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Selling a slightly distressed house as is or make significant concessions?

I purchased a larger house in a nice subdivision in 2021 around the time houses only lasted 4 days on the market. My wife and I had been run through the ringer on 20+ houses over the course of 8 months of searching and finally got our offer accepted on the house we are currently selling. Because it was so difficult to get a house at the time, I (very stupidly) waived the inspection and missed some items that a licensed inspector would have found.

Some of those items are: Roof is past the end of its life. No leaking, but visible sagging on a truss. Rear 2 story deck is sagging by 1 inch in one corner Doorframes on first floor have pulled away from the framing by 1/2”

We didn’t plan on selling the house until after we fixed the roof, but I was offered a director job 900 miles away for a 50% pay increase and only have two months until my start date.

The house was purchased around 267k and is worth 340k now. Should I list this house As-is and drop my price to cover the roof and repairs or should I list it normally and be upfront with concessions? Technically it is also an assumable loan at 2.9% because it was a VA loan, but I was told that the loan assumption process can take up to 120 days, which is far too long for my timeline.

Also: after putting 1st and last month + deposit on the house we are renting in FL (where we are moving), transportation of all our furniture, and shipping a car, we do not have the funds or time to fix the roof prior to sale.

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