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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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You've got three ways to sell a house in Miami: list it and wait roughly two and a half months for a single-family home (condos run over three), take a fast discounted sale to an investor, or run a novation sale with Cash Flow Deals that reaches real financed buyers without stacking a commission on top. A traditional sale here costs 6 to 9 percent of the price once you count commissions, title fees, and Miami-Dade documentary stamps. Which path wins depends on one thing: whether you're selling a single-family home or a condo, because those are two 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

Here's the real number: two and a half months. That's how long a typical Miami-Dade single-family sale takes door to door, per recent market data cited by major listing platforms. Five to six weeks to get a contract signed, another five weeks to close. Condos take longer: over three months, listing to closing day.

Now the costs. Seller closing costs in Miami run 6 to 9 percent of the sale price. The biggest chunk is agent commission on a traditional listing: 5 to 6 percent. Add title insurance, settlement fees, recording fees, and a property tax proration for however many months you owned the home that year.

One cost is Miami-only: documentary stamp tax. Florida taxes every deed, and Miami-Dade is the single county with its own rate: $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's $3,600, due the moment your deed hits the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts. Not optional. Not negotiable. Build it into your net number before you sign anything.

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

Own a single-family home in Miami-Dade? You're selling into a fairly balanced market. Own a condo? You're up against a much deeper pool of competing inventory, and a large share of condo purchases here close with no financing at all. That means a condo seller waiting on a financed buyer is competing against dozens of similar units, many priced by owners who just need out.

Condo sellers also carry extra paperwork single-family sellers skip. Buildings three stories or taller fall under Florida's structural milestone inspection and reserve funding rules passed after 2022, and buyers and their lenders will ask for those reports. You'll also need an estoppel certificate from your association before closing.

Every Miami seller, house or condo, has one legal duty worth taking seriously. Florida has no standardized disclosure form, but you must disclose known material defects that aren't 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. The cheapest way to keep it that way: 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's a third route between a slow traditional listing and a steep-discount investor sale. Cash Flow Deals runs it every day in Florida.

Cash Flow Deals is a real estate investor that partners with Silver Door Realty, a licensed Florida brokerage. CFD doesn't 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 gets paid as a flat, line-item fee on the settlement statement. One contract. One closing. Your deed transfers once, straight from you to the person actually buying your home.

For a Miami-Dade seller, the math is the whole appeal. Instead of stacking a 5 to 6 percent commission on top of the county's closing costs, you lock in a defined net up front and let CFD's buyer network find the person who can actually fund the purchase. If you've been searching for how to sell your house in 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's what working with Cash Flow Deals on a Miami-Dade sale actually looks like:

1. Cash Flow Deals reviews your Miami-Dade property and locks in a net price with you in writing, before any repairs get 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. Title companies handle Florida closings, not attorneys, and your deed gets recorded with the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Courts. If a contract or disclosure dispute ever did blow up, it would land in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade's circuit court. 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 on the market. In a novation sale with Cash Flow Deals, you lock in 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 shows up as a flat line-item fee at closing. You know your net before a 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.