Riviera Beach · Palm Beach County
We Buy Houses in Riviera Beach, As They Sit
Riviera Beach was settled as Oak Lawn in the 1880s and incorporated in 1922, and nearly half its homes were built before 1980. No listing, no showings, no repairs, and you pick the closing date.
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- 13,927
- Households
- 62.2%
- Owner-occupied
- 37.8%
- Rented
Source: U.S. Census QuickFacts, ACS 2020 to 2024, checked Oct 27, 2026
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What's specific here
Selling a House in Riviera Beach: What Is Actually Different
Public information with the source next to it, not a paragraph that sounds local.
Riviera Beach began as Oak Lawn, named for the hotel Judge Allen Heyser built in the 1880s at what is now 10th Street and Avenue C. Oak Lawn became Riviera in 1893; commercial fishing families helped incorporate the town on September 22, 1922, and in 1941 it took the name Riviera Beach. The City runs from the Lake Worth Lagoon across to the south end of Singer Island and is home to the Port of Palm Beach. The median home dates from 1981 and 48% predate 1980, so the house that reaches us often needs work, and we buy it as it sits.
Owners live in 62.2% of Riviera Beach's 13,927 occupied homes, so more than one in three is rented and the seller is often a landlord with a tenant in place. The typical owner has been there since 2011, and nearly two of every five owner households (38%) are headed by someone 65 or older. So the house often reaches us through an estate in probate at the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit; we work alongside the estate's attorney and pay that attorney at closing, and the relocation plan covers movers and a rental agent for your next place.
Water and sewer come from the City's own Utility Special District, so we check that account too. Code cases go before a special magistrate, and a recorded fine order is a lien on the land. A reduction is heard only once the property is in total compliance and the owner has no other active case in the City; once a reduction is applied for, the code caps each lien at the property's market value on a homestead and twice that on other property, and the magistrate cannot cut it below 3% or 5% of what remains. We read all of it before the offer, and any balance shows as a line before you sign.
- Neighborhoods we buy in
- Landmarks
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- Marina Village, with its Event Center and Bicentennial Park on the Intracoastal Waterway↗
- Ocean Reef Park, on North Ocean Drive↗
- Phil Foster Park, beside the Blue Heron Boulevard bridge, opened in 1953↗
- Peanut Island Park, near the Lake Worth Inlet↗
- The Port of Palm Beach, headquartered on East 11th Street↗
- Ocean Mall, the gateway to the City beach↗
- Main roads
- School district
- The School District of Palm Beach County, the county-wide district Source
- The houses themselves
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- 1981Median year builtSource
- 48%Built before 1980Source
- 2011Typical owner has been in the house sinceSource
- 38%Owner households headed by someone 65 or olderSource
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey five-year estimates for 2020 to 2024, checked Oct 27, 2026.
- Before closing in Riviera Beach
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- The City of Riviera Beach Utility Special District provides drinking water and sanitary sewer service; its service area runs from Silver Beach Road south to 45th Street and from Florida's Turnpike east to the Atlantic Ocean. Source
- The Finance Department's Customer Service Division bills approximately 18,000 utility accounts in the City every month. Source
- Code Officers are assigned to zones of the City; complaints are generally handled within five working days, and since July 1, 2021 the City no longer accepts anonymous complaints except for an imminent threat to public health, safety or welfare. Source
- A special magistrate can fine up to $250 a day for a first violation and $500 a day for a repeat ($5,000 per violation if irreparable or irreversible), plus the City's prosecution costs; a recorded fine order is a lien on the land and on the violator's other property, and the fine keeps accruing until the property complies. Source
- On a fully completed lien reduction application, the daily fines in each lien are capped at 100% of the Property Appraiser's current total market value on a homestead (200% for several liens) and at 200% on a non-homestead property (300% for several liens); an applicant who accepts the code compliance administrator's proposed amount can sign a voluntary reduction stipulation that the special magistrate may approve without a hearing. Source
- A lien reduction hearing requires the property to be in total compliance with an affidavit of compliance, the application and fee, and no active code case on any other property the violator owns in the City; the magistrate may credit documented expenses spent bringing the property into compliance but cannot reduce a lien below 5% of the remaining balance (3% on a homestead), and if the reduced amount is not paid on time the lien reverts to the original amount. Source
- Every business in the City, home occupations included, needs a certificate of use renewed each year, and with the application and each renewal rental property owners file an affidavit of the total number of occupants permitted in each rental unit. Source
- A boarded building needs a boarding certificate from the building official, valid for no more than one year; renewing it for a second year requires either a plan for repair or a plan for sale of the property with provision for the repairs, with a timeline. Source
- Under the City's floodplain ordinance, a repair or improvement costing 50 percent or more of the building's market value before the work starts is a substantial improvement, and once a building has substantial damage any repair counts as one. Source
- The first two digits of a Palm Beach County parcel control number are the municipality code: 56 for Riviera Beach, 00 for unincorporated county. 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 Riviera Beach 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 Riviera Beach, 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 Riviera Beach: Who You Are Actually Dealing With
Riviera Beach is in Palm Beach County, and these are Palm Beach's offices. Public information, with the source next to it.
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01Where probate is filed
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Probate Division, in West Palm Beach.
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02Who records the deed and the liens
Deeds and liens are recorded with the Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller.
Source: Who records the deed and the liens
All five for Palm Beach, 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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What's Going On With the House in Riviera Beach?
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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 on Singer Island and in Riviera Beach Heights?
Yes, anywhere inside the City of Riviera Beach, from Singer Island to Riviera Beach Heights, Lakeview Park, Park Manor and Blue Heron Park, and in unincorporated Palm Beach County nearby too. A parcel control number that begins with 56 is inside the City; 00 means unincorporated county. We walk the house, show you the comps and repair numbers we used, and you pick the closing date.
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Do you buy rental houses in Riviera Beach with tenants still in them?
Yes. More than one in three occupied homes in Riviera Beach is rented, so a tenant in place is a usual call. You do not have to evict anyone for us; after closing that is ours. The City requires a certificate of use, renewed each year, with an affidavit of how many occupants each rental unit allows, and that is on us as the new owner. Tell us the real tenant situation up front so the number holds.
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My Riviera Beach house has a code lien. Can you still buy it?
Yes. In Riviera Beach a recorded fine order is a lien on the land, and a reduction is heard only once the property is in total compliance and the owner has no other open case in the City. Once a reduction is applied for, the code caps each lien at the property's market value on a homestead and twice that on other property, and the special magistrate cannot reduce it below 3% (homestead) or 5% of what is left. We buy with the violations attached, read the case before the offer, and any balance shows as a line before you sign. We are buyers, not lawyers, and we give no legal advice.
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I inherited my parents' house in Riviera Beach. Can you buy it while probate is open?
Yes. Nearly two of every five owner households in Riviera Beach are headed by someone 65 or older, and Palm Beach County estates are probated in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. We work alongside the estate's attorney and pay that attorney at closing. Your attorney runs the estate. We are buyers, not lawyers, and we give no legal advice.
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