How long does it take to get a cash offer on my Far Rockaway house from Tony?
Usually 10-15 minutes from the start of the phone call. Tony pulls public records and comps while you're on the line.
Most "cash offer" sites in Queens County send your info to a network and then five buyers cold-call you for a week. Tony just gives you the number on the phone. One call, one offer, your decision.

The kind of two family property Tony has bought in Far Rockaway.
Queens County has detached single-families and two-families across south Queens (Jamaica, Hollis, St. Albans, Cambria Heights, Laurelton, Rosedale). Many are inherited from grandparents who immigrated in the 1950s-70s.
Queens NYC Class 1 rates apply; effective rates are 0.7-1.4% on actual market value due to assessment caps.
§·· / Schedule
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.
Other Queens County cash buyers will give you an "estimate" and then send someone to "verify" — and the offer drops. Tony quotes the firm number on the phone. If you accept, that's the closing number. If unexpected title issues come up, the title company handles them; the offer doesn't change.
Far Rockaway is detached frame one- and two-families and 1920s bungalows in Edgemere and Arverne, larger houses and an Orthodox Jewish community around Central Avenue and Bayswater, six-story buildings and NYCHA's Redfern and Ocean Bay developments, and the post-2000 Arverne by the Sea townhouses. Nearly all of it is within a FEMA flood zone, and much of it was under water in Sandy in 2012; houses that were raised or rebuilt sit next to ones that were only patched.
Far Rockaway owners call Tony with houses that Sandy never really let go of: a bungalow in Edgemere that was gutted, dried out, and left; a two-family in Arverne with a Build It Back elevation that was started and abandoned; a parent's house in Bayswater whose flood insurance premium now costs more than the taxes. Some are heirs to a frame house in Wavecrest with a tenant paying nothing and a City lien-sale notice on the mailbox. Tony buys them as-is, flood zone and all, with no elevation certificate and no insurance requirement, and gives one number on the phone.
Far Rockaway sellers pay the NYC RPTT (1% up to $500,000, 1.425% above) and the 0.4% NYS transfer tax; Tony nets both. Almost every Far Rockaway property is in a Special Flood Hazard Area, so a mortgage buyer must carry flood insurance and a lender wants an elevation certificate — cash removes both. Sandy-era grants (Build It Back, SBA) sometimes leave a lien or a compliance covenant on title; Tony's title company clears them 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.
Buying since 2018· every county in New Jersey and New York · no commissions or fees · every closing at a licensed NY title company.
Contact
Drop your number and Tony reaches out about your Far Rockaway property within an hour.
Usually 10-15 minutes from the start of the phone call. Tony pulls public records and comps while you're on the line.
It's a firm number. If you accept, that's the closing number. The offer doesn't drop after a "second look" because there is no second look — Tony already considered everything based on your description.
Often, yes. Compare Tony's offer to two or three others. The lowball ones will be obvious. The better national buyers will be in the same range as Tony — but only Tony's offer is from the actual person who'll close it.
Tell him. Tony has room to move within reason if you've got information about the property he didn't have. The first number isn't always the final number — but it's the honest starting place.
Zero. The call is free. The offer is free. No paperwork, no agreements, no obligation. Hang up if you don't like the number.
Cash buyers, Tony included, typically land around 70-85% of what the house would sell for fully renovated, minus the repairs it actually needs. Compare that to your real net from a Far Rockaway listing — after a 5-6% commission, inspection repair credits, and months of carrying costs — and the gap is usually much smaller than it first looks. Tony gives you the exact number on the call so you can do that math yourself.
Yes. Houses that were gutted and left, raised halfway, or patched with mold behind the walls are the kind Tony buys in Far Rockaway. He doesn't need an elevation certificate, flood insurance, or a finished repair. Tell him what was done and what wasn't, including any Build It Back or SBA history, and he'll give you a number.
Yes — ZIPs 11691 and 11692 in full: bungalows in Edgemere, frames and two-families in Arverne and Wavecrest, larger houses near Central Avenue and in Bayswater, condos and townhouses in Arverne by the Sea, and co-ops on Seagirt Boulevard. Flood zone doesn't change whether he'll buy. One call with the address gets you a number.
Yes. Build It Back and SBA disaster loans often left a lien or a covenant on title that must be satisfied or released at closing. Tony's title company gets the payoff or release, it's handled from the proceeds, and his offer accounts for it. It adds paperwork, not a reason he won't buy.
Selling to Tony ends both. Back taxes and any City lien are paid off from the proceeds at closing, and Tony carries the house afterward — with or without insurance, that's his decision, not a condition on you. He can close in about a week once title is clear, which usually beats waiting for the lien sale or the next premium notice.
One Queens County cash offer, no follow-up calls from a network. 1-908-768-4759.
§·· / Schedule
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.
Different situation? Tony also handles these Far Rockaway cases:
← All cash buyer options for Far Rockaway·Queens County·New York