Live in California, Florida, or anywhere else, but own a property in Ocean County? Tony makes a cash offer over the phone and closes the entire New Jersey transaction remotely. You sign with a notary in your home state and never set foot in Lakewood.
Owning a property thousands of miles away wears on you. Property taxes you can't easily pay. Code letters from a town you don't visit. Tenants or family members or strangers sending updates that don't add up. The flight back to fix one thing turns into three flights. Tony has closed dozens of remote sales for owners living out of state. You don't fly back. Tony handles everything from this end.
Distance is the silent killer of inherited and absentee properties in Ocean County. The longer you own a property you can't easily check on, the worse it gets — taxes pile up, maintenance gets deferred, tenants test the limits. Tony stops the bleed with a cash close that doesn't require you to travel.
The kind of shore bungalow property Tony has bought in Lakewood.
Ocean County is shore-heavy: Toms River, Brick, Lakewood, Long Beach Island. Sandy-era rebuilds, 55+ communities (Holiday City, Silver Ridge), and Lakewood multi-family expansion are all common.
Ocean County tax rates are 2.0-2.5%; shore-property assessments often lag actual market values.
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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.
Common situations Tony handles for out-of-state owners with Lakewood properties: an inherited family home thousands of miles from where the heir now lives, a former primary residence after a job relocation, a rental property the owner has been managing remotely for years and is done with, a divorce sale where one spouse already moved out of state, and an investment property the owner has never lived in.
Lakewood has grown faster than almost any town in NJ. Tony buys family homes, multi-generational properties, and rental units across every section. The stock is a mix of 1950s-70s ranches and capes in the older grid around Clifton Avenue and the lake, hundreds of 1990s-2010s duplexes and townhouse rows built for large families, big new single-families on subdivided lots, basement apartments legal and otherwise, and the 55+ communities of Leisure Village and the Route 70 corridor. Many older houses still have oil tanks.
Lakewood owners call Tony from two very different directions. Families in the 55+ communities and the older ranches around the lake who are downsizing, settling a parent's estate, or leaving a house that still has its 1965 kitchen and an oil tank. And landlords and investors who bought duplexes and townhouse units in the growth years and are done with the township's rental inspection cycle, a tenant who is behind, a basement unit the CO doesn't show, or a build that stalled. Tax-sale certificates turn up on both kinds of property. A listing means showings, an inspection, and a lender who wants every unit legal and every violation cleared. Tony gives one number on the phone and closes on the seller's date.
Lakewood requires a Certificate of Occupancy inspection on resale, along with the fire official's smoke, carbon monoxide, and fire extinguisher certificate — Tony's side schedules both and buys with whatever the inspector finds. The seller pays the NJ Realty Transfer Fee (about 1% on most sales, reduced for senior and disabled owners on a principal residence). Tax-sale certificates are redeemed from proceeds at closing, tenant leases transfer to Tony, and 55+ community sales go through the association's resale process, which Tony's attorney handles. Older houses often have oil tanks; 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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Drop your number and Tony reaches out about your Lakewood property within an hour.
Yes. Remote notarization is fully recognized in NJ and NY. You sign with a notary in your home state, the documents are video-witnessed by a remote notary, and the deed records normally.
Wire transfer to your home-state bank account on the closing date. Same day the deed records, the funds hit.
That's most of Tony's out-of-state purchases. Tony's offer is based on public records, recent Lakewood comps, and your description. Whatever condition the property is in, the offer accounts for it.
Yes. POA documents are accepted at closing. Many out-of-state Lakewood sellers have a family member or attorney sign as POA for convenience.
Tony's title company pays them at closing from the proceeds. Same with code violations, water/sewer arrears, or any other municipal liens.
Yes. Tony buys in Lakewood's adult communities, including units with original kitchens, association arrears, or an estate still in probate. His attorney handles the association's resale paperwork and the age-restriction requirements. You name the closing date, and you can stay in the unit until then.
Yes. An unpermitted basement unit is one of the main reasons banks refuse to lend on Lakewood multi-families, and one of the main reasons resale inspections fail. Tony pays cash, buys the property as it sits, and handles the township's inspection and any zoning questions after closing. You don't remove the unit or the tenant.
Yes. Tony buys anywhere in 08701: older ranches and capes around Lake Carasaljo and Clifton Avenue, duplexes and townhouse rows in Westgate and Eastgate, big new single-families off Brook Road and Pine River, and the 55+ communities along Route 70. If it's inside the township, he'll give you a number on the phone.
Yes, with the tenant staying. The lease transfers to Tony at closing and he takes over as landlord, including a tenant who is behind or has no written lease. You don't serve notices or wait for a vacancy. Tell him the rent and the situation and he'll quote one number for the property.
Ocean County property, you're not local? 1-908-768-4759. Tony closes from anywhere.
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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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