We buy houses in Lakeland, FL
Sell your house fast in Lakeland, FL, for cash and as-is.
Your Lakeland house may need more work than you can take on. Maybe the porch on your Dixieland bungalow is soft, or the house near Lake Bonny still has a roof leak you keep patching. We buy houses for cash in their current condition, so you can sell your house fast without getting it ready for showings.
Tell us the address and what has been happening with the property. We send a cash offer within 24 hours. You can leave the worn carpet and the furniture you no longer want. There is no cleaning requirement, no agent commission and no closing costs. You choose a closing date that fits your move.
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Lakeland housing by the numbers
- 119,961
- Residents
- $249,400
- Median home value
- 1983
- Typical home built
- 56.4%
- Owner-occupied homes
Lakeland's median year built is 1983, so an older roof or cooling system can be a real part of your selling decision. With 56.4% of homes occupied by their owners, the city also has a substantial rental side. The median home value of $249,400 gives you a citywide reference, while your house's condition and needed repairs shape the offer for your address.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
The kinds of Lakeland houses we buy
Lakeland has older bungalows in Dixieland and the Lake Morton neighborhoods, along with single-story block houses and newer subdivision homes. An older house can have a good layout and still need wiring work, fresh plumbing or repairs under the porch. A block house may have a leaking window, a tired roof or an air conditioner that struggles through the summer. You don't have to finish those projects before asking us for an offer.
We buy houses around Lake Hollingsworth, Cleveland Heights and the neighborhoods north of downtown, including homes that need substantial work. If the pool has become another bill or a screened porch needs rebuilding, show us what is there. We look at the whole property and account for the work in our price. You can sell with an outdated kitchen, a garage full of belongings or rooms that have been closed off for years.
The Lakeland situations we buy in
An older bungalow needs work
A Dixieland or Lake Morton house can carry a long list of unfinished repairs. Soft porch boards and old windows may be only the start. If keeping up with the house has become too much, we can buy it as-is. You don't need to restore each room before moving on.
Roof leaks after a storm
Lakeland's summer storms can leave you watching a ceiling stain every time it rains. Wet drywall, loose shingles and damaged screens make preparing a house for buyers harder. Tell us about the damage, even if you have only covered the leak for now. We include the repairs in our cash offer.
The AC and pool need attention
In Lakeland heat, a failing air conditioner is hard to put off. Add a pool pump that quits or a screen enclosure that needs work, and the house starts taking money you wanted for your next move. We buy with those problems still there. You can stop planning repairs around a future listing.
Behind on the mortgage
Foreclosure on a Lakeland home goes through court. Polk County's clerk holds the auction online, and your case has a specific sale date. Send us that date when you contact us. Selling before the auction pays off the lender at closing and stops the sale, so you leave on your terms.
A rental you want to sell
If your rental near Lake Wire needs another round of repairs, you may be ready to stop managing it. We buy occupied rentals as well as vacant houses. Share the lease details and the condition of the property. We can work out the sale with you without making you prepare it for open houses.
An inherited house full of belongings
Sorting through a family's house is harder than deciding to sell it. You can take the photos and keepsakes you want and leave the rest. We can make an offer while you handle the estate paperwork, then close when the people who own the house are ready to sign.
How selling for cash works in Lakeland
Start with a call or the form and give us your Lakeland address. We review the house and send an offer within 24 hours. Once you accept, a title company handles closing and settlement, including the lender payoff. You pick the date. We can close in 30 days or less, or wait for the date you need to move.
Florida uses judicial foreclosure, meaning the lender brings the mortgage case to court. For a Lakeland house, the foreclosure auction is held online through the Polk County Clerk's auction site, polk.realforeclose.com. The sale takes place on the date set for your case. Keep that date handy when you call so we can plan the closing around it.
Before the auction, the sale notice has to run for two weeks on an approved public website, or once a week for two weeks in a county newspaper. If it's the newspaper, the second notice runs at least five days before the sale. When we close before your auction date, the sale proceeds pay off the lender and the sale stops. Reach out early so the title work and payoff have time to finish.
How it works
Three steps to a cash sale.
Tell us about the house
Fill out the short form or give us a call. Share the address, the condition and what's going on. That's all we need to get started.
Get your cash offer
We review the house and send you a fair cash offer within 24 hours. You'll see how we got to the number, and you're under no obligation to take it.
Close on your date
You pick the closing date. We can close in 30 days or less, or later if you need more time. A title company handles the paperwork and you walk away with cash.
Run the numbers on a Lakeland sale
Our cash offer will come in under what your house would list for. Anyone who tells you otherwise is setting up a renegotiation after you have already committed.
What counts is what you walk away with. The median home in Lakeland is worth about $249,400. List a house like that and a six percent commission is $14,964 before you pay for a single repair. Add whatever the buyer's inspection asks you to fix, plus months of mortgage, taxes, insurance and utilities while it sits. Then put our number next to that.
Sometimes listing still comes out ahead, and when it does, you should list. We'd rather tell you that than buy a house you end up wishing you had kept on the market.
A simpler way to sell your Lakeland house
Selling with a real estate agent
- Six percent in commissions off your sale price
- Repairs, cleanup and staging before it lists
- Showings with strangers walking through your home
- Two to three months on the market, then a wait to close
- Deals that fall through when the buyer's loan does
Selling to MalBuysHouses Nationwide
- A cash offer within 24 hours
- Close in 30 days or less, on your schedule
- No repairs and no cleanup. Sell it as-is
- No agent commissions and no closing costs
- One honest offer and no pressure to take it
What sellers say about working with Mal
"Malachi saved us from losing everything. We closed in 9 days and walked away with cash in hand. He was honest the whole way through — no pressure, no games."
"I was three months behind and didn't know what to do. Memorable Home Buyers explained everything clearly and made a fair offer the same day I called. Highly recommend."
"Malachi was a pleasure to work with. We inherited a home that we could not pay the repairs on. He gave us a fair price, and closed exactly when he said he would. Was a quick, easy and very convenient process."
"I had only 8 days left to stop my foreclosure. Malachi came in and showed me what options I had left, and once we agreed on me selling he purchased the home and was able to prevent that stuff on my record. I appreciate him for helping us."
"Me and my husband had a property we just didn't want to deal with anymore. It had leaks in the roof, needed a new water heater and a bunch of other stuff we didn't have the energy to fix anymore. Mal gave us a fair cash offer and made our downsizing process simple"
Our promise to you
What you can hold us to when you sell
You deal with Mal from the first call to closing day. These are the four things we promise on every house.
The number holds
The offer we agree on is the number on your settlement statement, as long as the house matches what you told us on the phone. If the walkthrough turns up something big that never came up, we show you exactly what changed before anything moves forward.
A contract you can read
Our purchase agreement is written in plain English. Take it home, show it to family, and ask us about any line before you sign.
You pick the date
Tell us the closing date you need on the first call. If we can't make it, we'll say so right then, before you've committed to anything.
The truth, even if we lose the deal
If your house would sell for more with an agent, we'll tell you. Some people don't need a cash buyer, and we'd rather you hear that from us.
Where we buy in Lakeland
- Dixieland
- East Lake Morton
- South Lake Morton
- Lake Hollingsworth
- Cleveland Heights
- Lake Wire
- Lake Bonny
- Lake Hunter Terrace
- Camphor
- Parker Street
Nearby areas we also buy in
Lakeland sellers ask us these
Straight answers, no sales pitch.
Get your cash offer today.
Send us the address and a rough idea of the condition. You'll get a fair cash offer with no obligation, and there's nothing to fix or clean first.