- Who
- Johnson Buys, run by Christopher Johnson
- Since
- 2012
- Bought
- 700+ properties
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, plus Broward and Palm Beach
- What
- Houses, duplexes through 8-plexes, apartment buildings, warehouses, boarding houses
- How
- Cash. No lender, no appraisal contingency, no commissions
- Phone
- (786) 869-4909
Fourteen years, and every kind of property
Most of what we buy is a single-family house somewhere in Miami-Dade. But the
700-odd properties behind that number also include duplexes and small
multi-family up to eight units, apartment buildings in Little Haiti,
warehouses in Little Havana, and old boarding houses in
Overtown.
That range matters for one practical reason: very little surprises us. A
property that another buyer would walk away from — because of what's in it, who's
living in it, or what the county has on file against it — is usually something
we've already done a version of.
What we actually do that other buyers don't
Anyone can say "we buy as-is." These are the specific things we've done to get
deals closed, drawn from purchases you can read about in our
guides:
- We buy at any stage of probate. Before letters of
administration are issued or after — we look at where the estate actually is and
work from there, rather than telling you to call back when it's finished.
- Our attorney runs the probate. On an estate with six heirs
that took eight months, one heir died mid-process and triggered a second probate
in Alabama. We ran it rather than watching the family lose the house.
- We advance costs when the clock is against you. Attorney's
fees and delinquent property taxes, where paying them is what keeps a house from
being lost before it can be sold.
- We come to the heirs. Notaries sent to wherever people
actually live. We've closed with heirs in Alabama, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and
Italy.
- We close out open permits ourselves. On a West Little River
house in 2023 we hired the engineer to certify old window work so the permits
could be closed before we bought it.
- We take the property occupied. Tenants in place, an eviction
part-heard, a holdover who won't leave — that becomes our problem at closing, not
a condition you have to satisfy first.
- We take everything in it. Contents, junk cars, yard debris.
We pay for the removal, and we've paid occupants to relocate rather than push
that onto a family.
What we're not
We are not the highest number you can get for your house. If your property is
in reasonable condition, the title is clean, and you can wait sixty to ninety days
for a retail buyer with a mortgage, an agent will almost certainly beat our offer
and you should go that way. We'll tell you so.
What we're competitive on is everything that makes that route impossible:
condition, occupancy, title problems, open permits, an estate that isn't settled,
a foreclosure date that's already set. A certain closing on a date you choose is
worth something real, and that's what we're selling.
How long it takes
Straightforward purchases close in about seven days once title is clear.
Estates run longer — our probate closings have ranged from roughly 20 days to 18
months, set by the court and the family rather than by us. We'll give you the
honest version of your timeline at the start rather than the brochure version.
Where we buy
Miami-Dade is home and where nearly all of our closings are — Little Haiti,
Allapattah, West Little River, Miami Gardens, Liberty City, Buena Vista, Little
Havana and beyond. We also buy in Broward and Palm Beach.
Talking to us
The number on this site is answered by the person who makes the decision on
your property. There's no lead-buying middleman between you and an offer, and
nothing you tell us gets sold on to a list of other investors.
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