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Selling Your House in Miami: What Miami-Dade Sellers Should Actually Expect

Published by Cash Flow Deals · Last updated 2026-07-22 · Reviewed by Camilo Palacio, Licensed Florida Real Estate Professional (License #3280644, REALTOR®), affiliated with Silver Door Realty, LLC (License #CQ1064903)

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Selling a house in Miami usually comes down to three paths: a traditional listing, which has been averaging roughly two and a half months from list to close for Miami-Dade single-family homes and over three months for condos; a fast sale to an investor at a discount; or a novation sale with Cash Flow Deals that reaches financed buyers without the usual commission stack. Total seller costs on a traditional sale typically run 6 to 9 percent of the price once commissions, title fees, and Miami-Dade documentary stamps are counted. Which path makes sense depends heavily on whether you own a single-family home or a condo, because those are two very different markets in Miami-Dade right now.

Cash Flow DealsTraditional Listing
TimelineNet price agreed in writing before repairs are scoped; closing follows once a financed buyer is under contractAbout two and a half months for single-family homes and over three months for condos, from list to close
RepairsNo repairs required before agreeing to a price; a structural exception applies if foundation, moisture, wiring, or drain issues turn up during inspectionTypically expected to complete repairs and prep the home for showings before listing
Fees & CostsOne flat, line-item fee paid at closing from the buyer's funds5 to 6 percent agent commission plus Miami-Dade doc stamps, title fees, and prorations, totaling roughly 6 to 9 percent

What a Miami Sale Really Costs and How Long It Takes

Start with the timeline. Recent Miami-Dade market data cited by major listing platforms puts a typical single-family sale at about five to six weeks to go under contract and another five weeks to close. Call it two and a half months door to door if everything goes cleanly. Condos run longer, averaging over three months from listing to closing day.

Then the costs. Seller closing costs in Miami typically land between 6 and 9 percent of the sale price. The biggest piece is the agent commission on a traditional listing, usually 5 to 6 percent. After that come title insurance and settlement fees, recording fees, and a property tax proration for the months you owned the home that year.

One cost is genuinely local: documentary stamp tax. Florida charges doc stamps on every deed, and Miami-Dade County is the one county in the state with its own rate structure, at $0.60 per $100 of the sale price on a single-family home instead of the statewide $0.70. On a $600,000 sale that is $3,600, due when your deed is recorded with the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts. It is not optional and it is not negotiable, so build it into your net number before you accept anything.

Condos and Single-Family Homes Are Two Different Markets in Miami-Dade

If you own a single-family home in Miami-Dade, you are selling into a reasonably balanced market. If you own a condo, you are selling into a much deeper pool of competing inventory, and a large share of condo purchases here close without financing at all. That matters because a condo seller waiting on a financed buyer is competing against dozens of similar units, many priced by owners who need out.

Condo sellers also carry paperwork that single-family sellers do not. Buildings three stories or taller now fall under Florida's structural milestone inspection and reserve funding requirements passed after 2022, and buyers and their lenders ask for those reports. You will also need an estoppel certificate from your association before closing.

Every Miami seller, house or condo, carries one legal duty worth taking seriously: Florida has no standardized disclosure form, but sellers must disclose known material defects that are not readily observable. When a nondisclosure fight does happen after a Miami-Dade sale, it lands in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, the state circuit court whose entire jurisdiction is Miami-Dade County. Almost no sale ends up there, and the cheapest way to keep it that way is simple: put what you know about the roof, the plumbing, and the permits in writing up front.

The Novation Path: How Cash Flow Deals Connects You to a Real Financed Buyer

There is a third route between a slow traditional listing and a steep-discount investor sale, and it is the one Cash Flow Deals runs every day in Florida.

Cash Flow Deals is a real estate investor that partners with Silver Door Realty, a licensed Florida brokerage. CFD does not buy your Miami house with its own money and never takes title to it. Instead, you and CFD agree on your net number under a single contract, and CFD markets the property to its network of real, financing-ready buyers: FHA, conventional, VA, and DSCR investors. Through a novation structure, the end buyer purchases directly from you, and CFD is paid as a flat, line-item fee on the settlement statement. One contract, one closing, and your deed transfers once, straight from you to the person actually buying your home.

For a Miami-Dade seller, the math is the appeal. Instead of stacking a 5 to 6 percent commission on top of the county's closing costs, you agree to a defined net up front and let CFD's buyer network do the work of finding the person who can actually fund the purchase. If you have been typing "sell my house Miami" and getting nothing but lowball calls, ask Cash Flow Deals what a novation sale would net you on your specific property before you sign anything else.

Cash Flow Deals is a Florida real estate investor that locks in a net price for a seller's house before repairs are scoped, using a novation-based, flat-fee process arranged through its licensed FL brokerage partner, Silver Door Realty — not a traditional listing, and not a brokerage itself.

Here is what working with Cash Flow Deals on a Miami-Dade sale actually looks like:

1. Cash Flow Deals reviews your Miami-Dade property and agrees with you on a net price in writing, before any repairs are scoped or the home goes anywhere near a listing.

2. Cash Flow Deals and its licensed brokerage partner, Silver Door Realty, market the property to a network of financing-ready FHA, conventional, VA, and DSCR buyers, working to beat the two-and-a-half-month timeline a typical Miami-Dade single-family listing takes to close.

3. Once a financed buyer is under contract, the sale closes through a single novation contract: the deed transfers once, straight from you to that buyer, and Cash Flow Deals' compensation is paid as a flat line-item fee on the settlement statement.

Common questions

Do I need an attorney to sell a house in Miami?

Usually not. Florida closings are typically handled by title companies rather than attorneys, and your deed gets recorded with the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts. If a contract or disclosure dispute ever did escalate, it would be heard in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade's circuit court, but a clean contract and honest written disclosure keep almost every sale far away from a courtroom.

How is a novation sale different from listing with an agent?

With a traditional listing you pay a percentage commission and wait for the market. In a novation sale with Cash Flow Deals, you agree on your net number under a single contract, CFD and its licensed Florida brokerage partner Silver Door Realty bring a financing-ready buyer from their network, that buyer purchases the home directly from you, and CFD's compensation appears as a flat line-item fee at closing. You know your net before the sign ever goes up.

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What this means for your options

Every path to selling a house has real tradeoffs. Cash Flow Deals is built for the middle: faster than a traditional listing, more money than a cash investor.

Wait and see

Keep the property as-is and hope conditions improve. The mortgage, insurance, and upkeep keep costing money while you wait, with no set date for things to turn around.

List with a traditional agent

Standard MLS listing, typically 5-6% in commission, and a financed buyer whose deal depends on appraisal, inspection, and lender approval — any of which can fall through after weeks on market.

Sell to Cash Flow Deals

No repairs, no showings, no financing contingency on your side — our novation structure connects you with a bank-financed buyer at a price locked at signing. Usually within one business day.

See your selling options before you decide anything.

Start with your address. Decide after you see the path.

No obligation. See what CFD can do first.