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Can you stop a foreclosure once it starts Florida

Can You Stop a Foreclosure Once It Starts in Florida

Florida posted the worst foreclosure rate in the country during the first half of 2026. ATTOM’s midyear report found a filing on one in every 373 housing units in the state, or 27,494 properties. Plenty of those owners had options they never used. So yes, you can stop a foreclosure after it starts. I’ve watched … Continued
How to find a realtor in another state Florida

How to Find a Trustworthy Realtor When Moving Out of State

Somewhere around five hundred miles, selling a house stops feeling like a transaction. It starts feeling like a leap of faith. You’re handing your keys and your pricing calls to someone you met on a video call, along with a big piece of your net worth. Sellers do this every day, and most of them … Continued

How to Sell a House on Facebook Marketplace

A woman I know sold her pickup truck on Facebook in nine hours. When she tried the same thing with her three-bedroom house, she heard nothing for six weeks. When you learn how to sell a house on Facebook Marketplace, it can move a property fast, but only after you see what it’s good at … Continued
Can Someone Else Take Over My Mortgage Florida

Can Someone Take Over My Mortgage In Florida?

A retired couple in St. Augustine had been in the same home for twenty-two years. They refinanced into an FHA loan in 2021, and then life changed, and they wanted to be closer to their kids. The last thing they expected was the home loan turning into the hardest part of the move. Their rate … Continued
Is a Lawyer Required to Add a Name Florida

Do I Need A Lawyer To Add A Name To A House Deed?

Most people treat a deed like a document that never changes. You bought the house, the paper says your name, and that’s it. Life moves, though, and ownership has to move with it. A marriage, a new estate plan, a child turning eighteen, a partnership forming. Sooner or later somebody in Florida sits at a … Continued
Selling A House In A Trust After Death Florida

How To Sell A House Held In Trust After Death In Florida

A family calls me on a Thursday. Their mother passed two weeks prior; she owned a three-bedroom home in St. Augustine, and four siblings all want something different. One wants to keep it as a rental. One wants to sell fast. Two haven’t returned calls. And the house is sitting, untouched, with a mortgage ticking … Continued
Documents for Selling a House by Owner In Florida

Required Paperwork for Selling a House By Owner in Florida

A seller in Seminole Heights called us on a Tuesday morning, two days before she’d planned to list her home. She had a buyer lined up, a price agreed on, and zero paperwork ready. No disclosure form, no deed pulled, no idea what Florida actually required her to hand over at closing. This panicked, preventable … Continued
Do sellers pay closing costs in Florida

Does a Seller Pay Closing Costs in Florida?

Most sellers in Florida spend months thinking about their asking price and maybe ten minutes thinking about what gets subtracted from it. By the time the closing statement lands on the table, the shock is real. A neighbor of mine in Lakewood Ranch called me after her closing, genuinely upset, not because the transaction fell … Continued
What Repairs Are Required For An Appraisal In Florida

Home Appraisal Required Repairs in Florida

A contract sitting on your kitchen counter feels like a finish line. Then the appraisal report lands, and suddenly the lender is flagging your roof, your water heater, and the peeling paint on the back porch as appraisal-required repairs before anyone gets to talk about closing costs. For many sellers across Florida, that moment is … Continued
How Selling Below Market Value Can Affect Capital Gains Taxes

Tax Implications of Selling a House Below Market Value

Somebody in your family needs help, or life just changed fast, and giving up some of the sale price feels like the right move. Maybe your adult child needs a foothold in an overheated market, or your aging parent is moving to assisted living, and you want to keep the house in the family without … Continued
Essential Legal Documents Needed Before Listing the Property

Documents Required for Selling Inherited Property

My phone rang on a Thursday afternoon, and the Coleman family from St. Augustine, Florida, was on the other end. They’d inherited their father’s house after he passed, were three months behind on the mortgage, and had already circled the auction date on the calendar. His garage was still packed wall-to-wall with his woodworking equipment. … Continued
Selling House During Divorce Florida

Selling a House During a Divorce in Florida: What to Know

Divorce papers get filed on a Tuesday, and by Wednesday, the biggest question on your mind isn’t alimony or custody. It’s the house. The four-bedroom in Fleming Island, the bungalow off Riverside in Jacksonville, and the townhome near St. Augustine you bought together six years ago. What happens to it? Who gets it? Can a … Continued