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Selling a Commercial Property on the Treasure Coast or Space Coast: What to Prepare

A commercial listing goes better when the documents a buyer’s lender will ask for are ready before the sign goes up. This guide covers the pre-listing checklist, what Florida law requires in a listing agreement, why a broker’s price opinion is not an appraisal, the advertising rules, deed stamps, FIRPTA withholding, the 1031 clocks and the stages from listing to closing, with the gaps I could not confirm.

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Commercial Property Taxes, Doc Stamps and Insurance in Florida: What a Buyer Pays in 2026

The seller’s tax bill is not the buyer’s number. This post explains Florida’s 10 percent cap on commercial assessments and how it resets after a sale, gives the latest millage figures I found for St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River and Brevard counties with their status, works through doc stamps and intangible tax, covers the end of sales tax on commercial rent, and outlines Citizens and flood rules. Insurance premiums are not estimated.

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