Straight answers for Louisiana homeowners and buyers
How foreclosure and sheriff's sales work here, what to do with an inherited house, how rent to own works, and what it's like to live in Shreveport, Bossier and DeSoto. Written by a local company that buys and sells houses.
Foreclosure and hard times
Foreclosure help before a sheriff's sale in Shreveport-Bossier
How Louisiana foreclosure works, where to check your sale date, and your options before the sheriff's sale.
Bossier Parish sheriff's sale: how it works and how to check your date
Bossier Parish sheriff's sales: the online Wednesday auction, how to check your date, and your options first.
Caddo Parish sheriff's sale: how it works and how to check your date
Caddo Parish sheriff's sales: when and where they happen, how to check your date, and what you can do first.
DeSoto Parish sheriff's sale: how it works and how to check your date
DeSoto Parish sheriff's sales: Wednesdays in Mansfield, how to check your date, and your options first.
Webster Parish sheriff's sale: how it works and how to check your date
Webster Parish sheriff's sales: Wednesdays at the Minden courthouse, how to check your date, and your options first.
Is your house on a sheriff's sale list?
A free address check against the sheriff's sale, succession and tax notices in four parishes.
How to stop or avoid a sheriff sale in Caddo Parish
How to stop or avoid a Caddo Parish sheriff's sale before Wednesday at 10 AM, and what does not work after the sale.
Foreclosure redemption in Louisiana: what it does and does not mean
What foreclosure redemption does and does not mean in Louisiana after a sheriff's sale, and why the weeks before the sale matter.
How long does foreclosure take in Louisiana?
How long Louisiana foreclosure takes, what speeds it up or slows it down, and what you can do at each stage.
Got a notice of seizure in Louisiana? What it means.
What a Louisiana notice of seizure is, what the sale date means, and what to do in the first week.
In bankruptcy and need to sell your house as is? Here's how it usually works.
Selling a house during Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 in Louisiana: who has to approve, what the automatic stay does, and where we fit.
Owe more than your house is worth in Shreveport?
What a short sale is, how lender approval works, the deficiency question, and how it compares to foreclosure.
Short-sale deficiency: leftover debt in Louisiana and Texas
What leftover mortgage debt can mean after a short sale or foreclosure in Louisiana and Texas, and who actually decides.
Behind on your house payments in Shreveport-Bossier? Start here.
Missed a payment or two? What the 120-day rule means, what to ask your servicer, and free help before foreclosure.
What are my options?
Facing foreclosure, behind on payments, inherited a house or in bankruptcy? Plain next steps, free options first.
Sheriff’s sales this week: Caddo and Bossier
A weekly map of upcoming sheriff’s sales, from public notices. Address and sale date only.
Behind on property taxes in Louisiana? Here is what changed in 2026.
What changed in Louisiana tax sales in 2026, who to call in Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto, and how a sale pays back taxes.
Selling a house
Inherited a house in Shreveport or Bossier? You can sell it as is.
Selling an inherited house in Louisiana: successions, the new $200,000 small succession limit, several heirs, and closing after the judgment of possession.
Inherited a house with a reverse mortgage?
Heirs of a house with a reverse mortgage: what comes due, your options, the usual time windows, and how a sale works in Louisiana.
Selling a house in a divorce? You can sell it as it sits.
Selling a house during a divorce in Shreveport, Bossier or Keithville: as-is, no showings, and a closing date you can count on.
Tired of being a landlord? Sell the rental as it sits.
Selling a rental you are done managing: tenant in place or empty, as-is, in Shreveport, Bossier, Keithville and Harrison County.
We buy houses in Benton, Louisiana
We buy houses in Benton, the Bossier Parish seat, as they sit, including inherited houses and houses facing an online sheriff's sale.
We buy houses in Bossier City, Louisiana
We buy houses in Bossier City and across Bossier Parish as they sit, including inherited houses and houses facing a sheriff's sale.
We buy houses in Harrison County, Texas
We buy houses in Harrison County, Texas, as they sit: Marshall, Hallsville, Waskom and the rest of the county.
We buy houses in Haughton, Louisiana
We buy houses in Haughton, Bossier Parish as they sit, including inherited houses and houses facing an online sheriff's sale.
We buy houses in Logansport, Louisiana
We buy houses in Logansport, on the Sabine River at the Texas line, as they sit. We drive to you.
We buy houses in Mansfield, Louisiana
We buy houses in Mansfield, Stonewall, Logansport and Grand Cane as they sit, including inherited houses and sheriff's sales.
We buy houses in Marshall, Texas
We buy houses in Marshall, Texas (75670 and 75672) as they sit, including houses headed for a trustee sale at the courthouse.
We buy houses in Minden, Louisiana
We buy houses in Minden and Webster Parish as they sit, including inherited houses, back taxes and sheriff's sales.
Cash home buyers in Shreveport, LA
We buy houses in Shreveport as they sit: any condition, inherited, behind on payments or facing a Caddo sheriff's sale.
We buy houses in Springhill, Louisiana
We buy houses in Springhill, Sarepta, Cullen and Cotton Valley as they sit, including inherited houses and sheriff's sales.
We buy houses in Stonewall, Louisiana
We buy houses in Stonewall, DeSoto Parish, as they sit, just down the road from our Keithville office.
The parish took our family's house for taxes: what adjudicated property means in Louisiana
The parish took the house for taxes? What adjudicated means, whether heirs can still redeem, and who to call in four parishes.
What happens after a sheriff's sale in Louisiana
What happens after a Louisiana sheriff's sale: no buy-back, deficiency judgments, eviction, and what to do before the date.
Your house is condemned or on the demolition list in Shreveport: what happens next
Condemned or on Shreveport's demolition list? What the notices mean, the deadlines, the lien, and your options, including selling as is.
Selling your Louisiana house yourself, or to a cash buyer
FSBO in Louisiana versus a sale to us: showings, repairs, timing, and what a cash sale does not promise.
Done being a landlord in Louisiana? Options, and the tax questions
How Louisiana landlords get out: keep the house, sell with a tenant, or sell it empty, and which tax questions to take to a CPA.
What does a seller pay at closing in Louisiana?
What Louisiana sellers commonly pay at closing, how property taxes are prorated, and how we show you your net on paper.
Selling your house as-is in Shreveport-Bossier: what to expect
What selling as-is to a local buyer looks like, the honest trade-offs, and how to check out a buyer before you sign.
Selling a house in a succession in Louisiana
Selling an inherited house when the Louisiana succession is not opened yet or is in progress: heirs, judgment of possession, private sales, taxes.
Tired of being a landlord? How to sell a rental house in Louisiana
Selling a rental with tenants in place or empty: leases, deposits, as-is sales and the tax questions to take to your CPA.
Can I sell a house with title problems in Louisiana?
Selling a Louisiana house with title problems: unopened successions, old liens, a co-owner who will not sign, and what a title company does.
Rent to own
Shreveport HAPPI down payment help, explained
City of Shreveport HAPPI: who it is for, how much help the City and CCNLA describe, and what to verify with an approved lender.
How rent to own works with The LN Co
How rent to own works with a local owner, what you pay, how it compares to renting and a mortgage, and what to do first.
Rent to own agreements in Louisiana: what to know before you sign
The two common Louisiana rent to own agreements, the questions to ask any seller, and why to get it in writing.
Soft Second in Shreveport, explained
LHC Soft Second (Pathways): what it can cover, who usually qualifies, and what to verify with a lender before you budget.
Am I Home-Ready?
Seven questions, one plain result: Ready, Close, or Needs credit help. Self-reported only — we never pull your credit.
Can I rent to own?
Six quick questions, one very local result, and a head start on a rent-to-own home. Takes about a minute.
Living here
A local’s year in Shreveport-Bossier, and the best month to move
Mardi Gras, crawfish season, Mudbug Madness, the Revel, the State Fair and the lights, month by month.
Bossier vs. Shreveport: the honest version
The river, the roads, the jets, the fun, and how to pick a side by your commute.
Your first summer in Shreveport-Bossier: a survival guide
Heat, storms, mosquitoes and fast grass: what to expect, and what to check in a house before July.
Getting around Shreveport-Bossier without losing your mind
I-20, I-220, I-49, the Inner Loop, the bridges and the rush-hour spots, and choosing a house by its commute.
Haughton and Benton, Louisiana: a local guide
The roads, what is there, and the drive to Shreveport-Bossier from Haughton and Benton, and how to look for a rent to own home.
Keithville and DeSoto Parish, Louisiana: a local guide
Keithville and DeSoto Parish (Mansfield, Stonewall, Logansport, Grand Cane), the I-49 commute to Shreveport, and rent to own homes.
Living in Bossier City, Louisiana: a local guide
Barksdale, the Boardwalk, I-20 and I-220, parks, hospitals and schools in Bossier City, and how to look for a rent to own home.
Living in Shreveport, Louisiana: a local guide
Roads, parks, the riverfront, shopping, hospitals and schools in Shreveport, and how to look for a rent to own home.
PCS to Barksdale? Where to live, and how rent to own fits
Moving to Barksdale on orders? Where people live, the commutes, and what to ask before a rent-to-own agreement.