Home sellers turning to auctioneers for help. Discovery Bay, CA http://tinyurl.com/yg6ddn The Andersons' home started off on the market in February at $525,000, dropped to $485,000, and only a handful of people had looked at the house. They started calling "We Pay Cash for Houses" people, she said, where they were offered an average of $350,000. Anderson said she kept her fingers crossed and hoped the house would sell for $360,000, enough to be out from under the home's two mortgages. The winning bid was $434,500. The Andersons received $395,000.