How much commission do I save by selling my Lorraine house to Tony directly?
5-6% of sale price. On a $300K Lorraine house, that's $15,000-$18,000. On a $500K, $25,000-$30,000. You keep all of it.
Selling a Lorraine house through a Jefferson County agent: list it, stage it, show it, take low offers, negotiate inspections, wait on the buyer's mortgage, pay 6% commission. Selling to Tony: phone call, offer, close. The math is obvious.

The kind of cape property Tony has bought in Lorraine.
Jefferson County is Watertown's 1880s-1920s frame houses and the Fort Drum towns — Carthage, Black River, Evans Mills, Calcium — where 10th Mountain Division deployments and PCS moves set the rental and resale cycle, plus Thousand Islands river homes at Clayton, Alexandria Bay, and Cape Vincent and Lake Ontario shoreline at Sackets Harbor. The Fort Drum towns are heavy on 2000s investor-built rentals.
Jefferson effective rates run roughly 2.2-2.9% of full value; Thousand Islands waterfront carries the highest absolute bills and the Fort Drum towns the lowest.
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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.
Some Jefferson County sellers think they need an agent to "get top dollar." For the right house, in the right neighborhood, in the right market — sometimes that's true. For a Lorraine property that needs work, has a tenant, is in probate, or just needs to sell now — the agent route costs more than it saves.
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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Drop your number and Tony reaches out about your Lorraine property within an hour.
5-6% of sale price. On a $300K Lorraine house, that's $15,000-$18,000. On a $500K, $25,000-$30,000. You keep all of it.
Tony is the buyer. There's no buyer to find — you're calling the buyer directly. No MLS, no Zillow listing, no showings.
MLS exposure is how agents find buyers. Tony doesn't need it because Tony already has cash and is already the buyer. The whole reason for MLS evaporates.
Sometimes a tiny bit less, sometimes more. The commission savings often more than offset any difference. And if your Lorraine house needs work, has a complication, or just needs to sell fast — the agent route nets you less in the end.
No listing agreement. No exclusivity. No "right to sell." You call, Tony makes an offer, you decide. If you say no, you owe nothing — there's no contract until you sign one at closing.
Skip the 6%. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Direct sale on your Lorraine house — no agent in the middle.
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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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