Will Tony really buy a Minerva house with everything inside?
Yes. Tony has bought houses where the front door wouldn't open and pathways through were under 18 inches wide. Contents stay; Tony's crew clears them after closing.
If you're calling about a parent's house — not your own — that's most of the people who call this number. Same answer either way: leave it. No judgment. No lecture. Take what's sentimental, walk away from the rest.
Tony has bought Essex County houses where the only path through was a 12-inch tunnel. Houses that hadn't seen a clean floor in 15 years. Houses where the doorbell didn't work because the door was blocked. None of it stops the deal in Minerva.

The kind of two family property Tony has bought in Minerva.
Essex County is the Adirondack High Peaks: Lake Placid and Saranac Lake's Olympic-era lodges and camps, Ticonderoga's 1890s paper-mill housing, Keeseville, and Champlain lakefront at Port Henry and Westport. Second-home and short-term-rental demand around Lake Placid runs against a very thin year-round market.
Essex effective rates are roughly 1.6-2.3% of full value, lower than most of upstate because the state pays taxes on the vast Forest Preserve acreage; Lake Placid values push absolute bills up.
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Underneath the contents in a Essex County house full of stuff, there's usually a salvageable structure. Tony's offer is based on the bones of the house, the contents are priced as a clean-out cost, and the deal closes. Minerva sellers in this situation are usually adult children of a parent who hoarded for decades — and they're rarely judged or shamed by Tony's process.
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 NY 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 NYmarket 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 bought houses where the front door wouldn't open and pathways through were under 18 inches wide. Contents stay; Tony's crew clears them after closing.
No. Take what's sentimental if you want. Leave everything else. Tony's professional cleanout team handles the rest after the deed transfers.
Common in these properties. Tony has bought houses with serious mold, dead animals, and decades of accumulated pet damage. None of it kills the deal — it's priced into the offer.
Yes. Tony takes on open code cases as part of the property after closing. Many Minerva-area sellers in this situation were getting close to a condemnation order before Tony stepped in.
Once the deed transfers, the property and contents are Tony's. If you need time to sort and remove items first, build that into the closing date. Most Minerva sellers prefer to walk away clean.
Essex County cluttered property, sold as-is, cash. 1-908-768-4759. No judgment, no questions.
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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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