Sell Your House Fast in Highlands County, Florida

All About Real Estate buys property for cash across Highlands County, from Sebring (the county seat) to Avon Park, Lake Placid and the lake and ranch land in between. Highlands has only three cities, and about 78% of its residents live in unincorporated areas. We buy houses, mobile homes, lake lots, acreage and commercial property in any condition.

Areas we buy in

Sebring · Avon Park · Lake Placid · Sun ’n Lake · Spring Lake · Placid Lakes · Venus · Lorida · and the rest of unincorporated Highlands County.

The Highlands County market right now

Across all home types, Highlands County’s median sale price for the three months ending September 2026 was $242,457, down 9.5% from a year earlier, with a median of 68 days on market. Sales fell about 14% year over year. With prices slipping and homes sitting more than two months, a house that needs repairs or has a lien is hard to sell to a retail buyer.

Selling with code violations or liens in Highlands County

Highlands County Code Enforcement (Development Services, 501 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring; 863-402-6641) handles unincorporated areas. All code cases are heard by the Special Magistrate, monthly on the first Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room at the Government Center, 600 S. Commerce Ave. The magistrate can assess fines and order liens, and a recorded fine becomes a lien on the property and the owner’s other property (Fla. Stat. 162.09). We get the lien amount and pay it at closing.

Facing foreclosure in Highlands County

Highlands County holds foreclosure sales in person, on the date the judge orders, and bidders file an Intent to Bid form with the Clerk. Tax deed sales are also in person, in the Government Center Board Room in Sebring. Both are run by Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller Jerome Kaszubowski. The sale is set 20 to 35 days after final judgment (Fla. Stat. 45.031). We can close before it.

Inherited a house in Highlands County

Highlands is part of the 10th Judicial Circuit with Polk and Hardee, and probate is filed with the Highlands Clerk in Sebring. Summary administration is usually available for estates of $150,000 or less after exempt property, or when the owner died more than two years ago (Fla. Stat. 735.201).

Sinkholes on the Lake Wales Ridge

Highlands County sits on the Lake Wales Ridge, a karst area where many lakes formed as sinkholes. A U.S. Geological Survey study of Ridge lakes found breaches and sags in the clay layers beneath them, and the USGS describes the clay between the surface aquifer and the Floridan aquifer as a seal “except where breached by sinkholes.” On lakefront and ridge properties, buyers check sinkhole and subsidence history through disclosures, insurance claims and any engineering reports. A past claim scares off financed buyers. We buy those houses as-is.

What we buy and how it works

What we buy. All residential and commercial property: single-family homes, townhomes, condos, multifamily (duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes and apartment buildings), mobile homes on land you own (not in land-lease parks), vacant lots and land, and commercial property (retail, office, industrial and mixed-use), as-is, in any condition. That includes the hard ones: code violations and liens, foreclosure, probate and inherited property, hostile holdover occupants, hoarder houses, and sinkhole, storm or flood damage.

How it works. 1) Tell us about the property online or call (786) 753-8500. 2) We look at it with you, in person or by video, and make a written cash offer, usually within 24 hours. 3) You pick the closing date: as soon as 7 days, or later if you need time. We pay the standard seller closing costs, and you pay no commissions. We buy directly; in some sales we close alongside a partner investor, but you sign one contract with us and get one closing date either way.

Get your cash offer: fill out the form below or call (786) 753-8500

Highlands County FAQ

Do you buy houses with sinkhole history? Yes. Tell us what you know and share any engineering reports, and we’ll price it from there.

Do you buy mobile homes and acreage in Highlands County? Yes, including ranch land and mobile homes on owned lots.

Can you close before an in-person foreclosure sale in Sebring? Usually, if there’s enough time to clear title before the sale date. Call as soon as you have the date.

Sources: Redfin Highlands County market (all home types) · Highlands County Code Enforcement · Special Magistrate · Highlands Clerk foreclosure sales · Highlands Clerk probate · USGS Open-File Report 96-224 · USGS SIR 2010-5097