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 Staten Island property transfers free and clear.
Behind on Property Taxes in Staten Island, NY? Tony Buys Your House for Cash
Owe back property taxes in Richmond 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 Staten Island-area properties with back taxes, and most sellers walk away with cash on top of the payoff.
Richmond 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 ranch property Tony has bought in Staten Island.
Richmond County Market Context
Richmond County (Staten Island) is detached and semi-attached single-family suburbia within NYC. Sandy-rebuild properties on the south and east shores are still common.
Staten Island Class 1 assessment is low; effective rates are 0.7-1.2% on actual market value.
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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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How Behind on Property Taxes Works in Staten Island
Here's how Tony resolves Richmond County back-tax situations. The title company pulls the tax-payoff statement from the Richmond 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.
Staten Island Neighborhoods Tony Buys In
Staten Island detached and semi-detached homes from the 70s and 80s are core Tony deals. Sandy-rebuild houses and inherited family properties especially. The North Shore is Victorian frames and older two-families; mid-island is 1960s–80s semi-attached and attached townhouses and hi-ranches; the South Shore is 1980s–2000s colonials and split-levels; and the East Shore — Midland Beach, New Dorp Beach, Oakwood Beach — is bungalows and capes that took the brunt of Sandy, some of them since raised and some acquired under the state buyout program.
- St. George
- Stapleton
- New Dorp
- Tottenville
- Great Kills
- Annadale
- Charleston
- Mariners Harbor
Selling a House in Staten Island: What Tony Already Knows
Staten Island sellers who call Tony are often the children of a couple who moved from Brooklyn in 1975, bought a semi-attached in New Springville or a cape in Midland Beach, and stayed until the end. The house has original everything, a basement apartment that was never legal, and a Sandy repair that was done halfway. Others are landlords tired of a North Shore two-family in Stapleton or Port Richmond with a non-paying tenant, or heirs in New Jersey who don't want to drive over the bridge for open houses. Tony buys as-is — flood zone, violations, belongings, tenants — and gives one number on the phone that closes on your date.
- Staten Island ZIP codes Tony buys in
- 10301, 10304, 10305, 10306, 10308, 10309, 10312, 10314
- Streets & landmarks Tony has bought near
- Hylan Boulevard · Richmond Avenue · Staten Island Mall · Snug Harbor · Staten Island University Hospital · Richmond University Medical Center · Historic Richmond Town · Great Kills Park · South Beach boardwalk
- Getting around Staten Island
- Staten Island Railway from St. George to Tottenville (Stapleton, Grasmere, Dongan Hills, Grant City, New Dorp, Oakwood Heights, Great Kills, Eltingville, Annadale, Huguenot, Prince's Bay, Pleasant Plains); the Staten Island Ferry; SIM express buses to Manhattan; the Staten Island Expressway (I-278), West Shore Expressway (Route 440), Korean War Veterans Parkway, Hylan Boulevard, and the Verrazzano-Narrows, Goethals, Bayonne, and Outerbridge crossings.
What a Staten Island closing actually involves
Staten Island sellers pay the NYC RPTT (1% up to $500,000, 1.425% above) and the 0.4% NYS transfer tax; Tony nets both, and the buyer-side mansion tax on sales over $1 million is his cost. East Shore and South Beach properties sit in FEMA flood zones and some carry post-Sandy elevation covenants or Build It Back liens that the title company clears at closing. Newer South Shore developments have HOAs whose estoppel letters Tony's attorney orders. Richmond County Surrogate's Court on Richmond Terrace issues the letters an estate needs.
How a Cash Offer on a Staten Island 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 Staten Island 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 Staten Island 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 Staten Island 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.
Does Tony buy on the North Shore, mid-island, and South Shore of Staten Island?
Yes, all of it — ZIPs 10301 through 10314. Victorians and two-families in St. George, Stapleton, Port Richmond, and Mariners Harbor; townhouses and hi-ranches in New Springville, Bulls Head, and New Dorp; colonials in Great Kills, Annadale, and Tottenville; and bungalows on the East Shore. One call with the address gets you a number.
My Staten Island house in Midland Beach was flooded in Sandy and only partly repaired. Will Tony buy it?
Yes. Half-finished Sandy repairs, houses raised but never finished, mold behind new drywall, and open Build It Back files are common on the East Shore, and Tony buys them as they are. He doesn't need an elevation certificate or flood insurance because there's no lender. Tell him what was done and he'll give you a number.
Will Tony buy a Staten Island townhouse with an HOA and a tenant in the basement apartment?
Yes. HOA dues and rules transfer with the unit, and Tony's attorney orders the estoppel letter; the basement tenant stays or goes on your terms, and any DOB violation for the conversion transfers to Tony. Neither one changes whether he'll buy — they just get built into the number.
Our parents' Staten Island house is in probate and the heirs live in New Jersey and Florida. How does Tony close?
Once Richmond County Surrogate's Court issues letters to the executor or administrator, Tony signs a contract and closes as soon as title is clear. Heirs sign consents and closing documents with a notary wherever they live, and each share is wired. Nobody has to come over the bridge — Tony buys the house with everything still in it.
Back property taxes piling up on your Staten Island house? Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Tax payoff at closing, cash on top.
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