Valentgas Properties buys houses in Brockton, Massachusetts for cash. We buy all over Brockton: the East Side, the West Side, Campello, Montello, the North End, the South End, and downtown. You'll talk directly with Greg, not a call center.
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Brockton sellers usually call us about one of four things: a two- or three-family with tenants, a house that's sitting empty, back taxes or liens, or an older house that needs more work than they want to take on. We buy single-families and multi-families in any of those situations, as they are, and you decide when the sale closes.
Brockton is triple-decker country. We buy two- and three-families with tenants in it, with empty units, or with a stack of city violations. You don't have to evict anyone or fix anything first.
The city is aggressive about tax title and code enforcement. If there are liens or back taxes, we pay them at closing out of the purchase price and you walk away clean.
Probate still open, siblings in three states, a house full of stuff. We buy it as-is, work around the court timeline, and clear out whatever you leave.
Mortgage, taxes, or a lien. We can usually close before an auction date and you leave with cash instead of a foreclosure on your record.
Tenants who won't pay or won't leave. We buy with them in place. You don't go to housing court first.
Divorce, a move, downsizing, or you don't want the hassle of listing. You pick the closing date.
About 27% of Brockton's homes are in two- to four-unit buildings, and more than 4 in 10 occupied homes are rented. Every rental unit has to be registered with the city each year, and before a new tenant moves into a vacated unit, the unit needs a city inspection and a certificate of fitness.
What it means for your sale: The city won't issue a certificate of fitness until the water, sewer and tax bills are paid, so an empty unit can sit unrentable. Selling an occupied building also means leases, tenant schedules for showings, and a buyer's lender looking hard at the rent roll.
If you sell to us: We buy with the tenants and leases in place, empty units and open violations included. You don't have to turn over units or chase certificates first.
Brockton requires the owner of a vacant or abandoned building, including an executor or trustee, to register it with the city within 90 days of it becoming vacant. The annual fee rises the longer it stays empty, from $150 up to $1,500 a year, and if the property isn't maintained the city can do the work and put the cost on it as a lien.
What it means for your sale: An inherited or empty house costs money every month it sits: the registration, insurance, utilities, upkeep and the risk of a break-in or burst pipe.
If you sell to us: We buy empty houses as they are and can close quickly, so the carrying costs stop. When a registered vacant building is sold, the city's Building Department is notified within 7 days; your closing attorney can help with that.
When real estate taxes go unpaid, the city's collector records a tax taking at the Registry of Deeds, and the treasurer can pursue foreclosure through the Land Court. Before any sale, the closing attorney orders a municipal lien certificate from the collector, which the city says takes 10 working days.
What it means for your sale: Unpaid taxes, water and sewer bills and other municipal charges all have to be cleared before the buyer gets clear title.
If you sell to us: Liens and back taxes are paid from the sale at closing. You don't need cash up front to clear them.
About a third of Brockton's homes were built before 1940 and more than 8 in 10 before 1980; the typical home dates to around 1960. The city's own housing plans point to an aging housing stock with lead-based paint.
What it means for your sale: Older wiring, heating, roofs and foundations show up in a buyer's inspection, and homes built before 1978 come with the state's lead paint notice.
If you sell to us: We price the house as it stands. No repairs, no inspection renegotiation.
Sources: City of Brockton Code of Ordinances, Chapter 4 (rental registration and certificate of fitness, vacant and abandoned buildings); Brockton Tax Collector and Treasurer; City of Brockton draft 2026 CDBG Action Plan; Brockton Housing Strategy Plan (Old Colony Planning Council); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020 to 2024 (Brockton city). Checked October 2026.
Guides: selling with tenants · selling an inherited house · behind on payments · selling as-is · choosing a cash buyer.
The city's steps are the same whoever buys the house. The smoke and CO booking is the one that catches sellers out.
How we price it: what the house would sell for fixed up, minus what it really costs to get there, the time, the holding and resale costs, and a fair margin for our risk. Greg walks you through it.
Fill out the form, or call 508-789-2497. Address and a couple of details is enough to start.
A 5 to 10 minute walkthrough, usually within a few days. Don't clean. Don't stage. Don't hide anything.
A real cash offer, no obligation. If it works, pick your closing date. As fast as 7 days, or as far out as you need.
We're not a call center with a Brockton landing page. Our office is on Sandwich Street in Plymouth, we live on the Cape, and we buy in Brockton regularly. We know what houses there actually sell for, and we'll tell you honestly whether a cash sale is your best move. If it isn't, we'll say so and point you to a local agent we trust.
More about Greg and the business, how it works and reviews. Call 508-789-2497 or text Greg.
Yes. We buy occupied multi-families with the tenants and leases in place, including tenants who are behind on rent and units that need a certificate of fitness. You don't have to empty the building first.
Usually, yes. Back taxes and other city liens are paid from the sale at closing. The earlier you call, the more options you have before a tax taking moves toward foreclosure.
As fast as 7 days, or as far out as you need. The city asks for 20 business days' notice for the fire department's smoke and CO inspection, so book it as soon as you have a date.
Check whether it needs to be registered as a vacant building (the city requires it within 90 days of vacancy). Estates go through the Brockton Probate and Family Court on Main Street. We can buy the house as-is, belongings included, once the estate can sell.
Not to us. We buy with open violations and price the work into the offer.
Often, if the house is updated, the units are rented to good tenants and you have time. In that case Greg will tell you to list it. A cash sale makes sense when condition, tenants, back taxes or timing is the problem.
No commissions and no fees from us. Anything you already owe, like a mortgage or back taxes, is paid from the sale at closing.
Questions about selling your house go to Greg, not these offices. Call 508-789-2497 or text Greg.
Brockton's fiscal year 2026 residential tax rate is $11.63 per $1,000, and the city does not offer a residential exemption, according to the Assessors' page.
General information from a home buyer, not legal advice. City rules and fees change; confirm details for your property with the city or a Massachusetts real estate attorney.
Nearby: Stoughton, Avon, Holbrook, Randolph, Abington, Whitman, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Easton. All of Plymouth County. Brockton zip codes: 02301, 02302.