We Buy Houses in Southwest Florida

Hurricane Ian reshaped the Southwest Florida housing market in September 2022, and the recovery is still uneven. Fort Myers Beach, Pine Island, and parts of Cape Coral took direct hits. Many homeowners collected partial insurance payouts but couldn't afford to complete the rebuild, leaving damaged homes sitting vacant for years now. Insurance carriers left the region entirely, and the ones that stayed raised premiums to $8,000-$15,000 per year for older homes without hurricane mitigation upgrades.

Inland, Lehigh Acres has its own set of problems: lots platted in the 1960s without municipal water or sewer, septic systems failing on properties built during the 2004-2006 boom, and HOAs that dissolved years ago. In Collier County, older Naples homes east of US-41 are hitting the age where full roof replacement, AC, and electrical panel upgrades all come due at the same time. I've been buying in all five counties and pricing these repairs myself as a licensed general contractor. Post-Ian damage, flood zone complications, and insurance-gap properties are situations I handle routinely.