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 Flushing property transfers free and clear.
Behind on Property Taxes in Flushing, NY? Tony Buys Your House for Cash
Owe back property taxes in Queens 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 Flushing-area properties with back taxes, and most sellers walk away with cash on top of the payoff.
Queens County tax foreclosures move slower than mortgage foreclosures, but the timeline is real. Once the county certifies your tax delinquency, the property eventually goes to a tax-lien sale or county auction. Tony stops it by paying the taxes at closing.
- 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 cape property Tony has bought in Flushing.
Queens County Market Context
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.
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Behind on Property Taxes in Flushing — 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 Flushing
Here's how Tony resolves Queens County back-tax situations. The title company pulls the tax-payoff statement from the Queens 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 Flushing Tony Buys In
Flushing's housing runs from 1920s–30s detached frame houses and brick colonials in Murray Hill and Auburndale, Tudors in the deed-restricted Broadway–Flushing district, and post-1980s brick two- and three-family infill on subdivided lots, to six-story co-ops on Sanford Avenue and Kissena Boulevard and new condo towers downtown. Chinese and Korean families own much of it, often through multiple generations, and many houses carry an unpermitted extension or a converted garage from years of large households.
- Downtown Flushing
- Murray Hill
- Auburndale
- Broadway–Flushing
- Kissena Park
- Queensboro Hill
Selling a House in Flushing: What Tony Already Knows
Flushing owners who call Tony are often adult children whose parents have moved back to China, Korea, or Taiwan — or passed away there — leaving a house on a Flushing side street with a tenant in the basement, an extension DOB never saw, and paperwork in two languages and two countries. Others own a co-op on Sanford Avenue whose board takes months to approve anyone, or a downtown condo with rising common charges. Tony buys the house as-is with the unpermitted work and the tenants, buys the co-op after board approval, and arranges signings through a consulate abroad — one number on the phone, closing on your date.
- Flushing ZIP codes Tony buys in
- 11354, 11355, 11358
- Streets & landmarks Tony has bought near
- Main Street · Roosevelt Avenue · Northern Boulevard · Kissena Park · Flushing Meadows–Corona Park · Queens Botanical Garden · Bowne Street · Flushing Town Hall · NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
- Getting around Flushing
- 7 train terminus at Flushing–Main St; LIRR Port Washington Branch at Flushing–Main Street, Murray Hill, Broadway, and Auburndale; Q44 SBS, Q20, Q25, Q65, and Q27 buses; Van Wyck and Whitestone Expressways, Northern Boulevard, and the LIE.
What a Flushing closing actually involves
Flushing sellers pay the NYC RPTT (1% up to $500,000, 1.425% above) and the 0.4% NYS transfer tax; Tony's number is net of both, and on sales over $1 million the buyer-side mansion tax is Tony's cost. Overseas heirs sign at a U.S. consulate or before a local notary with an apostille, and Tony's title company handles the translation and recording. Houses in Broadway–Flushing carry old deed covenants on setbacks and use that affect renovation, not sale.
How a Cash Offer on a Flushing 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 Flushing 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 Flushing 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 Flushing 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.
My parents own a Flushing house but live in Taiwan. Can Tony buy it without them flying back?
Yes. Tony's title company prepares the deed and closing documents for signing at the American Institute in Taiwan or a U.S. consulate elsewhere, or before a local notary with an apostille, and wires proceeds to any bank. He's done this for Flushing families in China, Korea, and Taiwan. A power of attorney executed properly abroad can also let a child in Queens sign for them.
Does Tony buy in Murray Hill, Auburndale, and Broadway–Flushing as well as downtown Flushing?
Yes — ZIPs 11354, 11355, and 11358. Frames and colonials on the side streets off Northern Boulevard, Tudors in Broadway–Flushing, brick multi-families near Kissena Park, co-ops on Sanford Avenue, and condos on Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. One call with the address gets you a number.
My Flushing house has an extension and a garage apartment that were built without permits. Will Tony buy it?
Yes. Unpermitted extensions, converted garages, and basement units are extremely common in Flushing, and Tony buys them as they are. If there's an open DOB violation or a certificate-of-occupancy mismatch, it transfers to him at closing. A bank buyer's lender would refuse the file; Tony pays cash and doesn't care.
Will Tony buy my Flushing co-op or condo, or does he only buy houses?
Both. He buys condo units downtown and co-op apartments in the six-story buildings along Sanford Avenue, Kissena Boulevard, and Union Street. Co-ops need board approval, which adds several weeks, and some buildings restrict investor buyers — Tony will tell you on the phone whether your building is one he can buy in.
Stop the Flushing tax-lien sale. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Cash for your house, taxes resolved.
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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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