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Notes from 25 years of buying houses
Real stories, market insight, and answers to the questions sellers actually ask. Written by Nick York and the EZ Home Buyers team.
How Long Does Probate Take in New Jersey? The Timeline, and the Tax Waiver Nobody Warns You About
New Jersey probate runs nine to twelve months, but you can sell an inherited house long before that. The real holdup is the automatic inheritance tax lien and the Form L-9 waiver that clears it.
New Jersey Tax Sale Certificates Explained: The Lien, the Deadlines, and How to Sell With One on the House
In New Jersey, a town does not wait for you to pay your property taxes. Once a quarter goes unpaid long enough,…
Inherited a House With a Reverse Mortgage in New York? Your Deadlines and Your Options
A reverse mortgage is easy to live with and hard to inherit. While the borrower is alive and in the house, nothing…
Selling a House During a Divorce in New York: Options, Timing, and a Clean Break
The house is usually the biggest asset in a New York divorce and the hardest one to split, because you cannot cut…
The Long Island Foreclosure Timeline: How Long You Really Have in Nassau and Suffolk
The first foreclosure letter from a New York lender lands like a deadline. It is not one. New York runs one of…
Selling a House With Open Violations in NYC: DOB, ECB, and HPD Explained
Open violations are the reason a lot of Queens and Brooklyn houses never make it to market. The owner knows about the…
Selling a Tenant Occupied House in New Jersey: What the Anti-Eviction Act Really Means for You
Owning a rental in New Jersey stops making sense for a lot of landlords at some point: the numbers thin out, the…