Hialeah · Miami-Dade County
We Buy Houses in Hialeah, As They Sit
Florida's sixth largest city, and three of every five of its homes went up before 1980. No listing, no showings, no repairs, and you pick the closing date.
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- 77,044
- Households
- 46.6%
- Owner-occupied
- 53.4%
- Rented
Source: U.S. Census QuickFacts, ACS 2020 to 2024, checked Sep 29, 2026
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- No commissions, no closing costsYou pay nothing out of pocket
- No surprise deductionsOnly your payoff and any liens come off
30 days to a cash offer after his sale fell apart
This seller tried to sell his Hialeah home on his own before he ever called us. He listed it and had it under contract within 10 days, but when the title company pulled the lien and code searches, they uncovered multiple infractions and the sale fell through. A seller we had worked with in the past referred him to us. Within 30 days of his first call, we got him a fair cash offer and closed on the property. He was able to pay off his debts and move forward with his family, and it was an amazing result.
Hialeah · Miami-Dade County
What's specific here
Selling a House in Hialeah: What Is Actually Different
Public information with the source next to it, not a paragraph that sounds local.
Hialeah is the sixth largest city in Florida, centrally located in Miami-Dade County and connected to I-75, the Palmetto Expressway, Florida's Turnpike and Okeechobee Road. It was incorporated in 1925, the year Hialeah Park opened for thoroughbred racing. The median home was built in 1975 and three of every five went up before 1980, so the house that reaches us usually needs the work a fifty-year-old house needs.
Fewer than half of Hialeah's occupied homes are lived in by their owners, so the seller is often a landlord, tenant and all. Owners who live here stay: the typical one arrived in 2005, and four of every ten owner households are headed by someone 65 or older, so the house often reaches us through an estate in probate at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, and we pay the estate's attorney at closing. The seller in the Hialeah case on this page lost a sale when the title company's lien and code searches turned up multiple infractions, then closed with us within 30 days of his first call.
Closing here adds a step: the City requires a Certificate of Re-Occupancy for applicable residential closings, issued after a Building Department zoning inspection at $100 within 30 days or $300 expedited within ten, and we build it into your date. The title company also orders the City Clerk's violations and lien research, $500 per folio, covering code violations, unsafe structures, open or expired permits and unpaid water, sewer or solid waste bills; permit records come through the City's Citizen Self-Service portal. Unpaid fines can become a lien, which the Special Master will consider reducing only once the entire property is in full compliance. We read it all before the offer, and any balance shows as a line before you sign.
- Landmarks
- Main roads
- School district
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the county-wide district Source
- The houses themselves
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- 1975Median year builtSource
- 60%Built before 1980Source
- 2005Typical owner has been in the house sinceSource
- 40%Owner households headed by someone 65 or olderSource
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2020 to 2024, checked Sep 29, 2026.
- Before closing in Hialeah
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- The City's violations and lien research runs through the Office of the City Clerk: $500, plus $50 for each additional address on the same folio, or $600 expedited. When fines, fees or charges go unpaid, the City can place a lien on the property. Source
- The 2026 request form gives about 7 to 10 business days for a standard search and 2 for an expedited one; results cover open code violations, expired and open building permits, unsafe structures, unpaid water, sewer or solid waste services, and City liens. Source
- A Certificate of Re-Occupancy is required for applicable real estate closings on residential units; the Building Department's inspection checks zoning compliance and is not a structural, electrical, plumbing or mechanical inspection. Source
- The re-occupancy inspection is $100 within 30 days of the application, or $300 expedited within 10 days. Source
- Permit records and original building plans are requested from the Building Department through the City's Citizen Self-Service portal; original plans and index cards run from 1944 to 1996. Source
- A code-lien reduction is heard by the Special Master only once the entire property is in full compliance, and the reduction is strictly discretionary. Source
We are buyers, not lawyers, and we give no legal advice. These are the places and the public figures, not what you should do about them.
The part that changes
Selling in Hialeah: Who You Are Actually Dealing With
Hialeah is in Miami-Dade County, and these are Miami-Dade's offices. Public information, with the source next to it.
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01Where probate is filed
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Probate Division, in Miami.
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02Who records the deed and the liens
Deeds and liens are recorded with the Miami-Dade Clerk of the Court and Comptroller.
Source: Who records the deed and the liens
All five for Miami-Dade, including the stamp tax and the wind code, with sources →
We are buyers, not lawyers, and we give no legal advice. These are the offices involved, not what you should do about them.
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Straight answers
Questions Sellers Ask Us
The ones people ask about this, answered straight.
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Do you buy in Seminola, Palm Springs, West Hialeah and Hialeah Heights?
Yes, anywhere inside the City of Hialeah, Downtown included. The median home here was built in 1975 and three of every five predate 1980, so an original roof or an open permit is the usual call, not a reason to say no. We walk the house, show you the comps and repair numbers we used, and you pick the closing date.
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My Hialeah sale fell through over code violations. Can you still buy the house?
Yes. The seller in the Hialeah case on this page had his house under contract within 10 days, lost the sale when the title company's lien and code searches turned up multiple infractions, and closed with us within 30 days of his first call. The City's Special Master will only hear a request to reduce code fines once the entire property is in full compliance, so we buy as it sits, with the violations attached.
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Is there a City inspection before I can sell my Hialeah house?
Yes, a zoning one. The City requires a Certificate of Re-Occupancy for applicable closings on residential units, and the Building Department's inspection checks the house against its zoning, not its structure, wiring, plumbing or mechanical systems. It costs $100 within 30 days of the application, or $300 expedited within ten, and we build that time into the closing date you pick.
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What does the City of Hialeah's lien search show, and how long does it take?
The violations and lien research from the Office of the City Clerk reports code violations, unsafe structures, open or expired building permits, unpaid water, sewer or solid waste services, and City liens. It costs $500 per folio and takes about 7 to 10 business days, or 2 business days expedited for $600. We order it early and read it before the offer, and any balance shows as a line before you sign.
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