Miami · Miami-Dade County
We Buy Houses in Miami, As They Sit
Seven in ten occupied homes in Miami are rented, so the seller is often a landlord. No listing, no showings, no repairs, and you pick the closing date.
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- 194,821
- Households
- 30.8%
- Owner-occupied
- 69.2%
- Rented
Source: U.S. Census QuickFacts, ACS 2020 to 2024, checked Sep 11, 2026
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- No surprise deductionsOnly your payoff and any liens come off
$100,000 in code violations on an inherited home
We met the seller at this Miami property shortly after her father passed away. The home had been in her family for a long time, but it also carried $100,000 in code violations. We made her a fair cash offer and worked alongside her probate attorney until the probate was approved. From there, we found a buyer willing to take on the property with the violations still in place. She was able to sell the home without the violations standing in her way, and she was very happy with how everything turned out.
Miami · Miami-Dade County
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Miami · Miami-Dade County10-month eviction, then a full gut remodel
This Miami property came with difficult tenants who simply would not leave. Getting them out required a full eviction, and the process took 10 months in Miami-Dade County. Once the tenants were finally gone, we found the home in total disrepair. Rather than walk away, we took on a full gut remodel and brought the property back to life. When the work was done, we sold it to a first-time homebuyer who wanted to move into the area, turning a problem property into a fresh start for a new owner.
- Miami · Miami-Dade County
18 months of follow-up, 2 weeks of clearing out
This was one of the toughest transactions we've dealt with. The seller's mother had given him this Miami home, and when we walked in, every room was filled floor to ceiling with only a narrow path carved out to walk through. He wasn't ready to sell at first, so we followed up every month for a year and a half. When he was ready, we spent 2 weeks moving items into storage and helping him move into a new place, and we covered his first, last, and security deposit. Then we sold the home so he could move on.
What's specific here
Selling a House in Miami: What Is Actually Different
Public information with the source next to it, not a paragraph that sounds local.
In Miami, owners are a minority: fewer than a third of occupied homes are lived in by the people who own them, so the seller who calls us from Allapattah, Flagami, Little Havana or Model City is more often a landlord than a homeowner. The houses split down the middle by age, half built before 1980 and more than a third since 2000, which is the difference between a 1950s duplex in Little Haiti and a tower on Brickell Avenue.
Selling here has one step the Broward cities do not: the City of Miami runs its own lien and violation search, ordered by folio number through the City's portal for a $200 fee, and it only applies if your Miami-Dade folio starts with 01, which is how you know the house is inside the city limits rather than in the county. Adjudicated code violations accrue a daily fine and can become a lien. A single-family home or duplex is exempt from the building recertification program that applies to larger structures.
The three Miami houses we have closed on so far are on this page: one inherited with $100,000 in code violations, one with a tenant who took ten months to leave, one so full it took two weeks to clear. That is the Miami we buy in. We buy occupied, we buy with the violations attached, and we pay the estate's attorney at closing when there is one.
- Neighborhoods we buy in
- Landmarks
- Main roads
- School district
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the county-wide district Source
- The houses themselves
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- 1979Median year builtSource
- 51%Built before 1980Source
- 2012Typical owner has been in the house sinceSource
- 32%Owner households headed by someone 65 or olderSource
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2020 to 2024, checked Sep 17, 2026.
- Before closing in Miami
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- The City of Miami's own lien and violation search is ordered by folio number through the City's portal; the fee is $200. Source
- Only properties whose Miami-Dade folio number begins with 01 are inside the City of Miami. Source
- Unpaid adjudicated code violations accrue a per-diem fine and can become a lien on the property. Source
- Single-family homes and duplexes are exempt from the City's 40/50-year building recertification. Source
- Permits are applied for and searched through the Building Department's iBuild portal. 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.
ZIP codes
Where in Miami we buy
Any house, in any of these ZIP codes. Tap yours to start your offer.
ZIP codes where most of the land is in Miami, from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 ZIP-to-city relationship file. Some also cover part of a neighboring city.
The part that changes
Selling in Miami: Who You Are Actually Dealing With
Miami 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.
Start where you are
What's Going On With the House in Miami?
Every one of these has its own page. Pick the one that sounds like yours.
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Google reviews for Total Cash Home Buyers
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- 5 out of 5 stars
Jessie made the sale of my parents home super easy. It was done fast with no issues and they didn’t have to lift a finger. 10/10 would reccomend !
- 5 out of 5 stars
Total Cash Home Buyers was great to work with. I sold my home in “AS-IS” condition and didn’t pay any closing costs or fees. Great company to work with
Straight answers
Questions Sellers Ask Us
The ones people ask about this, answered straight.
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Is my house inside the City of Miami or in unincorporated Miami-Dade?
Check the folio number on your tax bill: City of Miami folios begin with 01. It matters because the City runs its own $200 lien and violation search on top of the county records, and because Miami's code cases are handled by the City's Code Compliance office. We buy in both, and we order the right search.
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Do you buy rental houses in Miami with tenants still in them?
Yes, and in Miami that is most of what we buy: about seven in ten occupied homes here are rented. You do not have to evict anyone for us; after closing that is ours. Tell us the real tenant situation up front so the number holds.
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Does the 40/50-year recertification apply to my Miami house?
Not to a single-family home or a duplex. The City of Miami's Building Department exempts them from the recertification program that applies to larger buildings. If you own a unit in a building that is due, tell us and we price it in.
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Which Miami neighborhoods do you buy in?
All of them inside the city limits: Allapattah, Coconut Grove, Coral Way, Flagami, Little Haiti, Little Havana, Model City, Overtown, the Upper Eastside, Wynwood and Edgewater. Our three closed Miami cases are on this page, with what the house had and how it went.
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