My condo is owned by my LLC. How does the sale work?

The LLC is the seller, so the person its operating agreement authorizes, usually the manager or a managing member, signs for it. The title company will ask for the articles of organization, the operating agreement or a resolution approving the sale, and a current certificate of status from the Florida Division of Corporations, so the company must be active. Have your attorney and tax adviser confirm the signing authority and the tax treatment before you list.

Can I sign everything online?

Often, yes. Florida allows online notarization under chapter 117, part II, and many title companies use it for deeds and closing documents. The title company decides document by document, so ask at the start.

Who lets buyers into the building while I am away?

Your listing agent, once you give the management office written authorization. Ask the office how showings are approved and logged, and whether the building allows a lockbox.

Selling a Florida Condo From Out of State

Reviewed by Tyson E. Sam, Founder and Broker of Record, BreakThru Realty, Florida License 3565210

Published November 9, 2026 · Last reviewed November 9, 2026

The Short Answer

You can sell without coming back: the listing, showings, offers and closing all run while you are away, and Florida allows closing documents to be signed through remote online notarization under chapter 117 of the Florida Statutes, or before a notary where you live. Settle four things before you list: who signs (you, an agent under a power of attorney or the manager of your LLC), who holds the keys and works with the association office, what keeps the empty unit insured and cared for, and how the proceeds reach you. Owners who are not United States persons also need the withholding plan in the foreign owner guide.

Signing Without Flying In

Part II of chapter 117 of the Florida Statutes (sections 117.201 to 117.305) allows online notarization: you sign electronically while a notary registered for online notarizations confirms your identity over audio and video and keeps an electronic journal of the session. The other routes are a notary where you live, with the witnesses a Florida deed needs, or a mobile notary the title company sends. The title company decides which method it accepts for each document, so ask at the start which it will use, how the deed will be witnessed and when the package will arrive. Allow time for overnight delivery of originals if the title company wants them.

Selling Through a Power of Attorney

If you cannot sign at all, a person you choose can sign for you under a power of attorney. Under Fla. Stat. 709.2105, a Florida power of attorney must be signed by you and by two subscribing witnesses and acknowledged before a notary. The title company will read it before closing, may ask your agent under the power to sign an affidavit that it is still in force, and may record it with the deed. A broad form drawn up years ago in another state may or may not be accepted, so send it to the title company early, and have a Florida real estate attorney prepare a new one if needed.

Keys, Access and the Association Office

In a condo the building controls the door. Give the management office written authorization naming your listing agent, so the front desk admits showings and the office will talk to the agent about documents, the estoppel certificate and the buyer's application. Ask whether the building allows a lockbox, how showings are logged, and how many keys, fobs, garage remotes and mailbox keys the buyer will need at closing; replacements can take weeks. Ask for the buyer approval application and its timeline now, and for the elevator reservation rules a buyer's movers will face.

Looking After an Empty Unit

Keep the power and the air conditioning on, set to control humidity, because a closed unit in South Florida can grow mold in a summer. Tell your insurer the unit is vacant and ask what the policy requires; some policies limit coverage after a period without occupants. Follow the association's rules on water shutoff valves and hurricane shutters, and arrange for someone to check the unit regularly and after any storm. Set the association dues, utilities and insurance to pay automatically until closing, and forward the mail.

Showing and Negotiating From a Distance

Professional photographs, a measured floor plan, video and a recorded walkthrough let buyers judge the unit before they fly in, and live video showings let you see what a buyer sees. Offers, counteroffers and disclosures are signed electronically. Agree with your agent how you will be reached, how fast you will answer an offer across time zones and how progress will be reported to you, because in a busy season the buyer who waits a day for an answer may sign elsewhere.

Proceeds, Taxes and Withholding

The closing agent wires the net proceeds to your account after the deed is recorded. Confirm the wire instructions by phone with the title company using a number you already have, never one in an email, because real estate wires are a common target for fraud. Florida has no personal income tax, but the state where you live may tax the gain, and the federal exclusion for a main home depends on how long you lived in the unit; a tax adviser confirms both. If you are not a United States person, FIRPTA withholding applies at closing, and the foreign owner guide explains it.

Your Buyer May Already Be Working With BreakThru Realty

An owner selling from a distance benefits most from buyers who are ready before the listing goes live. A buyer may already be looking in your building, and your unit may be the one that buyer is waiting to find. BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. First, the buyers already working with us. A licensed broker checks your property or business against what the buyers working with BreakThru Realty have asked us to find, and tells you what the records show. Then, the rest of the market. If no buyer on file fits, the same broker builds the plan that reaches more of them: the MLS and the sites it feeds, cooperating brokers and direct outreach to the buyers most likely to pay for what you own. Always, your objectives. Your price, your timing, your privacy and what you keep after closing decide the strategy. You see the evidence behind every recommendation before you sign anything. A potential match is a conversation, not an offer, until the buyer sees your property and makes one. No buyer is named and nothing about your property or business is shared until you decide to proceed.

Request Your Condo Selling Strategy

Send the building, the unit, the state you live in and how the condo is owned, in your name, jointly, in a trust or through an LLC. A licensed broker checks your property against the buyers on file and the closed sales nearest it, then calls within one business day to talk it through. No fee, nothing listed and nothing shared until you decide. The call covers the price the recent closings in your building support, how the signing will work for you, what the association office needs and the steps from listing to the wire.

The Florida Law Behind This Guide

Chapter 117, part II of the Florida Statutes (online notarization, sections 117.201 to 117.305) and Fla. Stat. 709.2105 (how a power of attorney is signed), read in the 2026 Florida Statutes. Last reviewed November 9, 2026. This guide is general information, not legal advice. Ask a Florida real estate attorney how the statutes and your building's documents apply to your sale.

Own a Condo Like This One?

Condo buyers search by building, floor, view, floor plan and monthly cost, and the buyers working with BreakThru Realty tell us which buildings they want. If you own a unit in this building or one like it, a broker can compare it with those requirements before you list, and explain how the association's reserves, assessments and rules will shape the buyers you attract.

BreakThru Realty works with hundreds of prequalified buyers searching for properties. Before you list, a broker reviews what you own, the market around it and whether an existing buyer's requirements match. If none does, you see how we would position it to reach other qualified buyers.

Find Out If We Have Your Buyer · Discuss Selling With BreakThru Realty

A potential match is a conversation, not an offer, until the buyer sees your property and makes one. No buyer is named and nothing about your property or business is shared until you decide to proceed.

Talk It Through With a Broker

Every sale is its own set of numbers. Request a free valuation built from the closed sales that match your home, or read the market figures for your county on BreakThru Realty Research.

How do I sell my condo from out of state: Questions

How do I sell my Florida condo from out of state?: You can sell without coming back: the listing, showings, offers and closing all run while you are away, and Florida allows closing documents to be signed through remote online notarization under chapter 117 of the Florida Statutes, or before a notary where you live. Settle four things before you list: who signs (you, an agent under a power of attorney or the manager of your LLC), who holds the keys and works with the association office, what keeps the empty unit insured and cared for, and how the proceeds reach you. Owners who are not United States persons also need the withholding plan in the foreign owner guide.
My condo is owned by my LLC. How does the sale work?: The LLC is the seller, so the person its operating agreement authorizes, usually the manager or a managing member, signs for it. The title company will ask for the articles of organization, the operating agreement or a resolution approving the sale, and a current certificate of status from the Florida Division of Corporations, so the company must be active. Have your attorney and tax adviser confirm the signing authority and the tax treatment before you list.
Can I sign everything online?: Often, yes. Florida allows online notarization under chapter 117, part II, and many title companies use it for deeds and closing documents. The title company decides document by document, so ask at the start.
Who lets buyers into the building while I am away?: Your listing agent, once you give the management office written authorization. Ask the office how showings are approved and logged, and whether the building allows a lockbox.