Will Tony really buy a totally burned-out Syracuse house?
Yes. Total losses, partial losses, smoke damage only — all of it. Tony's offer reflects the condition; the deal still happens.
Whether the insurance check came in or not, Tony buys fire-damaged New York houses for cash. Burned-out kitchens, smoke damage throughout, structural compromise, condemned by the Onondaga County inspector — none of it kills the deal.
A house fire is one of the worst things a family can go through. Insurance fights, displaced living arrangements, a property nobody wants to walk through, and a clock running on rebuild costs you can't afford. Tony has bought dozens of fire-damaged houses across NJ and NY. You don't have to fix anything. You don't have to fight the insurance company first. Tony buys the property exactly as the fire left it.
Most Onondaga County buyers won't touch a fire-damaged property. Most lenders won't finance one. Tony pays cash and takes it the way the fire left it — burned framing, smoke-damaged walls, water damage from the firefighters, and all.

The kind of two family property Tony has bought in Syracuse.
Onondaga County (Syracuse) housing stretches from older Eastwood and Westcott colonials to suburban Cicero and Clay. Snowbelt-related water and roof damage is common.
Onondaga tax rates average 2.5-3.0%.
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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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If the Onondaga County building department has condemned the property after the fire, Tony still buys. The condemnation transfers with the deed. Tony's team handles the demo permits, the haul-out, the rebuild paperwork — all post-closing.
Syracuse has affordable older homes across every neighborhood. Tony buys ones that need work, ones full of stuff, ones with tenants still in them. The stock is 1890–1930 frame houses — two-story singles and up-and-down two-family flats — plus American Foursquares on the Northside and Southside, 1920s bungalows and colonials in Eastwood, Tudors in Strathmore and Sedgwick, and student rentals around the University in Westcott. The Near Westside and Southside have high vacancy and many parcels held by the Greater Syracuse Land Bank.
Syracuse sellers call Tony with an Eastwood colonial a parent held for fifty years, an estate in Onondaga County Surrogate's Court, and heirs in Florida and Texas who don't want a winter of showings. Others own a Northside or Southside two-family with a tenant who stopped paying, a City codes violation, and back taxes that the City will eventually hand to the Land Bank. Some are landlords near the University tired of turnover, or owners who bought during the Micron excitement and can't finish the renovation. Tony buys the colonial with the belongings, the two-family occupied, and the half-finished flip as it sits — one number on the phone, closing on your date.
Syracuse sellers pay the 0.4% New York State transfer tax; Tony's offer is net of it. Onondaga County closings run on an updated abstract of title, deeds record with the Onondaga County Clerk downtown, and estates go through Onondaga County Surrogate's Court. The City of Syracuse forecloses on delinquent taxes and typically transfers those properties to the Greater Syracuse Land Bank rather than auctioning them, so a cash closing that pays the arrears is often the last chance to keep any equity. City rental registry and codes violations transfer to Tony at closing.
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. Total losses, partial losses, smoke damage only — all of it. Tony's offer reflects the condition; the deal still happens.
No. You can sell pre-settlement, post-settlement, or after a denial. Tony's offer is based on the property's current state, not on what insurance is paying out.
Yes. Insurance pays you for the loss; Tony pays you for the property. Two separate transactions.
Tony buys condemned properties. The condemnation order transfers with the deed. Tony's team handles the rebuild or demolition paperwork after closing.
Tony assumes worst-case on smoke damage in any fire situation. The offer accounts for full remediation. You don't have to worry about hidden damage coming up later.
All of Syracuse — ZIPs 13202 through 13224. Colonials and bungalows in Eastwood, Tudors in Strathmore and Sedgwick, flats and foursquares on the Northside and Southside, student rentals in Westcott, houses in Tipperary Hill and the Valley, and vacant or occupied houses on the Near Westside. One call with the address gets you a number.
Yes, if you call before the City completes foreclosure. Tony's title company orders the city and county tax payoffs, the arrears are paid from the proceeds at closing, and his cash closing in about a week keeps the house from going to the Land Bank with your equity gone. Once title has transferred, it's too late — so call when the notice arrives.
Yes, with the tenant in place and the violation open. Syracuse codes cases, rental-registry issues, and the eviction in Syracuse City Court all transfer to Tony at closing. You don't need to make repairs or finish the eviction. Tell him the units, the rents, and what codes cited, and he gives you one number.
Yes. Open permits, a gutted kitchen, and a contractor's lien are all things Tony has bought through. Liens are paid from the proceeds at closing and open permits become his to close out with the City. He prices the house on what's left to do, not on what you spent, and closes on your schedule.
Fire-damaged house in Syracuse? Don't fix anything. Don't fight insurance. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759.
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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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