Sell your Miami house without fixing it first

Miami has a lot of old housing. That is fine with us.

Much of the City of Miami was built out long before today’s building code. Neighborhoods like Little Havana, Allapattah, Shenandoah, Flagami and Little River are full of small concrete-block houses, frame cottages and duplexes that have been patched, added onto and re-roofed over decades.

Those houses often come with a list: cast-iron drain lines, an older electrical panel, windows that would not pass today, a carport someone closed in years ago. You do not have to sort any of that out before you call us. We price the house with its list, not after it.

• Single-family houses and duplexes, occupied or empty
• Small multifamily buildings, with or without tenants
• Condos in older towers and garden-style buildings
• Houses with additions or conversions that were never permitted

Older condo buildings and assessments

Many Miami condo buildings along Biscayne Bay, in Edgewater and in Brickell are now old enough for Florida’s milestone inspection law, and associations also have to fund structural reserve studies. In some buildings that has meant large special assessments.

If your association has passed one, or you expect one, tell us what you know. We put it into the written offer rather than asking you to pay it down first, so you can compare that number against holding on.

What to expect from us

We look at the property and recent sales nearby, ask a few questions, and send the offer in writing. A title company or closing attorney handles the closing, and you choose the date.

Before you talk to any buyer, it is worth looking up your own folio on the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser site. It shows the owner of record, the lot size and the assessed value, which is a useful check on anything a buyer tells you.