Cash offers · anywhere in New York State
Skip the listing, the showings and the repairs. Tell us about the property and get a written, no-obligation cash offer, usually within 24 hours of seeing it.
¿Necesita vender? Compramos su casa en efectivo. Llámenos, le atendemos en español.
Detached, attached, an apartment or a 2 to 4 family building, anywhere in New York State: all five boroughs, Long Island, Westchester and upstate.
Single-family, any condition
Attached and semi-attached
Yes, we buy apartments. Co-op sales need board approval.
2 to 4 units, tenants in place are fine
No listing, no open houses, no waiting on a buyer's bank.
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Fill out the short form or call. Jorge or someone from his office calls you within one business day to ask a few questions about the house and your timing.
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We do a short walkthrough at a time that suits you, then send a written offer, usually within 24 hours of the visit, with every number broken out.
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If you accept, your attorney and ours handle the contract. A clean sale typically closes in about 2 to 4 weeks. Title issues, tenants, an estate, a co-op board or a foreclosure cancellation period can add time.
Every offer shows how we got to the number, and what you will pay out of it. No mystery numbers.
Our offer will usually be below what the house might bring on the open market after repairs and months of showings. You trade some of the price for speed, certainty and no repairs. Compare before you decide.
Listing usually brings a higher price. A cash sale trades some of that price for speed, certainty and no repairs. Here is the straight comparison.
If one of these is your situation, the answers to your specific questions are further down this page.
Behind on the mortgage, with a sale date coming.
Read the answers →A family house you don't want to manage or repair.
Read the answers →One clean sale, so both sides can move forward.
Read the answers →No eviction needed first. Back rent, open violations and Housing Court cases are handled in the contract.
Read the answers →Fire, water, roof or structural damage. Any condition.
Read the answers →New job, new city, or a home that no longer fits.
Read the answers →Whatever brought you here, you should still be the one deciding how this ends.
Before you sign anything with any cash buyer, know who is actually on the other side of the table.
Some investors who call and mail homeowners are wholesalers. They sign the house up under contract, then sell that contract to another investor for a fee.
If nobody takes the contract, the price can get renegotiated late, or the deal falls apart after you have lost weeks. So ask every buyer, and ask for the answer in writing: will you assign my contract?
No. We buy directly from the owner, for our own account. We do not assign or sell your contract to anyone.
The buyer named in our contract is Jorge Vasquez or a company he owns or is a member of, and the written offer says which one before you sign anything.
Our contract has no financing contingency, so no lender can back out of it.
Jorge Vasquez is a licensed New York real estate broker and the president of Vasquez & Associates Real Estate Inc. in Elmhurst, Queens. He has taught New Yorkers real estate for more than 20 years, in English and Spanish.
Selling a house is a big decision. You should know the name of the person buying it, be able to look up his license, and get every number in writing.
New York gives homeowners specific protections in a distressed sale. Use them, including with us.
The NY Attorney General's Homeowner Protection Program connects homeowners who are behind on a mortgage with free housing counselors and legal help. It costs nothing, and you do not have to tell us you called.
1-855-466-3456In New York State, housing counselors approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or the New York State Department of Financial Services may provide the same or similar services as a distressed property consultant for free.
New York law bars charging for distressed property consulting before the work is finished, and bars a distressed property consultant from taking a homeowner's deed. We never ask you for money, at any stage. If anyone asks you to pay upfront to stop a foreclosure, treat it as a warning.
Never sign a deed without your own attorney reading it first. No legitimate buyer will ask you to transfer the house now and buy it back later. Report suspected deed theft to the NY Attorney General at deedtheft@ag.ny.gov, or by phone.
1-800-771-7755Jorge Vasquez buys on this site as a principal for his own account, not as your agent. Requesting an offer creates no agency or fiduciary relationship. Hire your own attorney, and do not use one we suggest to you.
If the sale closes before the auction date and the price covers what you owe, your mortgage is paid off at closing from the price, and the foreclosure ends. Tell us your sale date on the first call. If your home is in foreclosure or default, or on a tax or utility lien sale list, New York law gives you 14 business days (almost three weeks) to cancel the contract, so plan for at least that much time. If there is not enough time left, we will tell you. If your auction is less than a month away, call instead of using the form.
No. A letter from your lender usually comes well before any sale date, which often means you have more time to look at your options. Call the free counselor at 1-855-466-3456 first. If you would also like our written offer to compare, ask for it; it costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
Then a sale needs your lender to agree to accept less than the full payoff, often called a short sale. That takes the lender's time and paperwork, and nobody can promise the lender will agree. A free housing counselor can help you weigh it: 1-855-466-3456.
Call the free counselor first, at 1-855-466-3456. A loan modification or another option may let you stay. If you decide to sell after that, we are here, and our offer will still be in writing.
The executor or administrator appointed by the Surrogate's Court signs for the estate once the court has issued letters. We can see the house and give you a written offer before that, so you know where you stand. If several heirs own the house directly, all of them need to agree and sign.
The estate's representative signs the contract once the Surrogate's Court has issued letters. Some letters, especially limited letters of administration, need a further court order before real estate can be sold. Before that, we can agree on the price and terms in writing so you are ready. Closing follows once the representative can sign, so the court's pace usually sets the timeline.
No. Take what matters to your family and leave the rest. We buy as-is, including the furniture and the boxes in the basement.
Yes. Leases, rent stabilization and every tenant protection stay with the building, and the price reflects the tenancy. You do not have to empty the building or finish an eviction first. At closing, the tenants' security deposits are turned over to the buyer, as New York law requires, and the month's rent is split by date. Occupied buildings can take longer than a clean sale, so the written offer states the expected closing date.
Rent owed for the time before closing is yours. The contract says whether you keep the right to collect it or assign it to us as part of the price. If you keep it, you can still sue the tenant for the money after closing, but only the new owner can bring an eviction case. A pending Housing Court case is handled in the contract the same way: it says whether the case continues and who carries it.
Yes. We base it on what we can see: your own unit, the outside, and the building's public records. The written offer lists what we could not inspect and says how those parts are priced, before you sign anything.
No. We can buy with open violations, and they are reflected in the price. Any fines that have become liens are paid off at closing from the price, the same way a mortgage is.
We start from recent sales of similar homes nearby and estimate what the house is worth after repairs. Then we subtract the repairs, our costs to buy, hold and resell, and our margin. The written offer shows each of those lines, so you can check the math.
Yes, one of us does a short walkthrough at a time you choose. Anything you tell us about, and anything we can see at the walkthrough, is already in the price. After that, the price changes only if a serious problem turns up that was not visible at the walkthrough and not mentioned to us, and we explain it in writing. Until you sign the contract, you can walk away at any time, at no cost.
We pay our own attorney, title insurance and our recording fees, and there is no agent commission. You pay the usual seller items out of the price at closing: New York State transfer tax, plus New York City's or any local transfer tax, your own attorney, any co-op flip tax or transfer fee, and the payoff of any mortgage, liens or open charges. We list each one in writing with the offer.
Ask us for proof of funds and we will show it to you before you sign. When the contract is signed, our deposit is held in escrow by your attorney, and the contract has no financing contingency. By law, if your home is in foreclosure or default, we do not close and nothing is paid out before your 14-business-day cancellation period ends.
Yes. A clean sale can close in about 2 to 4 weeks, or later if you need time to move. You choose the date, and it is written into the contract.
Jorge or someone from his office calls you within one business day, in English, Spanish, Russian, Arabic or Turkish, to ask a few questions and set up a short visit. Have your mortgage statement handy, and any foreclosure or court papers. You can stop at any point.
Yes, if everyone on the deed signs. Once a divorce case has been filed, New York's automatic orders generally bar selling marital property without the other spouse's written consent or a court order, so we work with both attorneys and the contract follows your agreement or the court's order. The proceeds are divided the way your agreement or the court says.
No. We buy as-is and price the damage in. If there is an open insurance claim, tell us; the contract says who keeps any insurance money.
Co-op sales need the board's approval, and the board sets its own timeline. Many buildings charge a flip tax or transfer fee, which normally comes out of the seller's proceeds. We tell you up front if we expect a problem with your building.
No. We buy as principals for our own account. We do not tie up your house to shop it around, and we confirm that in writing. Ask every buyer you are talking to the same question, in writing.
None. The offer is free and in writing. You can take it, negotiate it, or walk away. You can also use it as a benchmark.
We work in English, Spanish, Russian and Arabic, and someone in our office speaks Turkish. Under New York law, a contract for a home in foreclosure is in English, or in English and Spanish if Spanish is your primary language. If you prefer another language, we explain it in that language, and you can bring an interpreter or your attorney. Do not sign anything you do not understand.
It takes two minutes and costs nothing. Jorge or his office calls you within one business day, you see our numbers in writing, and you decide.
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