Last updated October 27, 2026
Selling a House in a Special Situation in South Florida
Short answer: A special situation is any sale where someone besides the owners has a say: a probate court, a lender, a bankruptcy court, a family court or a foreclosure case. PBP Real Estate handles the sale of the property in each one, alongside the attorney or lender who handles the rest, across Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin and St. Lucie.
Real-estate side only. This is general information, not legal or tax advice. PBP Real Estate, LLC is a licensed Florida real estate brokerage (License CQ1064615), not a law firm. The attorney in your case decides the legal questions.
Which special situation are you selling in?
Pick the one closest to yours. Each page answers the common questions from Florida law and ends with who decides the legal side.
Probate and inherited homes
Selling a house as personal representative or heir, with the probate court's timeline and the estate attorney in the file. Gia prepares written date-of-death and current opinions of value by hand.
Short sales
Selling for less than the mortgage balance with the lender's approval: what lenders ask for, how long approval takes, and what it costs you.
Bankruptcy
Selling during Chapter 13 or Chapter 7, or after the case closes, across the three divisions of the Southern District of Florida.
Divorce
Who signs, who stays, buyouts, credits at closing and how the price is set, with one transaction broker working with both owners.
Foreclosure
Behind on the mortgage or served with a foreclosure summons: what happens next and how a sale before the auction works.
What stays the same in every special-situation sale?
The price still comes from the market. Courts, lenders and trustees approve sales, but buyers set prices. In every one of these sales, Gia Freer, Broker of Record, prepares a written opinion of value by hand from recent closed sales, houses compared with houses and condos with condos. Your reason for selling stays out of the marketing, and every seller gets the same service on the same terms.
Gia and Grant Freer have closed 767 transactions and $203,762,527 since 2000, 671 of them since 2013 (Beaches MLS, agent production report, as of October 19, 2026). Gia and Grant earned the CDPE designation in 2012, and our office works in English and Spanish. We never pay attorneys or trustees for referrals.
Not sure which page fits?
Call (561) 395-8418 or send a short note. Gia Freer replies within one business day, and what you share stays confidential.
Special-situation sales: questions
What is a special situation when selling a house?
Any sale where someone other than the owners has a say: a probate court, a lender in a short sale, a bankruptcy court or trustee, a family court in a divorce, or a foreclosure case. The steps and the paperwork change; the market does not.
Does PBP charge more for a special-situation sale?
No. Every seller gets the same service on the same terms, whatever the reason for selling.
Does PBP give legal advice on probate, divorce, bankruptcy or foreclosure?
No. We are a licensed real estate brokerage, not a law firm. The attorney in each case handles the legal side; we handle the sale of the property.