Clear Trail Home Buyers: Review & Ratings (November 2026)
Written by Jamie Ayers
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Edited by Andrew Whytock
Reviewed by Ben Mizes
Clear Trail Home Buyers
Clear Trail Home Buyers has a modest overall score. It has perfect customer ratings from a small review record, along with solid business credentials.
Overall score
#30 of 36 similar
At a glance
- Profile status
- Verified
- Avg rating
- 5.0 (9 reviews)
- Active since
- 2022
About
Clear Trail Home Buyers buys and renovates homes across Wisconsin and identifies as family- and veteran-owned. It’s been active since at least 2022. Sellers can leave unwanted belongings or arrange to stay after closing.
Read the full bioOffers & terms
- Buys:
- Single-family Multifamily Condos Townhomes
- Terms:
- As-is Covers closing costs Fast closing Rent-backs
- Situations:
- Downsizing Inheritance Foreclosure Tax delinquency
Score breakdown
Is Clear Trail Home Buyers legit?
Yes — our research suggests Clear Trail Home Buyers is a legitimate business. We found a matched Google business profile, 9 third-party reviews and review activity within the past year.
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Company bio
Clear Trail Home Buyers is a property investor based in Wausau, buying, renovating, and reselling homes across Wisconsin. It’s been active since at least 2022 and identifies as family- and veteran-owned. Buck Sugden and Ashley Lang own the company. The company says Buck worked as an engineer and Air Force jet mechanic, while Ashley works in design. Buck left his job to join Ashley in house flipping full time.
The company buys homes directly, including multifamily, mobile, and commercial properties. Sellers can skip repairs and cleaning, leave unwanted belongings behind, and avoid agent commissions. The business pays closing costs and closes through a title company on the seller’s chosen date. It can also arrange for sellers to stay in the home after closing.
Offers & terms
- Property type(s)
- Single-family Multifamily Condos Townhomes Mobile Commercial
- Condition(s)
- Any condition
- Terms & perks
- As-is Covers closing costs Fast closings Rent-backs Cleanout services
- Seller situations
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Ownership
- Owners
- Buck Sugden · Ashley Lang
- Based in
- Wausau, WI
- Reviews on record since
- 2022
- Ownership
- Family-owned Veteran-led Veteran-owned
Operations
- Business type
- Cash home buyer
- Business model
- Direct purchase
- Ownership structure
- Independent operator
- Operating scale
- Statewide in WI
Contact
- Website
- cleartrailhomebuyers.com
- Phone
- (715) 204-4790
- Contact address
- 232906 Colonial RdWausau, WI 54403
Our ratings & analysis
Overall score
#30 of 36 similar
Clear Trail Home Buyers has a mixed overall score, mainly because there’s little customer feedback to work with. All 9 ratings we have are 5-star. Its solid business credentials include detailed business information on its website. We have no reviews from the past 6 months, leaving less insight into current customer experience. That doesn’t establish that the company has stopped buying homes.
Clear Trail Home Buyers vs. similar cash buyers
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| Overall score | 67 | 82 | 75 | 72 |
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| Recent activity | None | Medium | High | None |
| Founded | — | — | — | 2022 |
| BBB status | Not available in our data | Not available in our data | Not accredited, A+ | Not accredited, A+ |
| Coverage | Statewide | Multi-state | Nationwide | Statewide |
| Company page | Visit website | Read review | Read review | Read review |
Customer experience
Bottom 50% in WI
Clear Trail Home Buyers has a generally positive customer experience profile. Every rating in its lifetime review record was five-star. The main limit was review depth: 9 ratings provided limited evidence. No new ratings appeared in the latest 6 months, limiting what we could assess about current experiences. Its Customer Experience score of 69/100 places it below the middle of comparable cash buyers serving multiple markets.
Lifetime ratings. Lifetime feedback was uniformly positive: 9 rated reviews averaged 5.0/5, all five-star. Reviews dated back to 2022. Our methodology adjusts small rating samples toward the typical company rating, then maps the adjusted rating to a score and applies a small review-depth deduction that decreases as the record grows. Volume credit grows with every rating, with an additional small adjustment that grows fastest over the first few hundred ratings and then slows. It strengthens the distance from the neutral, sample-adjusted 4.5-star signal; this record received a 0.04% adjustment to that signal. This added 0.01 score points before the depth deduction and confidence limit. The confidence limit also constrained the score.
Recent ratings. The latest 12 months contained 2 5-star ratings, through October 21, 2026. No ratings appeared over the latest 6 and 3 months.
Rating trends. Ratings held steady at 5.0 across the lifetime record and the 12-month period — a change of 0 stars, or 0%. The five-star share remained 100%. The newest sample contained only 2 ratings, too few to establish a broad current pattern.
Common themes. Review-theme analysis was unavailable for this review population. We could not identify common themes from the available analysis.
Review relevance. A reconciled review-relevance breakdown was unavailable. We did not treat unclassified reviews as irrelevant.
Recent activity
Bottom 50% in WI
Company activity · As of October 21, 2026 — our latest collection date.
Clear Trail Home Buyers has limited recent activity evidence. No new reviews appeared over the past 6 months, and we lack direct business-activity data, including purchase figures. Its Activity score of 51/100 ranks #121 of 151 comparable cash buyers with similar market coverage.
Recent review volume. The recent review record is quiet, with no new reviews over the latest 6 months. We counted 2 reviews over 12 months, 0 over 6 months and 0 over 3 months. Similar companies had median counts of 4, 1.5, and 0, respectively.
Recent review pace. No new reviews appeared over the latest 6 months, so we leave its pace classification unassessed. Its 6- and 3-month rates were 0× its lifetime average pace, compared with 1× over 12 months. Recent rates averaged 0 reviews per month over 6 months, 0 over 3 months and 0.2 over 12 months, versus a lifetime average of 0.2. The record contains 9 reviews dating back to 2022.
Review freshness. The review record lacks recent feedback. Its latest review on file was March 4, 2026 — about 8 months old as of our last data refresh. No reviews appeared within the last 6 months, and the average review age was about 3 years.
Other business activity. We have no claimed directory profile, completed enhanced screening, business interview, or reviewed purchase figure on file.
Credibility signals
Bottom 50% in WI
Clear Trail Home Buyers has a strong credibility profile (#28 of 37 in WI). We identified the company’s leadership and buying model, supported by a broad online presence. The main limits on its score were unconfirmed business structure, 4 years of documented review history, and limited company-history information. We found no specific legitimacy concerns or review-integrity red flags in the retained source material, so there were no deductions.
Verification. We identified Google, Facebook, and Yelp profiles. We don’t have a matched BBB listing on file, so we couldn’t assess its BBB status. Its Google Business Profile was verified. Clear Trail Home Buyers has not claimed its directory profile or completed enhanced screening with our team.
Website assessment. The website was accessible when checked on September 29, 2026. The website scored 95/100 for depth and transparency. It includes company background, team information, buying and service information, the process and terms, and customer testimonials or work examples.
Business details. We identified Buck Sugden as owner and Ashley Lang as owner. We could not confirm its business structure. Its website identifies it as a direct buyer. No related businesses or DBAs were identified.
Track record. We could not confirm a company start date. Reviews on file date back to June 20, 2022. Our records contain 9 dated reviews from 2022-06-20 through the accepted cutoff of 2026-10-21. There is too little review history to describe a reliable pattern.
Complaints and red flags. No specific legitimacy concerns or review-integrity red flags were identified in the retained source material.
Verification checklist
4 of 5 baseline checks are supported by the evidence in our records.
Baseline checks
- Business identity: Confirmed through Google Business Profile
- Current business presence: Website accessible at last check; published phone number
- Public feedback: Limited evidence: 9 accepted third-party reviews
- Established public history: Accepted review activity since 2022
- Recent activity: 2 reviews in the recorded 12-month window; latest 7 months before collection
Meeting these baseline checks is not a guarantee of current availability or a particular experience or transaction outcome. Compare offers, read reviews, and have a professional review any offers and contracts before moving forward.
Review explorer: Clear Trail Home Buyers
We do not yet have enough substantive, customer-relevant review text for a reliable theme analysis.
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How we researched and scored this company
Methodology
We research each company using its website, business profiles, and third-party customer reviews. We use company sources to understand its services and terms, and distinguish those claims from independent evidence. When available, we also draw on interviews with company representatives and sellers, and relevant public records.
When there is enough evidence, we calculate an overall score out of 100 using 3 categories:
- Customer experience (67.5%) reflects customer satisfaction, based primarily on average customer ratings and the number of reviews supporting them.
- Recent activity (20%) reflects recent review volume, how recently the company received a review, and how its recent review pace compares with its history. Reviews are a signal of activity, not a count of completed home purchases.
- Credibility (12.5%) considers business verification, website transparency, public engagement, and documented operating history.
Use the company or location identified on this page when interpreting the evidence. A broader company record may not describe every local office. Review history is separate from the company’s founding date.
Limited evidence can restrict what we can assess. A company may appear without a score, and a small review sample may not represent a typical seller’s experience. Scores summarize the evidence available to us; they do not predict an offer price or guarantee a sale or service quality.
Sources
- Company website, website information up to date as of September 2, 2026; website content analysis completed September 4, 2026.
- Google, profile information up to date as of October 21, 2026; review data partially collected on March 12, 2026; reviews checked for updates on October 21, 2026 (no new reviews).