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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.
The New Jersey Sheriff Sale Timeline: How Long You Really Have
If you have missed mortgage payments in New Jersey and a foreclosure notice has arrived, the single most useful thing you can know is how much time you actually have. New Jersey is a judicial foreclosure state, which…
The New Jersey Exit Tax: What You Actually Pay When You Sell Your House
Sellers hear about the New Jersey exit tax and picture the state charging them a penalty just for leaving. That is not…
Selling a Parent’s House in New York: What an Executor Can and Cannot Do
When a parent passes and their house needs to be dealt with, the legal side and the practical side run on different…
Who Pays Closing Costs When You Sell to a Cash Home Buyer in New York?
“We pay all closing costs” is on every cash buyer’s website, including ours. It is true, but it is also vague enough…
What Cash Home Buyers Actually Pay for a House in Queens
It is the first question almost every Queens seller asks, and most websites dodge it. We will not give you a number…
NY Metro Home Values, August 2026: What We Are Actually Paying
Where prices are moving across Queens, Long Island, Westchester, and Northern NJ. What we are seeing on the buy side. What it…
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…