How long can a New Brunswick property sit vacant before Tony won't buy it?
No limit. Tony has bought houses that hadn't been occupied in 20+ years. The longer it's been vacant, the worse the condition usually is — but Tony buys it anyway.
A vacant New Jersey property bleeds money: property taxes, vacant-property insurance premiums, Middlesex County lawn-citation fines, vandalism repairs, copper theft, frozen pipes, and the slow decay that gets worse every month. Tony pays cash and closes in 7 days. Stop the bleed.
Vacant houses don't just cost money — they invite trouble. Squatters, broken windows, frozen pipes that burst in February, fines from the New Brunswick code office, neighbors complaining, copper thieves stripping the basement. The longer it sits, the worse it gets. Tony buys vacant properties no one else will touch — including ones that have been sitting for years.
Most Middlesex County cash buyers want move-in-ready or near-move-in-ready properties. Tony specializes in the opposite: the vacant New Brunswick houses with broken windows, leaky roofs, squatters, code citations, and three years of unpaid taxes. Cash on the table.

The kind of cape property Tony has bought in New Brunswick.
Middlesex County spans Edison, New Brunswick, Woodbridge — large suburban township stock. Multi-generation immigrant family homes are common.
Middlesex County tax rates average 2.3-2.8%, mid-range for NJ.
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Tell Tony where the house is and what shape it's in. Get a cash number on the same call. Pick a closing date.
7 days a week, 8 AM to 9 PM Eastern.
Middlesex County code enforcement against vacant properties is real. New Jersey towns issue citations for tall grass, broken windows, peeling paint, unsecured doors, and accumulated trash. Each citation is a fine. Some towns lien the property after enough citations. Tony absorbs all of it and resolves the citations after closing.
New Brunswick is a 1900s-1930s city wrapped around Rutgers and the hospitals: frame two- and three-families with vinyl siding on narrow lots through the Fifth and Sixth wards and along French Street, brick row houses and small apartment buildings near downtown, 1920s single-family colonials and foursquares in Lincoln Park and Feaster Park, and the student-rental blocks off College Avenue and Easton Avenue. Much of it is tenant-occupied, a lot of it has been divided into more units than the CO shows, and the older streets still carry knob-and-tube and oil tanks. Tony buys multi-families, student rentals, and single-families alike.
New Brunswick owners call Tony with buildings that have become complicated. A French Street three-family inherited from a parent, with tenants on handshake leases and a code-enforcement file at City Hall. A landlord near College Avenue who is done with the rental inspection cycle, the lead-safe requirement on pre-1978 units, and students who leave in May. A house in the Fifth Ward with an unpermitted basement apartment a bank will not touch. Tax-sale certificates sold on buildings whose owners stopped opening the mail. And owners on blocks the hospital and the university keep buying around. A listing means showings around tenants and a lender who wants every violation cleared first. Tony gives one number on the phone and closes on the seller's date.
New Brunswick rental buildings need the city's housing inspection and every sale needs the fire department's smoke, carbon monoxide, and fire extinguisher certificate — Tony's side schedules both and buys with whatever the inspector writes up. The seller pays the NJ Realty Transfer Fee (about 1% on most sales, less for senior and disabled owners on a primary residence). Leases and security deposits transfer to Tony at closing, and tax-sale certificates and water liens are paid from proceeds. Underground oil tanks turn up on the older streets; Tony buys with the tank in place. No lender, so no appraisal.
Every cash buyer, Tony included, starts from the same three numbers: what the house would sell for fully renovated, what it costs to get it there, and how long that takes. The offer is that finished value minus the repairs, minus the buyer's resale costs and margin. In practice that lands most cash offers somewhere around 70–85% of the renovated value, less repairs. The honest comparison is not against a renovated house's list price — it is against what you would actually net from a NJ listing after commission, repairs, and months of carrying costs.
| Line item | List with an agent | Sell to Tony |
|---|---|---|
| What the house would sell for fully renovated | $400,000 | $400,000 |
| Repairs a retail buyer's lender will demand | − $45,000 | Tony's problem |
| Agent commission (5–6%) | − $20,000 to $24,000 | $0 |
| Inspection credits, seller closing costs, concessions | − $8,000 to $12,000 | $0 |
| Taxes, insurance, mortgage, utilities while you wait (3–6 months) | − $9,000 to $15,000 | $0 |
| Time to cash in hand | 4 to 7 months | 7 to 14 days |
| What you actually walk away with | ≈ $305,000 to $318,000 | Tony's number, in full, on your date |
Whether Tony's number beats that listing net depends on the house. On a move-in-ready home in a hot NJmarket it usually will not, and Tony will tell you to list. On a house that needs work, has tenants, sits in an estate, or carries violations — the houses retail buyers cannot finance — it is often close, and the seven-day timeline is the difference. Call 1-908-768-4759, get the number, and compare it yourself.
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No limit. Tony has bought houses that hadn't been occupied in 20+ years. The longer it's been vacant, the worse the condition usually is — but Tony buys it anyway.
Tony's title company pays them at closing from the proceeds. Same with code violations, water/sewer liens, and any other municipal liens.
Tony has bought squatter-occupied properties. Tony's team handles the legal removal after closing. You walk away with the cash; Tony deals with the eviction.
Common in New Brunswick-area vacant houses. None of it kills the deal. Tony's offer accounts for restoration costs.
In most cases, yes. If the next tax installment is 30+ days out, Tony's 7-14 day close beats it. The next bill becomes Tony's responsibility, not yours.
Yes, with every tenant staying. The leases — written or handshake — transfer to Tony at closing and he takes over as landlord. You don't wait for the students to leave in May or for a family to move out. Tell him the unit count and what each pays and he'll quote one number for the building.
Yes. An extra unit the certificate of occupancy doesn't show is one of the main reasons banks refuse to lend on New Brunswick houses. Tony pays cash, buys the building as it sits, and deals with the zoning and code office after closing. The offer accounts for it — you don't remove the unit or the tenant.
Yes. Tony buys anywhere in 08901: French Street and Fifth Ward multi-families, Sixth Ward two-families, Lincoln Park and Feaster Park single-families, student rentals off College Avenue and Easton Avenue, and row houses near downtown. If it's inside the city, he'll give you a number on the phone.
Yes. The certificate is a lien; you still own the property until a court forecloses. Tony's title company gets the redemption figure from the certificate holder and pays it from your proceeds at closing. If you've been served with a foreclosure complaint, call right away — until judgment is entered there is still time.
Vacant house in New Brunswick bleeding money? Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Stop the carrying costs in 7 days.
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Tell Tony where the house is and what shape it's in. Get a cash number on the same call. Pick a closing date.
7 days a week, 8 AM to 9 PM Eastern.
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