Selling a parent's house is hard. The belongings, the memories, the siblings who all want different things. There's no rush to sort through their things. You don't have to do that to move forward. Take what's sentimental, leave the rest, walk.
Tony has bought inherited Flatbush houses where the parents passed three months ago, three years ago, and twenty years ago. Kings County estate procedures are routine; Tony has worked with attorneys on dozens of these.
The kind of row house property Tony has bought in Flatbush.
Kings County (Brooklyn) is brownstones, multi-families, and pre-war apartment stock. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Bushwick, East New York all have heavy inherited-property volume.
NYC property taxes use Class 1 (1-3 family) assessment that lags market value significantly. Effective rates vary by class but typically 0.8-1.5%.
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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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Kings County probate timelines vary by county and complexity. Simple estates can move in 4-6 months; contested ones take a year or more. Tony works at any stage: pre-probate (with an executor), in probate (with court approval), or post-probate (clean title). Most Flatbush inherited deals close while the estate is still open.
Flatbush is two housing markets on the same blocks. Victorian Flatbush — Ditmas Park, Prospect Park South, Beverley Square, Fiske Terrace — is free-standing turn-of-the-century frame houses with porches and driveways, many of them landmarked. Along Ocean Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, and Bedford Avenue it's six-story pre-war elevator and walk-up buildings, most rent-stabilized, plus attached brick rows and two-families toward Nostrand. A large Caribbean homeowner community has held many of these houses for forty years or more.
Flatbush sellers who call Tony are often adult children clearing out a parent's Victorian that hasn't had a real repair since the 1980s — knob-and-tube wiring, a slate roof, a basement that floods, and every room full. Others own a two-family where the upstairs tenant stopped paying during the pandemic and Housing Court still hasn't produced a result. Some are dealing with a pre-war co-op apartment the board keeps rejecting buyers for. Tony buys the house full of belongings, the two-family with the non-paying tenant, and the co-op after board approval — one number on the phone, closing on your schedule.
Flatbush sellers pay the NYC RPTT (1% or 1.425% over $500,000) and the 0.4% NYS transfer tax, which Tony deducts before quoting your net. Landmarked houses in the Prospect Park South, Ditmas Park, and Fiske Terrace historic districts sell exactly like any other house; LPC only regulates future exterior work. Pre-1960 houses with a rented unit carry Local Law 1 lead-paint obligations that a bank would raise at inspection — Tony pays cash and inspects nothing.
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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In most cases, yes. The executor or administrator (with court authority) can sign. Tony's title company handles the documentation. Many Flatbush inherited deals close before probate fully concludes.
Tony makes one offer; the title company splits proceeds per the estate documents or your written agreement. Heirs can be in different states, different countries — sign remotely with a notary or e-sign service. Kings County title companies handle this routinely.
Yes. Take what's sentimental — photo albums, jewelry, anything that matters. Leave the rest. Tony's crew clears the property after closing. You don't have to spend weekends sorting through a lifetime of stuff.
Tony's title company pays them at closing out of the proceeds. Same with utility bills, HOA dues, lien notices. You walk away clean.
If the estate is straightforward, often no. If it's contested, complex, or has out-of-state assets, an attorney is wise. Tony works alongside whatever attorney you have or refers you to Flatbush-area probate attorneys when needed.
Yes. The free-standing Victorians of Victorian Flatbush are among his favorite purchases because banks and retail buyers get scared by their size and age — old wiring, original plumbing, slate roofs, and forty years of deferred maintenance. Tony buys them as-is, with the furniture still inside, landmarked or not, and prices honestly for what a full restoration costs.
Yes, with the tenant in place. Tony doesn't require you to finish the Housing Court case or get the apartment empty — he takes over as landlord and the case along with it. Tell him the unit count, who's paying what, and where the case stands, and his number will reflect the situation.
Yes. Six-plus-unit pre-1974 buildings on Ocean, Flatbush, and Bedford Avenues are rent-stabilized, and Tony buys them on the actual rent roll with every tenant staying. He'll want the current registered rents and any open HPD violations, and then he gives one number. No vacancies needed and no buyouts.
Only someone with legal authority can sign — a valid power of attorney or a court-appointed guardian under Article 81. If you have that, Tony buys as-is on your timeline. If you don't, his attorney can point you to what a guardianship petition in Kings County requires, and the offer will be there when you're ready.
Inherited a Flatbush house and stuck on what to do? Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Cash, as-is, with everything still inside.
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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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