robots.txt
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /images/properties/v2/
Disallow: /images/properties/v3/
# Content Signals: allow search indexing and citation in AI answers; disallow model training.
User-agent: *
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no
Disallow: /customers/
Disallow: /offers/
Disallow: /buyer/offers/
Disallow: /unsubscribed/
Disallow: /access
Disallow: /style/
Disallow: /templates/
Disallow: /market-chart/
# Not disallowed on purpose: /login, /dashboard, /checkout/, /self-tour.
# These serve `noindex, nofollow`. Disallowing a path stops Googlebot reading
# that directive, so the bare URL gets indexed and can never be dropped.
# Crawlable + noindex is what removes a URL; Disallow alone is what pins it.
# /register is NOT in that set: /register/sign_up and /register/cancel serve an
# `index, follow` copy of the homepage, so unblocking the prefix would publish
# duplicates of it.
# Authentication & account
Disallow: /register
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /reset-password
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /session/
# Internal dashboards & portals
# Slash-terminated: a bare /broker, /vendor or /seller prefix also blocks the
# /brokerages, /vendor-partnerships and /seller/* marketing pages.
Disallow: /seller-dashboard/
Disallow: /seller-offer/
Disallow: /seller-lead/
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /broker/
Disallow: /on-site
Disallow: /vendor/
# Any /vendor-help/* path renders the same leads#new page without noindex, so
# crawling it would publish endless duplicates.
Disallow: /vendor-help
# Internal APIs
Allow: /api/agent/v1$
Allow: /api/agent/v1/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /offer/api
Disallow: /ice-cream/api
Disallow: /trade/api
Disallow: /trade/socket
# Internal infrastructure (underscore-prefixed paths)
Disallow: /_
Disallow: /cloudflare_worker/
Disallow: /partner-api-proxy/
Disallow: /cosmos-testing-path
Disallow: /cosmos-delete-cache
# Internal/utility pages
Disallow: /mobile-login
Disallow: /token
Disallow: /mail
Sitemap: https://www.opendoor.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml
# LLM guidance at /llms.txt
Sitemap: https://www.opendoor.com/sitemaps/beacon.xml
llms.txt
# Opendoor
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> Opendoor is a residential real-estate platform that makes cash offers on homes, helps sellers close in days instead of months, and helps homeowners buy and trade into their next home.
## How it works
- [Selling to Opendoor](https://www.opendoor.com/how-it-works-sell): How Opendoor evaluates your home, makes a cash offer, and closes on a timeline you choose.
- [Buying with Opendoor](https://www.opendoor.com/how-it-works-buy): How buyers tour homes, make offers, and close with Opendoor.
- [Home sale calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/home-sale-calculator): Estimate net proceeds from selling to Opendoor versus a traditional sale.
- [Mortgage calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/mortgage-calculator): Estimate monthly payments including principal, interest, taxes, and insurance.
- [Reviews](https://www.opendoor.com/reviews): Verified reviews from homeowners who sold to or bought from Opendoor.
## Selling to Opendoor
- [Home selling guide](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/topic/sell): Featured seller guides and tools, including How selling works, the home value estimator, and Cash Now, More Later.
- [How much does it cost to sell a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-much-does-it-cost-to-sell-a-house): Breakdown of seller closing costs, agent commissions, and how Opendoor's fees compare.
- [Sell your house for fast cash with Opendoor](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/sell-your-house-for-fast-cash-with-Opendoor): How Opendoor's cash-offer process works end to end.
- [How to sell your house fast — complete guide](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-sell-your-house-fast-complete-guide): Steps, timelines, and tradeoffs for selling quickly.
- [What is a cash offer in real estate](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/what-is-a-cash-offer-in-real-estate-and-why-consider-it): What a cash offer means for sellers and why it typically closes faster.
- [Sell your house for cash: process, timeline, expectations](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/sell-your-house-for-cash-process-timeline-expectations): Day-by-day walkthrough of the cash-sale process.
- [Sell your house without a realtor](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/sell-your-house-without-a-realtor): Options for selling without listing, including iBuyers and FSBO.
- [How selling to Opendoor compares to a traditional home sale](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-selling-to-opendoor-compares-to-a-traditional-home-sale): Side-by-side comparison of timelines, costs, and certainty.
- [Best time to sell a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/best-time-to-sell-a-house): How seasonality and local market conditions affect sale price.
## Home valuation
- [How data powers Opendoor's home valuations](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-data-powers-opendoors-home-valuations): The data sources and modeling behind Opendoor's pricing.
- [How Opendoor calculates the value of your home](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-opendoor-calculates-the-value-of-your-home): The inputs Opendoor uses to generate a cash offer.
- [How to determine home value](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-determine-home-value): Methods homeowners can use to estimate their home's worth.
- [What's your home worth: steps to find out](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/whats-your-home-worth-take-these-steps-to-find-out): Practical steps to get an accurate valuation.
- [Why ensembling works: the intuition behind Opendoor's pricing](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/why-ensembling-works-the-intuition-behind-opendoors-home-pricing): Technical explanation of Opendoor's ensemble valuation models.
## Buying a home
- [Home buying guide](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/topic/buy): Featured buyer guides and tools, including browse homes, How buying works, and homes near you.
- [How to buy a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-buy-a-house): End-to-end guide to purchasing a home.
- [How to buy a house for the first time](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-buy-a-house-for-the-first-time): First-time buyer steps from pre-approval through closing.
- [What do you need to buy a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/what-do-you-need-to-buy-a-house): Documents, credit, and down-payment requirements.
- [Home buying checklist](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/home-buying-checklist): 12 steps from financial prep to move-in.
- [How to schedule a home tour without a realtor](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-schedule-a-home-tour-without-a-real-estate-agent): Self-tour Opendoor-owned homes on your schedule.
- [Do you need a realtor to buy a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/do-you-need-a-realtor-to-buy-a-house): When you can buy direct and when an agent helps.
- [How long does it take to buy a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-long-does-it-take-to-buy-a-house): Typical timelines for touring, offering, and closing.
- [Renting vs. buying a house](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/renting-vs-buying-a-house): How to decide whether renting or buying fits your situation.
- [How much house can I afford — guide](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-much-house-can-I-afford-guide): How to calculate affordability using income, debt, and down payment.
- [7 steps to calculate how much house you can afford](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/7-steps-to-calculate-how-much-house-you-can-afford): Step-by-step affordability calculation.
- [Calculate your mortgage affordability](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/calculate-your-mortgage-affordability): Affordability calculation focused on mortgage qualification.
- [Home affordability guide](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/home-affordability-guide-find-the-right-price-range-today): Finding the price range that fits your finances.
- [Homes for sale](https://www.opendoor.com/homes): Search Opendoor-owned homes currently listed.
- [Homes for sale near me](https://www.opendoor.com/homes-for-sale-near-me): Find Opendoor-owned homes near a location you choose.
- [Homes for sale by market](https://www.opendoor.com/llms/listings.txt): Per-market catalogs of current inventory (price, beds, baths, size, remarks) for listing questions.
- [Opendoor Guarantee](https://help.opendoor.com/buying/making-an-offer/opendoor-guarantee): Buyer protections on Opendoor-owned homes, including the 100-day warranty and Cancel Anytime.
## For agents
- [Opendoor for agents](https://www.opendoor.com/agents): How agents partner with Opendoor and earn on referrals.
- [How real-estate agents work with iBuyers](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-real-estate-agents-work-with-ibuyers): How agents use iBuyer offers to serve clients.
- [How long to become a licensed real-estate agent](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-long-to-become-a-licensed-real-estate-agent): Timeline and requirements by state.
- [How to build a personal brand as a real-estate agent](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/how-to-build-a-personal-brand-as-a-real-estate-agent): Marketing practices for independent agents.
- [Proven real-estate lead sources that convert](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/proven-real-estate-lead-sources-that-convert): Lead-generation channels agents can rely on.
- [2025 Opendoor agent survey](https://www.opendoor.com/articles/2025-opendoor-agent-survey): Survey findings on the state of the agent industry.
## Developer resources
- [Opendoor developer resources](https://www.opendoor.com/developers): Official scope, authentication, machine-readable resources, error conventions, and support information.
- [Opendoor OpenAPI 3.1.1 document](https://www.opendoor.com/openapi.json): Contract for the public, read-only agent resource API.
- [Opendoor agent resource catalog](https://www.opendoor.com/api/agent/v1/resources): Canonical developer and agent resource URLs with media types.
- [Opendoor developer llms.txt](https://www.opendoor.com/developers/llms.txt): Scoped Markdown index for developer resources.
## Public calculators
Agents change calculator inputs with query parameters on the page URL or the matching JSON API, then cite the structured response. These endpoints are read-only and do not originate loans, create offers, or mutate customer records.
- [Calculator catalog](https://www.opendoor.com/api/agent/v1/calculators): Index of public calculators, page URLs, API paths, and parameter names.
- [Calculator OpenAPI](https://www.opendoor.com/api/agent/v1/calculators?format=openapi): Nested OpenAPI 3.1.1 document for the calculator endpoints only.
- [Mortgage rate calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/mortgage): Live Opendoor Home Loans rate quote.
- [Mortgage payment calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/mortgage-calculator): Monthly payment estimate.
- [Home sale calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/home-sale-calculator): Estimated net proceeds.
- [Home value estimator](https://www.opendoor.com/home-value-estimator): Opendoor Signals range after the customer resolves an address. Do not pass a raw street address in the page query string.
- [Time savings calculator](https://www.opendoor.com/time-savings-calculator): Estimated hours saved compared with a traditional listing.
## Cities
<!-- top metros by citation + organic-search signal; regenerated weekly via /llms-txt-refresh -->
- [Homes for sale in Phoenix](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/phoenix)
- [Sell your home in Phoenix](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/phoenix)
- [Homes for sale in Atlanta](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/atlanta)
- [Sell your home in Atlanta](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/atlanta)
- [Homes for sale in Charlotte](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/charlotte)
- [Sell your home in Charlotte](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/charlotte)
- [Homes for sale in Dallas](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/dallas)
- [Sell your home in Dallas](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/dallas)
- [Homes for sale in Orlando](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/orlando)
- [Sell your home in Orlando](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/orlando)
- [Homes for sale in Raleigh](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/raleigh)
- [Sell your home in Raleigh](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/raleigh)
- [Homes for sale in Houston](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/houston)
- [Sell your home in Houston](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/houston)
- [Homes for sale in Jacksonville](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/jacksonville)
- [Sell your home in Jacksonville](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/jacksonville)
- [Homes for sale in Tampa](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/tampa)
- [Sell your home in Tampa](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/tampa)
- [Homes for sale in Denver](https://www.opendoor.com/homes/denver)
- [Sell your home in Denver](https://www.opendoor.com/sell/denver)
## Optional
- [Developer resources](https://www.opendoor.com/developers)
- [OpenAPI document](https://www.opendoor.com/openapi.json)
- [Robots.txt](https://www.opendoor.com/robots.txt)
- [Sitemap index](https://www.opendoor.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml)
- [Listings sitemap](https://www.opendoor.com/sitemaps/listings.xml)
