Guides for Pinellas & Hillsborough homeowners
Plain-English guides on what the county does next, what your rights are, and what each option is actually worth to you — written from the Florida Statutes and the Clerks' and Tax Collectors' own records, with every source linked so you can check it. Nothing here requires you to sell to anyone.
Sunbiz, BBB, Google, the Clerk's deed records, proof of funds, the contract, the title company — the free public-record checks to run on any cash buyer, including us.
Read it →iBuyers, franchise buyers, local investors (named, BBB status checked), wholesalers — and us. When each one is the right call, and when it isn't.
Read it →Verified sale dates for October–December 2026, read from the Clerks' calendars, and three things a delinquent owner can still do before sale day.
Read it →Rebecca called the day before her family's Pinellas home went to auction. The full conversation, word for word, with video.
Read it →You remain the owner until a deed is issued. How the clock really runs, and every option you have — including the ones that don't involve us.
Read it →Who can sign, when court approval is needed, how Pinellas and Hillsborough handle it, and what protected homestead changes.
Read it →Pressure to sign, no local presence, tiny earnest money, "and/or assigns", no proof of funds, one-sided cancellation rights — and the questions that expose them.
Read it →What "as-is" legally does, what it does not do, and the clauses to read twice before you sign.
Read it →An honest side-by-side on price, timeline, repairs and net proceeds — from a cash buyer who will tell you when to list instead.
Read it →The five stages from an unpaid bill to auction day, what each letter means, and how much time you really have.
Read it →Get the payoff, pay it the right way, confirm it's recorded — and what does not stop an auction.
Read it →Summary vs. formal administration, what a personal representative does, and the decisions heirs actually face about the house.
Read it →Photographs by angga, Jakub Żerdzicki, Fa Barboza, Mitya Kramar, Brian Zajac, Julien Maculan, Maxim Makarov, Colin Lloyd, Zoshua Colah and Nadi Spasibenko via Unsplash.
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