About Rex Buys KC: Real People, Real Local, Here for Real Sellers

We’re a Kansas City based, family-owned house-buying company. We do more than rehab houses for profit. We help our neighbors move forward when life has made the traditional sale process impossible, with respect, compassion, and a fair cash offer in 24 to 48 hours.

  • Family-owned, Kansas City based since 2014
  • BBB A+ accredited since 2021
  • Over 100 Google reviews, 4.9-star average rating
  • Hundreds of houses bought across the KC metro
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About Rex Buys KC: Helping Kansas City Homeowners Sell Fast for Cash

Rex Buys KC is a Kansas City based, family-owned home-buying company that provides solutions for KC homeowners who want an alternative to the traditional home selling process. Guided by faith-based values, we prioritize integrity, transparency, and people over profit. We’re real people, and we believe in treating every person with compassion, dignity, and respect.

No matter your situation, we never pass judgment. We’re here to serve, support, and help you move forward into the next season of life.

Most of the people who reach out to us are dealing with something hard: a house inherited after a funeral, a divorce that has to close, a foreclosure notice, a rental that’s become a burden, a property that needs more work than they can manage. We meet them where they are. No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about whether we can actually help.

About Rex Buys KC: Helping Kansas City Homeowners Sell Fast for Cash

At Rex Buys KC, we provide simple and innovative solutions for homeowners looking to sell a house outside the traditional process. With integrity at our core, we prioritize doing what’s right and meeting our clients’ needs from start to finish. Our dedicated team works resourcefully and collaboratively to make real estate transactions smooth, while always putting our clients first.

The Rex Buys KC team walking through the historic Kansas City City Market

Meet Rex Rodenbaugh, Founder

Rex grew up in Missouri and graduated from Missouri Military Academy (Class of 1995), where he learned the leadership and discipline that still shape how he runs the business today. He went on to the University of Missouri’s Trulaske College of Business, then spent the early part of his career as a finance manager at a boat dealership on the Lake of the Ozarks.

When the housing market collapsed in 2008, the boat business collapsed with it, and Rex went through bankruptcy and foreclosure himself. He talks openly about it because it’s a conversation he ends up having with a lot of the people who call us. He’s been on the other side of the closing table, and he understands what it feels like to need a way out.

In 2012, Rex and his family moved to Kansas City and settled in the Northland. He started rehabbing houses that same year, and quickly recognized the gap that would become Rex Buys KC: too many homeowners getting steamrolled by a traditional sale process that wasn’t built for the situations they were actually in. By 2014, he had launched Rex Buys KC to do the opposite.

More than a decade later, Rex is still personally involved in every transaction: taking calls, sitting at kitchen tables, and walking sellers through offers. He also runs KC Investor Funding, a hard-money lending business. His office is downtown in the River Market, and he lives with his family in the Northland.

Meet the Team

When you call Rex Buys KC, you’re not routed to a call center or an out-of-state lead form. You reach a small, local team that has been buying Kansas City houses together for years.

Darren Richards, COO & Acquisitions Manager at Rex Buys KC

Darren Richards

COO & Acquisitions Manager

What I like most about working at Rex Buys KC is the foundational core values that drive our decisions every day. Yes, we operate as real estate investors, but we are committed to truly helping homeowners while remaining fiscally responsible.

My favorite story of helping a seller comes from Richard. Richard has 4 kids and needed to sell his home as part of a complicated effort to reconcile with his wife. Personally, as someone who has experienced reconciliation, Richard’s story of reuniting his family because we were able to provide more money than expected stands out as one of my favorite moments of helping a seller.

Outside of work, my favorite thing to do is spend time with my wife Nikki. We’re mostly home-bodies, and you’ll often find us walking our dogs Phil and Lou in our Kansas City area neighborhood. I’m also a big sports fan, with the Chiefs, the Royals, and PGA at the top of my list.

D’Ann Keilman, Client Relations at Rex Buys KC

D’Ann Keilman

Client Relations

What I love about working at Rex Buys KC is the collaboration on finding the best way to help homeowners. We focus on solutions they can truly trust and profit from, solutions that allow them to get to their next place in life, wherever that may be.

My favorite story is about a homeowner who needed to sell his house to move into an assisted living facility. So many people told him he needed to get an old broken-down car, which no longer had a title, out of the garage first, but no one would help him. We found a salvage company willing to remove the car from the garage and haul it away without the title. That single thing relieved so much of his stress.

Outside of work, I am very active in my church and love mentoring other women to have a deeper relationship with God. I also love spending time with my 15 grandchildren.

Brooke Stuehmer, Transaction Coordinator at Rex Buys KC

Brooke Stuehmer

Transaction Coordinator

I enjoy working at Rex Buys KC because it’s a family-owned company with a genuinely positive atmosphere. The team is supportive, there’s a strong sense of trust and collaboration, and our work focuses on solving real problems for homeowners and helping them move forward in difficult situations.

One experience that stayed with me involved a family who needed an evening appointment to sign their documents. Their daughter, who needed to be present, was running late, and what was supposed to be a quick visit turned into an unexpected hour of waiting. But it didn’t feel like waiting. I sat with them in their home and we talked about their lives and their journey in that house. By the time their daughter arrived, the paperwork almost felt secondary. The real value of that visit was the connection.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending quality time with my family, especially my children and husband, and traveling to visit my kids whenever I get the chance.

Chris Hiebert, Acquisitions Specialist at Rex Buys KC

Chris Hiebert

Acquisitions Specialist

The work family atmosphere at Rex Buys KC is amazing. The people, the mission, and the influence we have to improve one home at a time in the KC market have truly been a blessing, and the role allows me to continue my growth and development based on my past work experiences.

Dee is my favorite seller since I started in my role here. She was very nervous to sell her home, figure out what to do with all her things, and move into a much smaller space with her son. We talked at length about options for selling and donating some of her items, and she always appreciated the peace she felt throughout the process. By the time she moved and we purchased her home, she was truly content with this massive life change. She reminded me of my grandmother who lived about a mile away from her.

Outside of work, I play the drums on my worship team at church, spend time with my kids and my dog Buddy, and take lake trips to the Lake of the Ozarks with family.

Giuseppe Baldin, Acquisitions Specialist at Rex Buys KC

Giuseppe Baldin

Acquisitions Specialist

I’m grateful to be part of a company that truly delivers on its core values: integrity, extreme ownership, growth, teamwork, and selfless service. These values keep all of us accountable, not just to ourselves, but to every client we represent. For me, it’s not just a company culture, it’s a standard I hold myself to every single day.

One memorable moment came just a couple of weeks out of training. I was working with an elderly homeowner who came in with her guard firmly up, and rightfully so. I answered every question she threw at me, cracked a few jokes, and eventually got her talking about the neighborhood she’d called home for years, including the green house she painted that the whole block nicknamed the ‘Hulk House.’ Three hours flew by. Rex Buys KC wasn’t the highest offer on the table, but she called back weeks later and said I was the only one she trusted.

Outside of work, I’m a husband and father to a son and two daughters. I’m an active member of the Heartland BMW CCA and a former police motorcycle instructor. My wife and I share a love for the open road, and you’ll often find us out together on the motorcycle.

Our company values

What We Stand For

These aren’t words on a wall. They’re how we treat every person who calls us and how we measure ourselves at the end of each year.

Rex Rodenbaugh and a Rex Buys KC team member

  • Integrity

    We say what we mean, follow through on what we promise, and tell sellers the truth even when it means we walk away.

  • Selfless Service

    Your goals come first. We listen, ask the questions that matter, and only move forward when the deal genuinely helps you.

  • Growth

    We never stop improving so we can close cleaner, faster, and with fewer surprises for the people we work with.

  • Teamwork

    You get a coordinated team behind you treating every seller, partner, and teammate with respect.

  • Extreme Ownership

    If something goes sideways, we own it and we fix it. No excuses, no blame. That’s the deal.

Why Kansas City Sellers Choose Us

  • No judgment, ever

    No matter your situation or the condition of your house, you’ll be treated with respect, compassion, and understanding.

  • People over profit

    We operate with integrity and always do what’s right for our clients, not what’s easiest or most profitable for us.

  • Local and community-focused

    We’re a Kansas City family business, not a hedge fund or out-of-state corporation, and we genuinely care about our neighbors.

  • Personal service

    You’ll work directly with real people who listen, communicate clearly, and put your needs first.

  • Certainty and peace of mind

    No waiting on buyer financing or watching the sale collapse at the last minute.

  • Solutions for unique situations

    From inherited properties and financial hardships to relocations and downsizing, we tailor options to fit your needs.

The Rex Buys KC team at the historic Kansas City City Market
“Honest and genuinely caring. They made this process so much easier.”
— Jessie F., KC Seller

Who We Help

We work with Kansas City homeowners in just about every situation life throws at them, including:

Want to see how we’ve helped sellers in situations like yours? Read real seller stories

A Personal Message from Rex and His Family

Rex Rodenbaugh with his wife and two children at home

Selling a house is one of the biggest financial decisions most people ever make, and when life has put you in a tough spot, it can feel like the hardest decision too. We don’t take that lightly. Whether you ultimately sell to us or not, we want every Kansas City homeowner who calls us to walk away feeling heard, respected, and given honest options.

If you’re thinking about selling, even if you’re not sure yet, give us a call. We’ll talk through your situation, answer your questions honestly, and tell you straight whether a cash sale is the right fit for you. No pressure, no pitch, no obligation.

Thank you for considering us.

Rex Rodenbaugh, Owner, Rex Buys KC, and the Rex Buys KC team

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