Sell your house as-is in Florida

What “as-is” really means here

Selling as-is means you make no repairs, do no cleaning, and fix nothing before closing. You don’t stage it, you don’t paint it, and you don’t empty it. We buy the house in its current condition and handle everything after, including anything you’d rather not deal with.

As-is vs. fixing it up first

Repairing a house to list it means paying for the work, carrying the home for months, and hoping the market holds. Selling as-is trades a bit of top-line price for speed and certainty: no repair bills, no fees, and a close date you pick. For a house you need to move on from, that trade is often the right one.

What a cash buyer looks at

We look at the after-repair value, the scope of work the home needs, and local resale conditions, then make a firm cash offer. You can see how that number comes together on our cash offer page, and if you’re also behind on payments or facing a deadline, start with stopping foreclosure.

The disclosure rule: as-is is not “hide it”

The phrase has a specific meaning here, and it is worth being precise. Selling as-is means you are not agreeing to make repairs or give credits for condition. It does not mean you can hide known problems: Florida sellers still have a duty to disclose material defects they know about that a buyer would not readily see. In practice that is good news for you, because telling us about the leak, the old roof, or the failed inspection is exactly what lets us give a firm number that will not move later.

Why the buyer’s lender, not the buyer, is what kills a normal sale

Retail buyers rarely walk away over a dated kitchen. What kills those deals is the underwriting behind them: a mortgage requires the home to be insurable and habitable, and an appraiser or an inspector flags exactly these. We buy homes with all of it precisely because we are not asking a bank for permission:

• Roofs at or past the end of their life, and homes that carriers will not insure because of it
• Water intrusion, mold, and post-storm damage that was never fully repaired
• Failed or missing permits, enclosed patios, and converted garages
• Foundation and structural issues, including settlement cracks
• Cast iron pipes, aluminum wiring, and polybutylene plumbing, all common in older South Florida housing stock
• Open code enforcement cases and accumulated fines
• Hoarding conditions, fire damage, and homes that have sat vacant for years

You do not clean, repair, or empty anything. Take what matters to you and leave the rest, including furniture and everything in the garage.

How to decide, in one honest test

The trade above is real, so here is the way to settle it without agonizing. If the repairs cost more than you can float, or the timeline matters more than the last few percent, as-is usually wins. If the house is in good shape and you have time, the open market probably nets more, and we will tell you that.

See the arithmetic on our fair cash offer guide.