How much commission do I save by selling my Ulysses house to Tony directly?
5-6% of sale price. On a $300K Ulysses house, that's $15,000-$18,000. On a $500K, $25,000-$30,000. You keep all of it.
Selling a Ulysses house through a Tompkins County agent: list it, stage it, show it, take low offers, negotiate inspections, wait on the buyer's mortgage, pay 6% commission. Selling to Tony: phone call, offer, close. The math is obvious.

The kind of ranch property Tony has bought in Ulysses.
Tompkins County is Ithaca — Cornell University and Ithaca College rentals in Collegetown and Fall Creek, 1880s-1920s homes on the hills, and Cayuga Lake's south end — plus Trumansburg, Dryden, Lansing, and Groton villages and farmhouses. Cornell's payroll makes this the tightest and most expensive market in upstate outside the Capital Region.
Tompkins effective rates run roughly 2.2-2.8% of full value, but Ithaca's high values and heavy school levy mean bills well above the rest of the Southern Tier; a large share of the city is tax-exempt Cornell land.
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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.
Why do agents in Ulysses push for a price reduction after 30 days on the market? Because their job is to close — yours or someone else's. Their commission is the same whether your house sells for $400K or $375K. Tony's offer is direct; there's no agent incentive working against you.
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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Drop your number and Tony reaches out about your Ulysses property within an hour.
5-6% of sale price. On a $300K Ulysses house, that's $15,000-$18,000. On a $500K, $25,000-$30,000. You keep all of it.
Tony is the buyer. There's no buyer to find — you're calling the buyer directly. No MLS, no Zillow listing, no showings.
MLS exposure is how agents find buyers. Tony doesn't need it because Tony already has cash and is already the buyer. The whole reason for MLS evaporates.
Sometimes a tiny bit less, sometimes more. The commission savings often more than offset any difference. And if your Ulysses house needs work, has a complication, or just needs to sell fast — the agent route nets you less in the end.
No listing agreement. No exclusivity. No "right to sell." You call, Tony makes an offer, you decide. If you say no, you owe nothing — there's no contract until you sign one at closing.
Save $20K+ on a typical Tompkins County sale. Call Tony at 1-908-768-4759 — direct buyer, no agent.
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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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