AdvertisementHey, I want to buy your house: Homeowners besieged by unsolicited offers04:17Download AudioResumeNovember 20, 2021Chris ArnoldfacebookEmailLauren Barber's home in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov. 16. Barber sometimes gets called or texted more than five times a day with offers from investors and companies that want to buy her house. (Maddie McGarvey for NPR)