Sell your house in Apollo Beach fast!
I've helped thousands of Florida homeowners move forward. As a founding member of the National Association for Housing Revitalization, I'm focused on expanding homeownership and strengthening home values in the communities I buy in. — Pete
- Inherited a house
- Probate isn’t finished
- Heirs who can’t agree
- A reverse mortgage on it
- Behind on payments
- Unpaid taxes or liens
- Code violations
- Tenants or family living there
- Squatters or someone who won’t go
- Needs more work than it’s worth
- Full of belongings
- A hoarder house
- Empty for years
- Fire, water or storm damage
- Going through a divorce
- You live out of state
- A rental you’re done with
- It didn’t sell
- You need the money sooner
Money before closing!
Once the contract is signed, we advance you part of your equity. You do not wait until closing day to see anything.
Need legal work?
Probate, title issues or heir paperwork, our attorney handles what’s needed to get you to closing, and we cover the cost! You’re always free to have your own attorney review everything.
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Skip the wholesaler!
Wholesalers sign your house under contract, then sell that contract to the real buyer for a fee — and if they can’t find one, the deal falls through. Pete is the real buyer.
Why selling to Pete is different
- We buy in our own name
- We never assign or wholesale contracts
- Proof of funds on request
- No fees or commissions
- We buy with our own cash
- About 150–200 Florida homes a year
How it works
No Fees, No Commissions, No Repairs, No Hassle. Just A Cash, Quick Close Offer To Buy Your House in 24 Hours!
You tell us the address
That's genuinely all we need to start. No documents, no title search, no tidying up first.
You get a number in writing
Not a range and not an estimate. A written offer, and we close on it — we don't come back later asking for less. This is also where we can advance you part of your equity, or put our attorney on the probate and title work.
Close!
You pick the closing date, not us. Everything runs through a title company, nothing is deducted for fees or commissions, and what we agreed in writing is what you walk away with.
The housing stock in Apollo Beach
Market conditions
86% of Apollo Beach homes are owner-occupied; the rest are rented or sitting empty. On a canal lot the seawall and the dock are part of what is being sold, and an insurer or lender that balks at either can stop a sale that was otherwise ready to close. We'll buy it, whatever the issue.
Figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020–2024), Apollo Beach, Florida. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Market conditions: FHFA House Price Index (Tampa, FL); CFPB Mortgage Performance Trends; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hillsborough County.
Situations we buy in
If any of these sound like yours, we have handled it before in Apollo Beach and across Hillsborough County. This is the whole list, not a sample. Hover or tap a dotted word for what it means.
It didn’t sell
Listed, sat, expired. Usually a condition or title issue, and both are fine.
Title problem
A cloud on title is any claim or defect in the records that stops a clean sale; a quiet title action is the lawsuit that clears it.
Fla. Stat. ch. 65
You need the money sooner
A deadline you did not choose, and a house that is not moving fast enough.
Going through a divorce
The house has to be sold and neither of you wants to manage it.
You live out of state
Managing a property from a thousand miles away is its own problem.
A reverse mortgage on it
The balance has grown past what the house is worth and the lender wants payment.
Read the guide: selling with a reverse mortgage →Reverse mortgage (HECM)
An FHA-insured reverse mortgage; the balance grows until the loan comes due.
24 CFR 291.601; 206.27; 206.125
Inherited a house
Left to you, or split between siblings who live in different states.
Read the guide: selling an inherited house →Probate isn’t finished
You do not have to wait for the estate to close before selling.
Read the guide: selling before probate ends →Probate
The court process to settle an estate and transfer its property.
Fla. Stat. ch. 733
Heirs who can’t agree
One wants to sell, one wants to keep it, nothing is moving, and a partition is on the table.
Heirs
The people entitled to inherit, by law or under a will.
Fla. Stat. § 731.201
Read the guide: when heirs disagree →Partition action
Any co-owner can ask the court to divide or sell the property; heirs get a 45-day buyout right.
Fla. Stat. ch. 64
Behind on payments
Missed payments, pre-foreclosure, or a lender that has already filed.
Read the guide: selling in foreclosure →Pre-foreclosure
The stage after the lender files suit and records a lis pendens — a recorded notice that a lawsuit affects the property — and before the sale.
Fla. Stat. § 48.23
Unpaid taxes or liens
Delinquent property taxes, judgments, mechanics liens.
Delinquent property taxes
Unpaid property taxes can end in a tax deed auction.
Fla. Stat. ch. 197
Read the guide: selling with taxes or liens →Mechanics lien
Florida calls it a construction lien: filed by a contractor or supplier who wasn't paid.
Fla. Stat. ch. 713, pt. I
Code violations
Citations, condemnation notices, or a municipality that keeps writing.
Read the guide: selling with code violations →Code violations
Unpaid code fines can become a lien recorded by a city or county for unpaid code fines.
Fla. Stat. ch. 162, pt. I
Tenants or family living there
You do not have to ask anyone to leave before selling.
Read the guide: selling with occupants →Tenants
Removing a tenant takes a court eviction, after a 3-day notice for unpaid rent or 7 days for other violations.
Fla. Stat. ch. 83
Squatters or someone who won’t go
We take possession lawfully, at our cost, after closing.
Read the guide: selling with occupants →Squatters
Sheriff removal by sworn complaint, no lawsuit, if eight conditions are met.
Fla. Stat. § 82.036
Needs more work than it’s worth
Roof, plumbing, electrical, foundation — we buy it as is, price the work in, and don’t walk.
Read the guide: selling a house that needs repairs →Full of belongings
Decades of contents still inside. Leave whatever you want; we handle it.
A hoarder house
We have bought them before. No cleanout, no showings, and no judgement.
Empty for years
Vacant, boarded, or a house nobody has been inside since the funeral.
Fire, water or storm damage
Insurance settled or not, we buy the property as is.
Read the guide: selling a house that needs repairs →A rental you’re done with
One house or an entire rent roll, in one transaction.
Read the guide: selling with tenants →
We buy in 33572 — and anywhere else in Hillsborough County.
We buy across Hillsborough County — including Brandon, Plant City, Riverview, Ruskin, Tampa, Valrico. Also buying across Tampa Bay: Clearwater, Largo.
Questions people ask before they call
Can you buy my house in Apollo Beach, FL for cash?
Yes. Pete buys single-family houses throughout Apollo Beach and Hillsborough County for cash, as is, with a written offer within 24 hours and no fees or commissions.
How fast can you close?
We deliver a written offer within 24 hours and can close in as little as 3 days — or on whatever date works for you, because we buy with our own cash — there's no bank approval to wait on.
Do I pay any fees, commissions, or closing costs?
No. There are no agent commissions, no fees, and we cover standard closing costs. The number in the written offer is what you walk away with.
Are you the actual buyer, or a wholesaler?
We're the buyer. We buy with our own cash — no wholesalers, and we never pass your contract to anyone else.
Can you show proof of funds?
Yes. We'll provide proof of funds with our written offer. Nothing is binding until you sign a written agreement, and you're free to take the offer to your own attorney first.
Do you buy inherited houses or houses in probate?
Yes. We buy inherited and probate properties in Apollo Beach, including estates still in administration, and we work with your attorney to close through the process rather than pricing around it.
Can you buy the house before probate is finished?
We can sign as soon as someone has legal authority to sell, usually the personal representative once the court issues Letters of Administration. We work with your attorney to get there quickly, and in some cases we can agree terms before that step is done.
Do you buy houses in foreclosure or when I'm behind on payments?
Yes. We buy houses in foreclosure in Apollo Beach before the auction date and can work directly with your lender's payoff, so you avoid the auction and the judgment that follows.
Will you buy a house that's occupied or has tenants?
Yes. We buy occupied houses — owner-occupied, tenant-occupied, or family in residence — and resolve possession lawfully after closing, so it isn't your problem to solve first.
What if the house has back taxes, liens, or title problems?
Yes, we still buy it. We handle back taxes, code liens, and clouded or tangled title in house as part of the purchase, and net them out of the offer rather than sending you away to clear them.
Do you buy houses that need major repairs?
Yes. We buy in any condition — deferred maintenance, fire or water damage, hoarder conditions, failed inspections — with no repairs and no cleanup required. Leave what you don't want.
Will you buy if I have little or no equity?
Often, yes. Even with zero or negative equity we can structure a cash close in Apollo Beach, including working with the lender on the payoff.
How do you decide your offer?
We base it on recent Apollo Beach sales, the home's condition, and the situation on title — then put it in writing. It's a real number you can take or leave, with no obligation.
What areas do you cover?
We buy across Hillsborough County and statewide in Florida, including Ruskin, Gibsonton, Riverview, Sun City Center. If your property is in or near Apollo Beach, we can make an offer.
How are foreclosure auctions held in Hillsborough County?
Online. The Hillsborough County clerk sells foreclosed property through its online auction site rather than on the courthouse steps. Either way the clerk conducts the sale on the date the final judgment sets, and the judgment itself names the time, place and method.
Fla. Stat. § 45.031
Where do I claim surplus funds in Hillsborough County?
With the court, in the foreclosure case itself — the Hillsborough County Clerk of Court holds the money until a judge orders it paid out. You do not need to hire anyone to make the claim, and the clerk can help you make it. Subordinate lienholders who have filed a claim are paid before the owner of record receives the remainder.
Fla. Stat. § 45.032
Who handles squatter removal in Apollo Beach?
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, on a sworn complaint from the property owner or an authorized agent. There is no lawsuit and no hearing, but all eight statutory conditions must be met — including that the occupants are not current or former tenants, are not immediate family members of the owner, and that no related litigation is pending. A wrongful removal exposes the owner to triple the fair market rent.
Fla. Stat. § 82.036
Where is probate filed for an Apollo Beach house?
In the county where the owner was domiciled when they died — for most Apollo Beach residents, Hillsborough County. If the owner was not domiciled in Florida, venue is any county where their property is located, and a non-resident who died owning Florida property is handled through ancillary administration.
Fla. Stat. §§ 733.101, 734.102
Updated October 2026