"As-is" with most buyers means "until the inspector finds something." With Tony in Staten Island, as-is means as-is — no inspection, no repair credits, no last-minute price drop. Same number on the phone, same number at the Richmond County closing.
The kind of ranch property Tony has bought in Staten Island.
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.
7 days a week, 8 AM to 9 PM Eastern.
Tony has bought Richmond County houses with: cracked foundations, asbestos siding, knob-and-tube wiring, lead paint everywhere, mold in three rooms, raccoons in the attic, basements that flood every spring, additions built without permits. None of these stop the deal in Staten Island.
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.
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 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.
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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Correct. The number Tony quotes you on the phone is the number you walk away with. No inspection, no repair list, no credit deductions, no "after we got a closer look" surprises. As-is means as-is.
Tony buys it. Cracked foundations, settled walls, fire-damaged kitchens, flooded basements, mold throughout — all of it has been bought before. The offer reflects condition; the deal still happens.
Yes. Furniture, clothing, garbage, food in the fridge, the broken washer in the basement, the car in the driveway. Tony hauls it after closing. You don't lift a finger.
Knob-and-tube wiring, galvanized pipes, fuse boxes, ungrounded outlets — Tony has bought Staten Island-area houses with all of these. They're priced into the offer; they don't kill the deal.
Tony's offer reflects what it'll take to make the property re-sellable, plus a return. It's transparent. The cheaper your house is to fix, the better your offer. The worse the condition, the lower the offer — but the deal still happens.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Don't fix a thing. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759. Cash for your Staten Island house exactly as it sits.
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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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