Can Tony buy my Elizabeth house if foreclosure has already started?
Yes. Tony has stopped foreclosure sales 5 days before the auction date. The earlier you call, the more options exist — but Tony has closed deals at the eleventh hour too.
Most New Jersey sellers in foreclosure don't know this: Tony's offer covers your full mortgage payoff at closing — and you often walk away with cash above what you owe. Tony has stopped Union County-area foreclosures days before the sheriff's sale.
If you're embarrassed to be in this situation, you shouldn't be. Tony has worked with hundreds of Elizabeth-area homeowners facing foreclosure. You're not the first person to make this call, and you won't be the last. Tony doesn't judge, doesn't lecture, and doesn't waste your time.
Union County foreclosure timelines move slow until they suddenly move fast. By the time the sheriff's sale is scheduled, you have weeks, not months. Tony's title company can pay off your lender at closing and have cash in your hand before the auction date. Many Elizabeth sellers walk away with thousands above the payoff.

The kind of two family property Tony has bought in Elizabeth.
Union County is dense urban-suburban: Elizabeth, Plainfield, Union, Linden. Two-family and three-family housing stock is common.
Union County tax rates are 2.5-3.2%; Elizabeth and Plainfield are at the higher end.
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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.
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Here's the math most Elizabeth sellers don't realize. The bank will foreclose your property and resell it; you get whatever's left after their fees, attorney costs, and a deficiency judgment in some Union County cases — usually nothing. Tony pays off the bank directly and gives you the difference between Tony's offer and the payoff. If your house is worth $350K and you owe $280K, that's $70K minus closing costs going to you instead of disappearing into the foreclosure process.
Elizabeth has a mix of row houses, multi-families, and detached homes. Tony buys throughout the city, regardless of whether tenants are still in the building. By section: 1890s-1920s brick and frame row houses and two-families in Elizabethport, Peterstown, and Frog Hollow; three-story frame multi-families with vinyl siding across the south end and Bayway; 1920s brick apartment walk-ups off Elizabeth Avenue and Broad Street; and 1920s-50s colonials, capes, and larger single-families in Elmora, Westminster, and North Elizabeth near the Newark line.
Elizabeth owners call Tony holding buildings that have turned into paperwork. A Peterstown two-family inherited from a grandmother, with a rent-controlled tenant and a code-enforcement file. A Bayway landlord finished with the lead-safe inspection cycle on a pre-1978 building, the rent leveling board, and a Certificate of Continued Occupancy that fails on the electric. An Elizabethport house near the port that flooded in Sandy. A tax-sale certificate sold on a house whose owner moved away and stopped opening mail. Heirs in three states splitting an Elmora colonial full of belongings. A listing means showings around tenants and a lender who wants the CCO items and violations cleared first. Tony gives one number on the phone and closes on the seller's date.
Elizabeth requires a Certificate of Continued Occupancy inspection before a resale, along with 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, rent-control registrations, and deposits transfer to Tony; tax-sale certificates and water liens are paid from proceeds at closing. Elizabethport and the blocks near the Arthur Kill sit in flood zones, which only a lender cares about, and there is no lender.
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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Yes. Tony has stopped foreclosure sales 5 days before the auction date. The earlier you call, the more options exist — but Tony has closed deals at the eleventh hour too.
In most cases, yes — if your Elizabeth house has any equity. Tony's offer pays off your mortgage and back taxes first, then the difference goes to you. On a typical NJ or NY property with 10-30% equity, that's $20,000-$80,000 in your pocket instead of vanishing into the foreclosure process.
Tony works with your lender on a short sale. Lenders often agree because Tony's deal is faster and more certain than waiting for sheriff's sale. You walk away with no continuing debt — much better than the foreclosure outcome.
The title company gets a payoff statement from your lender. At closing, Tony's wire goes to the title company; the title company sends your lender exactly what's owed and gives the rest to you. All same day.
Yes, significantly. A foreclosure stays on your credit for 7 years and triggers higher rates on future credit. Selling — even a short sale — has a much smaller credit impact and lets you start rebuilding immediately.
Yes, with every tenant in place. Elizabeth's rent control follows the building, and Tony steps in as landlord at closing under the same leases and regulated rents. No buyouts, no notices, no waiting for an empty unit. Tell him the unit count and what each actually pays and he'll quote one number for the building.
Yes. Tony buys across every Elizabeth ZIP code — 07201, 07202, 07206, and 07208 — from Elizabethport row houses to Bayway and Frog Hollow multi-families, Peterstown two-families, Elmora and Westminster colonials, and North Elizabeth houses by the Newark line. If it's inside the city, he'll give you a number on the phone.
Yes. Elizabeth's Certificate of Continued Occupancy is the reason many bank-financed sales stall — the lender wants the corrections done before closing. Tony pays cash, buys the house as-is, and handles the CCO work after the sale. His number already reflects that, so nothing comes out of your pocket.
Usually yes, as long as a final judgment hasn't been entered. Tony's title company gets the redemption figure from the certificate holder's attorney, pays it from your proceeds at closing, and the foreclosure is dismissed. Call the day you get the notice — once judgment is entered the house is gone.
Every day matters now. Call 1-908-768-4759. Tony stops Union County foreclosures and pays you the difference.
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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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