How are back property taxes paid when I sell to Tony?
The title company pays them at closing out of the sale proceeds. You don't bring a check. The county gets paid, the lien is released, and the Freeport property transfers free and clear.
Behind on Property Taxes in Freeport, NY? Tony Buys Your House for Cash
Owe back property taxes in Nassau County? Tony's title company pays them off at closing — out of the cash proceeds. You don't bring a check. The New York tax-foreclosure clock stops the day Tony closes.
Falling behind on property taxes happens to good people during hard years. Medical bills. Job loss. A spouse passing. Then the letters from the county pile up and the next tax bill comes before the last one is paid. You're not stuck. Tony has bought hundreds of Freeport-area properties with back taxes, and most sellers walk away with cash on top of the payoff.
If you're getting tax-delinquency notices on your Freeport, Nassau County house, the safest move is to sell before the lien sale. Tony pays off back taxes, water/sewer arrears, and any municipal liens at closing — out of the proceeds. You don't have to come up with cash to clear them.
- Title company pays back taxes at closing — you bring nothing
- Water, sewer, and municipal liens paid at the same time
- Tax-foreclosure clock stops the day Tony closes
- Most sellers walk away with cash above the payoff
- 7-day close, faster if the tax-lien sale is approaching
- Same process for NJ tax delinquency and NY tax-lien proceedings
The kind of ranch property Tony has bought in Freeport.
Nassau County Market Context
Nassau County is inner Long Island: Hempstead, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay. Levittown ranches, Long Beach co-ops, and Great Neck/Manhasset estates all part of Tony's Nassau pipeline.
Nassau County tax rates are 2.0-2.8%; assessment grievance is common given the elevated rates.
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Behind on Property Taxes in Freeport — Call Tony Now
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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How Behind on Property Taxes Works in Freeport
Here's how Tony resolves Nassau County back-tax situations. The title company pulls the tax-payoff statement from the Nassau County county. At closing, Tony's wire goes to the title company, and the title company sends the back-taxes amount directly to the county/town. Anything above the back taxes (and any mortgage payoff if there is one) goes to you.
Sections of Freeport Tony Buys In
Freeport is 1920s–50s capes, colonials, and Dutch colonials north of Sunrise Highway, larger houses and older two-families near the village center, and canal-front and bay-front ranches and capes south of Merrick Road along the finger canals off Woodcleft, Bayview, and Guy Lombardo Avenues. South Freeport was flooded street by street in Sandy, and houses that were raised on new foundations stand beside ones that were patched and never elevated. Freeport runs its own electric utility and has one of the largest Black and Latino homeowner communities on the South Shore.
- North Freeport
- South Freeport
- Nautical Mile / Woodcleft
- Bayview
- Village center
- Roosevelt border
Selling a House in Freeport: What Tony Already Knows
Freeport sellers call Tony about canal-front houses that Sandy ruined and flood insurance has made unaffordable — a parent's cape south of Merrick Road with an elevation that was never done and premiums now higher than the taxes. Others inherited a colonial north of Sunrise with three heirs, a reverse mortgage, and a Town of Hempstead C-of-O problem on the dormer. Some are landlords with a two-family near the village center in Landlord-Tenant court. Tony buys the flooded cape without an elevation certificate, the colonial with the reverse mortgage, and the two-family occupied — one number on the phone, closing on your date.
- Freeport ZIP codes Tony buys in
- 11520
- Streets & landmarks Tony has bought near
- Nautical Mile (Woodcleft Avenue) · Merrick Road · Sunrise Highway · Freeport Recreation Center · Randall Park · Cow Meadow Park · Guy Lombardo Avenue · Freeport Village Hall · Freeport LIRR station
- Getting around Freeport
- LIRR Babylon Branch at Freeport; NICE buses on Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road; Sunrise Highway (Route 27), Merrick Road, and the Meadowbrook Parkway.
What a Freeport closing actually involves
Freeport sellers pay the 0.4% New York State transfer tax, and Tony's offer is net of it. Everything south of Merrick Road, and much of the village south of Sunrise, is in a FEMA flood zone; a mortgage buyer must carry flood insurance and the lender wants an elevation certificate, neither of which a cash closing needs. Village of Freeport and Town of Hempstead building records both matter for the C of O on extensions and raised houses. Deeds record with the Nassau County Clerk in Mineola.
How a Cash Offer on a Freeport House Is Actually Built
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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Questions From Freeport Sellers
What if I owe water/sewer arrears too?
Same path. Tony's title company pays municipal water/sewer liens at closing alongside the back taxes. All in one transaction.
Can Tony close before the Freeport tax-lien sale?
In most cases, yes. As long as the lien sale isn't in the next 5-7 days, Tony's standard close fits inside the window.
Will I get any cash if the Freeport house has back taxes and a mortgage?
Depends on equity. Tony's offer pays mortgage, then back taxes, then liens. Anything left is yours. On most NJ/NY properties with even 10% equity, sellers walk away with thousands.
What if the county already started tax-lien proceedings?
Tony has bought properties mid-proceeding. Until the lien actually sells at auction, the seller can still sell the house. Move fast.
Will Tony buy my canal-front house in South Freeport that flooded in Sandy?
Yes. Canal-front capes and ranches that were flooded, patched, and never raised are among the most common Freeport houses Tony buys. He doesn't need an elevation certificate, flood insurance, or a finished repair. Tell him whether the house was raised, what was replaced, and any NY Rising or SBA history, and he gives you a number.
Does Tony buy in all of Freeport, north and south of Sunrise Highway?
Yes — all of ZIP 11520, from the colonials north of Sunrise to the two-families near the village center and the waterfront houses along the canals and the Nautical Mile. Flood zone, C-of-O issues, and condition change the number, not whether he'll buy. One call with the address gets you that number.
My flood insurance on my Freeport house is more than I can pay. Is selling to Tony an option?
Yes, and it ends the premium problem outright. Tony buys the house as-is for cash and carries it afterward on his own terms. Back taxes or a village electric bill in arrears get paid from the proceeds at closing. He can close in about a week once title is clear, usually before the next renewal notice.
My late father's Freeport house has a reverse mortgage and a dormer with no C of O. Can Tony buy it?
Yes to both. Tony's title company orders the reverse-mortgage payoff so his cash closing satisfies the servicer before it forecloses, and the unpermitted dormer becomes his to legalize with the Town of Hempstead afterward. Whatever equity remains after the payoff goes to the estate; Tony will tell you honestly what that looks like.
Stop the Freeport tax-lien sale. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Cash for your house, taxes resolved.
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