St. Petersburg has some of the oldest housing stock in Tampa Bay, and a lot of it has reached the point where fixing it up costs more than it returns. If you own a St. Pete house you need out of — inherited, in probate, flooded, tenant-worn, or just decades past its last renovation — we buy it directly for cash. Kirby Family Properties is local and owner-operated: you deal with Jed Kirby personally, we buy with our own capital, and we never assign your contract to someone else.
St. Pete's housing stock, and why we buy it as-is
The bungalow neighborhoods — Kenwood, Historic Old Northeast, Crescent Lake, Euclid-St. Paul, Historic Uptown — are full of 1920s craftsman homes that charm buyers and terrify their lenders: original wiring, pier-and-beam settling, plumbing that predates the Depression. Ring the city with the concrete-block ranches of the 1950s and 60s — Meadowlawn, Lakewood Estates, Pinellas Point, Disston Heights — and you have thousands of houses with original terrazzo under the carpet and original galvanized pipe in the walls. South St. Pete neighborhoods like Childs Park and Bartlett Park add vacant homes with code liens to the mix. We buy all of it, in whatever condition decades of Florida weather have left it.
Flood zones, Helene and Milton, and the 50% rule
The 2024 storms rewrote what it means to own a low-lying house in St. Petersburg. Shore Acres — which flooded repeatedly even before Helene put much of the neighborhood underwater — plus Snell Isle, Riviera Bay, and Coquina Key are now full of owners facing a brutal choice: repair yet again, elevate at enormous cost if a substantial-damage determination invokes FEMA's 50% rule, or sell. We buy flooded houses exactly as they stand — mucked out or not, gutted to the studs or untouched since the water receded. If you're done rebuilding, you don't have to explain that decision to us; we've bought from plenty of owners in the same spot.
Neighborhoods we buy in across St. Petersburg
Historic Old Northeast, Kenwood, Crescent Lake, Historic Uptown, Euclid-St. Paul, Snell Isle, Shore Acres, Riviera Bay, Meadowlawn, Disston Heights, Central Oak Park, Childs Park, Bartlett Park, Lakewood Estates, Pinellas Point, Coquina Key, Old Southeast, and greater Pinellas County — including Gulfport, Kenneth City, and Pinellas Park next door.
Probate and inherited houses in Pinellas County
Probate for St. Petersburg estates runs through the Sixth Judicial Circuit, with the probate division at the Clearwater courthouse on Court Street. Formal administration commonly takes six months to a year; smaller estates can qualify for summary administration and move much faster. The key fact for the house: once Letters of Administration issue, the personal representative can generally sign a sale contract — the estate does not need to be fully closed. Many of the heirs we buy from live out of state and inherited a parent's or grandparent's St. Pete home they have no way to maintain from a distance. We handle everything locally — the walkthrough, the title work, the attorney coordination — and our Florida probate timeline guide explains the court sequence step by step.
Situations we handle in St. Petersburg
These four guides cover the situations that bring us most St. Pete sellers.
Inherited a St. Pete house
A parent's ranch in Pinellas Point, a grandparent's bungalow in Kenwood — we buy inherited St. Pete homes with the contents still inside, and deal with the estate's attorney for you.
Sell an inherited home →Property tied up in probate
We buy during Pinellas County probate — under contract as soon as Letters issue, closed as fast as the Sixth Circuit allows.
Probate property buyers →Foreclosure clock running
A cash closing in days, not months, can beat the auction date and protect what equity you have left.
Stop a foreclosure sale →Worn-out rental
We buy St. Pete rentals with tenants in place — mid-lease, month-to-month, or not paying at all. No eviction required, no turnover costs.
Sell your rental →What a St. Petersburg cash sale looks like
Start with a call to (813) 444-7016 or the offer form — address plus a sentence about the situation is enough. We run Pinellas comps the same day, see the property once if it's accessible, and deliver a written cash offer within 24 hours. From there we open escrow with a licensed local title company, work around any probate requirements with your attorney, and close on your date — a week out if the title is clean, or timed to the court if it isn't. No commissions, no closing costs, no repair credits carved out at the last minute.
St. Petersburg cash sale FAQs
Do you buy houses in Shore Acres and other flood-prone parts of St. Pete?
Yes — flood-zone homes are a big part of what we buy in St. Petersburg. Shore Acres, Snell Isle, Coquina Key, Riviera Bay: we purchase as-is, including homes that flooded in recent storms and haven't been repaired, or that were gutted to the studs and never finished.
My parent's house is in probate in Pinellas County. What are my options?
Pinellas probate is handled by the Sixth Judicial Circuit at the Clearwater courthouse. Once the personal representative receives Letters of Administration, the house can usually go under contract — you don't have to wait for the estate to fully close. We buy Pinellas probate properties regularly and coordinate directly with your attorney.
Do you buy the old bungalows that need everything?
That's our specialty. Kenwood, Historic Old Northeast, and Crescent Lake bungalows from the 1920s with original wiring, sagging piers, and hundred-year-old plumbing — we buy them exactly as they sit, no inspection repair list, no cleanout required.
Do you buy condos and multi-family in St. Petersburg?
Yes. Condos, duplexes, triplexes, and small multi-family buildings across St. Pete and the beach communities — including units with special assessments pending or tenants in place.
What does a cash sale cost me?
Nothing. We charge no commission and pay the closing costs. The written offer is the amount you receive at closing, and you choose the date.