We buy houses for cash across Dakota County, from Eagan, Burnsville, and Apple Valley to Lakeville, Inver Grove Heights, and the river towns down toward Hastings. We buy as-is, so no repairs, no agent commissions, no fees, and you pick the closing date.
If you need to sell without the hassle of a traditional listing, we can look at your Dakota County house and give you a fair cash offer, cover the closing costs a seller normally pays, and close on your timeline. For the full detail on how our offers are figured and how to vet any cash buyer, see our Minnesota hub page. Call 715-716-7272 or fill out the form.
A Quick Look at Dakota County
Dakota County is the south metro, and it is Minnesota’s third most populous county. It stretches from the established suburbs just south of the rivers, Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley, and Inver Grove Heights, out to fast-growing Lakeville, Farmington, and Rosemount, and down to the historic river town of Hastings on the Mississippi, which is the county seat. Up in the county’s north sits Mendota, one of the oldest settlements in the whole state. That mix gives the county a real range of housing, from busy suburban neighborhoods to older river-town homes to acreage in the rural south, and we buy across all of it, in any condition.
Behind on Property Taxes in Dakota County?
This is the question we hear most, and Dakota County handles it through its Property Taxation and Records office in Hastings. Here is the plain version.
Your taxes become delinquent the first business day of January after the year they were due, and from there you generally have about three years, the redemption period, to pay the delinquent taxes and keep your home. You can stop the process by paying what is owed, or by entering a confession of judgment, a plan to pay it off over time instead of all at once. Our Minnesota tax-forfeiture guide explains the confession of judgment and the full timeline.
If a property does forfeit, Dakota County reviews and classifies it and may offer it at a public auction held at the Administration Center in Hastings. And here is the recent change that matters: because of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision and Minnesota’s 2024 law, the money left over after the delinquent taxes and expenses are paid, what the county calls surplus funds, can now be claimed by the former owner rather than kept. Our state guide walks through how that claim works, and you should confirm the current process with Dakota County’s Property Taxation and Records office directly.
The best first move is simple: call Dakota County and ask for your exact payoff and your exact deadline. Once you know those two numbers, your options are clear, and if selling makes more sense than fighting through it, a cash sale pays the back taxes off at closing and puts your remaining equity in your pocket.
Facing Foreclosure in Dakota County?
If it is your mortgage you are behind on, that is a separate process from tax forfeiture, and in Minnesota much of your time comes after the sheriff’s sale, during a redemption period when you still own the home and can still sell it. Our Minnesota foreclosure guide walks the whole timeline. If selling ahead of that deadline is the right move, we can often close well inside a redemption period.
Inherited a House in Dakota County?
A probate case here is handled through the district court in Dakota County, but the rules are the same statewide. In most cases an inherited house has to go through probate before it can be sold, unless it was held in joint tenancy or a trust, and Minnesota’s small estate affidavit cannot transfer a house. Our Minnesota probate guide explains when and how you can sell. We buy inherited houses as-is, can wait for the process, and coordinate with your attorney and the estate. We never publish anyone’s name.