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Notes from 25 years of buying houses
Real stories, market insight, and answers to the questions sellers actually ask. Written by Nick York and the EZ Home Buyers team.

Selling a Rental Property With Tenants in Place in New York
If you own a rental in New York and you are ready to be done with it, you do not have to wait for the lease to end. You can sell a rental property with tenants living in…

How Long Does Probate Take in Nassau County? A Realistic Timeline for Selling an Inherited House
If you have inherited a house in Nassau County, the first honest answer you deserve is this: probate here usually takes somewhere…

Cash Buyer vs Realtor: The Money Math, Line by Line
Cash offer looks low, but what's your net after commission, repairs, and carrying costs? We run the actual numbers on a $750k…

What Does ‘As-Is’ Really Mean When You Sell Your House for Cash?
Selling as-is doesn't mean liens vanish or violations disappear. Here's what actually happens with furniture, repairs, and title issues in a cash…

NY metro home values: where prices are heading
Where prices are moving across Queens, Long Island, Westchester, and Northern NJ. What we are seeing on the buy side. What it…

Inherited a house out of state? Read this first.
Probate basics, what executors can and cannot do, and how cash sales fit in. The basics every out-of-state heir should know before…

How to stop a foreclosure auction in 11 days
A pre-foreclosure case from Bergen County and the timeline we worked backwards from. What had to happen, in what order, to make…