About us
A local team that pays cash for houses
We are based in Jacksonville and we buy houses across Central Arkansas. When you call, you talk to us, not a call center.
500+
Homes bought across Central Arkansas
$75M+
Cash paid to sellers
Since 2010
Buying houses here
How this company came to be
Tara started buying houses in 2010. The pattern she kept running into then is the same one we see today: good people holding a house the open market was never built for. An estate the family cannot repair from three different states. A rental that stopped being worth the 2 am calls. A move that cannot wait through months of showings. The houses were fine. The process was the problem.
Tara Pays Cash was started to be the other path. One real number, explained line by line, in writing. A closing that fits your life instead of the market's calendar. No repairs, no showings, no fees taken out. The idea was simple enough to sound naive: treat every seller the way you would want your own family treated at the hardest moment of owning a house.
Sixteen years later, that idea has closed more than 500 houses across Central Arkansas and put more than 75 million dollars in sellers' hands. Tara is a licensed Arkansas real estate broker, so every purchase runs the way a proper one should: a written contract, a title company, a recorded deed, and someone accountable to state rules on the other side of the table.
The part sellers remember is the part that costs us deals. We tell you when the open market would pay you more and is worth the wait. We point you to a free HUD approved counselor when keeping the house is the better outcome. The number has to solve your problem, or we say so plainly. That is the company Tara set out to build, and after 500 houses it still is.
The promise is the same on every house: a guaranteed cash offer within 24 hours, a written number that does not move at the closing table, and a closing in less than 10 days, or on your timeline.
Our office is at 501 Dupree Dr, Jacksonville, AR 72076. If you are nearby, come say hello.
Tara Helgestad, owner of Tara Pays Cash, is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Arkansas. Tara Pays Cash buys property for its own account. In every purchase we are the buyer, acting as a principal, and we do not represent you in the transaction.
The local team behind 500+ home purchases
Tara Pays Cash is a local Central Arkansas team. We have bought more than 500 houses here over 15+ years, and we have seen every situation there is. When you call, you talk to us, not a call center.
Tara Helgestad
Call (501) 251-9330. You will talk to one of us.
Get your guaranteed cash offer today
Tell us about your house. We will call within 24 hours with a real number.
Prefer to talk now? Call (501) 251-9330.