Buy a Las Vegas home without the bank.
Seller financing — also called owner-carry — lets you purchase a home directly from the owner, who carries the note instead of a traditional lender. Built for the way Las Vegas actually earns.
Rochanna Ghafouria
“Las Vegas' Seller Financing Expert”
I've been selling Las Vegas real estate for two decades. I grew up in the business — I started at 14 as a receptionist in my father's brokerage and got my license at 18 — and I've built a specific niche around seller financing (owner-carry), which lets buyers purchase a home without traditional bank financing. Las Vegas runs on hospitality, service, casino, and tip-earning income, and that all-cash reality makes conventional qualifying tough. That's where I come in. I put my clients' interests first, and most of them become lifelong friends.
What is seller financing?
With seller financing (owner-carry), the seller acts as the bank. Instead of qualifying for a mortgage, you and the seller agree on a price, a down payment, an interest rate, and a monthly payment — and you take ownership while paying the seller directly over time.
Las Vegas runs on hospitality, service, casino, and tip-earning income. That all-cash reality is exactly what makes conventional mortgage qualifying so tough — W-2 underwriting does not see cash tips and variable shifts the way a seller-carry agreement can.
An owner-carry deal is negotiated, recorded, and documented like any real-estate transaction. A real estate attorney reviews the terms, a memorandum is recorded, and you build equity from day one — without waiting years to repair credit or document income for a bank.
Built for how Las Vegas earns
If a traditional lender has told you "no" — or you have never bothered asking because you already know the answer — owner-carry may be your path to ownership.
Self-employed & gig income
Write-offs that lower your taxable income also sink your mortgage application. A seller who carries the note can look at your real cash flow instead of your adjusted gross.
Tip earners
Bartenders, servers, dealers, and valets often earn most of their income in cash tips a bank will not count. Owner-carry terms can be structured around what you actually bring home.
Casino & service workers
Shift work, seasonal swings, and multiple part-time roles make W-2 underwriting hard. A seller-financed purchase is negotiated person-to-person, not run through an algorithm.
Foreign-national buyers
No U.S. credit history and no Social Security number usually means no mortgage. Sellers who carry the note can work with international buyers a conventional lender turns away.
First-time buyers
Skip years of credit-building and rent payments that build no equity. Owner-carry lets qualified first-time buyers step into ownership now, with terms you negotiate directly.
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