AS-IS LISTING SPECIALIST · DEKALB · CHEROKEE · CHATTOOGA
Your house doesn’t have to be perfect to sell.
Before you fix anything, see what you’d walk away with. A free net sheet, line by line, for houses in DeKalb and Cherokee counties, Alabama, and Chattooga County, Georgia.
FIRST LICENSED
1998
LICENSED IN
AL & GA
DESIGNATIONS
CRS · ABR
Melissa Harmel, Realtor®, CRS, ABR
eXp Realty, LLC
Search every home for sale
WHERE I WORK
Three counties, two states
Search every home for sale in DeKalb and Cherokee counties, Alabama, and Chattooga County, Georgia. My specialty is selling houses that need work.
ALABAMA
DeKalb County
Fort Payne, Rainsville, Mentone, Valley Head and the towns around them.
ALABAMA
Cherokee County
Centre, Cedar Bluff, Leesburg, Gaylesville and the towns around them.
GEORGIA
Chattooga County
Summerville, Trion, Lyerly and Menlo.
THIS WEEK · WEEK ENDING 10/27/2026
AS-IS
Count
Houses listed as AS-IS, county by county. Each county is counted on its own, and a zero gets posted like any other number.
DeKalb County, AL
Source: ValleyMLS · As-Is = Yes · Single family · under 40 acres · DeKalb County, AL · pulled 10/27/26
Cherokee County, AL
Source: ValleyMLS · As-Is = Yes · Single family · under 40 acres · Cherokee County, AL · pulled 10/27/26
Chattooga County, GA
Source: GeorgiaMLS · Ownership Conditions = As Is · Single family · under 40 acres · Chattooga County, GA · pulled [date]
FOR SELLERS
What would you walk away with?
Before you fix anything, find out what you’d actually walk away with. I’ll come see the house, then give you a line-by-line net sheet: the likely price as it is, every cost of selling, and what’s left for you. If you’re weighing repairs, I’ll run that column too.
It’s free, and there’s no obligation to list.
WHAT A NET SHEET SHOWS
GUIDES & RESOURCES
Plain answers about houses that need work
FOR SELLERS
How to Sell a House That Needs Work Fix It or Sell It As-Is? Run the Math Both Ways Why Houses That Need Work Don’t Sell Downsizing From a Long-Time Home Selling a House You Inherited What It Costs to Sell a House Here NEW What a Net Sheet Is NEWFOR BUYERS
Buy a Fixer Your First Home: The House Has to Qualify Too Financing a House That Needs WorkLooking at a house that needs work?
Send me the address. I’ll run the Fixer Math with you: the value after repairs, minus the repairs, a cushion, holding costs and closing costs.
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ABOUT MELISSA
I learned where these sales fall apart
Most agents learn how to sell a house. I also learned how a house gets financed. I was first licensed in 1998 and sold real estate in Tucson. Then I spent nine years marketing and building mortgage teams alongside more than 100 loan originators, and I learned how lenders and appraisers look at a house.
That’s what selling a house that needs work comes down to. These sales rarely fall apart over price. They fall apart when an appraisal flags the roof or a loan program won’t touch the property. I look for that before we list, not after you’ve accepted an offer.
I earned my ABR designation in Tucson during a buyer’s market, so I know how buyers think when they have choices. After I came back to sales in 2017, I earned my CRS in Alaska and specialized in as-is properties there, then went solo with eXp Realty. I also teach other agents as a Certified eXp Instructor.
Now I’m bringing that focus to Northeast Alabama and Northwest Georgia: houses that need work, sold just as they are.
You’ll get a net sheet before we list and with every offer, straight answers about what the house needs and what it doesn’t, and one agent from the first visit to closing.
- CRS
- ABR
- eXp ICON Agent 2021, 2022, 2023
- Top Solo Agent, eXp Alaska 2023
- Certified eXp Instructor
It usually
isn’t the price.
IF YOUR LISTING EXPIRED
Why Houses That Need Work Don’t Sell
Your listing expired or was cancelled, and every agent who calls says the same thing: the price was too high. With a house that needs work, price is usually only part of it. Here are the three reasons a house like yours sits, and how to tell which one it was.