The cash-buyer division of Tidal Realty Partners — a locally-owned, veteran-led brokerage serving Wilmington and the Cape Fear Coast. Honest, no-obligation written offers in 24 hours.
Licensed NC Broker · License #297432 USMC Veteran-Owned
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Matthew Kane · Founder, Tidal Realty Partners · Wilmington, NC
Matthew is a former United States Marine and a former firefighter — two careers built on doing the right thing under pressure, without an audience. He carried that same standard into real estate when he founded Tidal Realty Partners in 2017.
Over the last nine years, Matthew and the Tidal team have walked alongside 200+ Cape Fear families through some of the hardest chapters they've ever faced — inherited homes nobody planned for, divorces that needed a clean split, pre-foreclosure clocks running out, rentals that took more than they gave, relocations that couldn't wait. Every situation gets the same answer: a straight read on the numbers, no pressure, and a path forward — even when that path leads somewhere other than a cash sale.
We built this process for homeowners who need to move quickly without losing thousands to commissions, repairs, or a deal that falls through at the closing table.
Address and phone — that's it. Sixty seconds to start a conversation with a licensed local broker, not a call center.
We pull comps, review condition notes you share, and write a real number — not a "we'll figure it out at the table" lowball.
10 days, 30 days, or after the kids finish the school year. You set the timeline. We bring the cash and handle the rest.
Every situation is different — but most fall into one of these categories. If yours is here, we've seen it before and helped someone through it.
Every situation has a name and a family behind it. Here are a few of the people we've helped move forward.
"Matthew sat with us at the kitchen table, talked us through every option — including ones that didn't end with us selling to him. We trusted him because he didn't act like a buyer. He acted like family."
"After fifteen years of being a landlord, I just wanted out. Matthew gave me a number I trusted on day one and held it through close. No drama."
"The roof, the foundation, the plumbing — nothing was right. Three other buyers had walked. Matthew walked through, made an offer, and closed. That was it."
We start with comparable recent sales in your immediate neighborhood — the same comps a traditional listing broker would use. Then we factor in condition, holding costs, and a margin that lets us close fast without financing contingencies. The result is a real number, not a teaser.
If we think a traditional listing would net you more money, we'll tell you that — even when it costs us the deal.
Yes. Roof, foundation, mold, dated kitchen, tenants still in place, hoarder conditions — we've bought all of it. You don't lift a finger, don't clean, don't paint, don't repair.
Cash closings can happen in 10–14 days from the day we have a signed contract. If you need 30, 60, or 90 days because of moving logistics or a school year, that's fine too — you set the timeline.
No commissions. No closing fees on our side. The number we offer is the number you walk away with, minus any payoff on the property (mortgage, liens, back taxes).
Then we'll tell you. Tidal Realty Partners is a full-service brokerage — cash buying is just one division. If listing makes more sense for your situation, Matthew can walk you through that path with the same team. No upsell, no pressure, no awkward switch.
Wilmington, Wrightsville Beach, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, Leland, Hampstead, Castle Hayne, Burgaw, and surrounding Cape Fear communities. If your home is within roughly 30 miles of downtown Wilmington, we likely cover it.
Nobody wakes up wanting to sell a house for cash. Something happens first — a death in the family, a set of orders, a tenant, a diagnosis, a divorce, a roof estimate that ends in too many zeros. We built a dedicated guide for each of the situations we see most, because the right move in one is the wrong move in another.
Letters testamentary, creditor windows, siblings on the deed, and a house full of forty years of belongings. What has to happen, in what order, and what nobody has to do — including clean it out.
North Carolina foreclosure has real steps and real dates — a 45-day notice, a clerk's hearing, an upset-bid window. You have more room than you think, and it shrinks every week you wait.
No eviction, no turn, no make-ready. The lease transfers at closing, the deposits go through the attorney, and the 11pm phone calls become someone else's.
Both spouses, both attorneys, everything in writing, no side conversations. One number that holds, so a finished negotiation stays finished.
Why cash is actually faster, what it honestly costs you against a listing, and the one question you should ask every cash buyer before signing anything.
Veteran-owned, founded by a former Marine. Closings timed to terminal leave, remote paperwork from your next duty station, and straight answers on VA loans.
Wilmington is home base, and we buy across all four coastal counties: New Hanover (Wilmington, Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, Castle Hayne), Brunswick (Leland, Southport, Oak Island), Pender (Hampstead, Burgaw), and Onslow (Jacksonville and the Camp Lejeune communities). If your property is within about thirty miles of downtown Wilmington, we cover it.
And the promise that runs under all of it: Tidal Offers is the cash-buying division of a licensed brokerage. If listing your house would net you more and your timeline allows it, we will tell you so on the first call — and we can run that listing ourselves. A company that can only buy has only one answer to give you. We have two, and we will always tell you which one is honestly yours.
60-second form, 24-hour written offer, zero obligation. If a cash sale isn't the right path, we'll tell you that too.