Free Resources for Central Florida Homeowners
Whether you’re behind on payments, handling an estate or just weighing your options, these free guides and official offices can help, even if you never sell to us.
Free guides

Free guide: the pros and cons of selling a house to a professional house buyer – walks through your 3 options when you need to sell: working with an agent, selling it yourself, or selling to a real estate investor, with the pros, cons, costs and timeline of each and which option makes sense in which situation. Download the free guide
Selling to a cash buyer vs. listing with an agent – our side-by-side comparison of costs, timing and trade-offs.
Foreclosure help
CFPB: Find a housing counselor – search for a HUD-approved housing counselor near you.
HUD: Find a housing counselor – HUD’s own counselor search. Also see our guide to avoiding foreclosure.
Free guide: 5 ways to stop or avoid foreclosure

Need more information on the foreclosure process and how to stop foreclosure? Download our free Stop Foreclosure Guide. Or contact us anytime with questions.
Official Central Florida offices
- Orange County Clerk of Courts: look up foreclosure and probate court cases.
- Orange County Property Appraiser: property records and assessed values.
- Florida Courts: statewide court information and self-help resources.
Our guides
- Selling an inherited house
- Selling a house in probate in Florida
- Behind on property taxes
- Florida tax certificate vs. tax deed
- How long before a tax deed sale in Orange County
- Avoiding foreclosure
County records and tax lookups
- Seminole: Clerk · Property Appraiser · Tax Collector
- Lake: Clerk · Property Appraiser · Tax Collector
- Osceola: Clerk · Property Appraiser · Tax Collector
- Volusia: Clerk · Property Appraiser · Tax Collector
- Brevard: Clerk · Tax Collector
- Contractor license lookup: Florida DBPR
- Code enforcement: City of Orlando · Orange County
- Radon: Florida Department of Health
More of our guides: what your house is worth, the cost to sell, a listing that hasn’t sold, how we calculate a cash offer.