfer tax is $1.10 per $1,000 of the price, and Rancho Cordova adds nothing on top.

Four water providers

Depending on the street, a Rancho Cordova house gets its water from Golden State Water, California American Water, the Sacramento County Water Agency or the City of Folsom. We sort out the final bills and transfers at closing.