Sell a Probate or Inherited House in Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County estates have a pattern to them. A parent retired to Florida years ago. The children built their lives in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Canada. Now there is a house or a condo in Boynton Beach or Delray, and the people who have to decide what happens to it are fifteen hundred miles away, trying to manage it by phone between work and everything else.

That is a situation we handle often. We buy probate and inherited property throughout Palm Beach County, we work alongside the estate's attorney, and we can run nearly the entire process without you getting on a plane.

How probate works in Palm Beach County

Palm Beach County probate runs through the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit. Unlike Miami-Dade and Broward, Palm Beach spreads its offices across the county, which helps if the property is at one end and you are at the other.

Florida offers formal administration for larger estates, summary administration for smaller ones, and disposition without administration in a narrow set of cases. Which applies is your attorney's call. For the house, the practical question is whether the personal representative can convey clear title and whether a title company will insure it.

The 2026 change worth asking your attorney about

On July 1, 2026, Florida raised the summary administration value limit under Florida Statute 735.201 from $75,000 to $150,000. Homestead property does not count toward that limit.

For Palm Beach County families this can matter more than it first appears, because a modest condo plus a bank account is exactly the shape of estate that used to land just over the old line. If you were told last year that the estate had to go the long route, that answer may be different now.

Inherited a condo? A few things to know

Condos are a large share of what changes hands in this county, and they come with wrinkles a single family house does not have.

Association dues keep running. Monthly maintenance does not pause because the owner died. Unpaid dues accrue, and the association can move toward a lien. This is the single most common reason a Palm Beach estate loses money by waiting.

Special assessments. Since Florida tightened structural inspection and reserve requirements for older buildings, a number of associations have levied significant assessments. If one has hit the building, it affects value, and we would rather find it early and be straight with you about it than surprise you later.

Association approval. Many buildings require the association to approve a buyer. We are used to that step and we build it into the timeline instead of pretending it does not exist.

Out of state heirs, handled remotely

• You generally do not need to fly to Florida to sell the property
• Documents are commonly signed by remote or mobile notary wherever you live
• We can walk the property and send you photos and video of what we find
• A licensed title company disburses each heir's share to wherever they live
• Sell as-is, with no repairs, no showings, and no cleanout for you to arrange
• No commissions, no fees to us, and a three-day right to cancel on every agreement

When an urgent cost lands before closing, a funeral bill or past due association dues, we can advance funds as an early part of your own proceeds and credit it back at the closing table. You are never trading your inheritance away for it.

Questions Palm Beach County families ask