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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.
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 is due. The moment the last borrower passes away or moves into care permanently, the whole…
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…
Selling an Inherited House in New Jersey: Probate, the Inheritance Tax, and Your Timeline
Inheriting a house in New Jersey usually means inheriting three problems at once: a property that needs attention, a legal process you…
Selling a New Jersey House With a Tax Lien: Your Timeline and Your Equity
Property tax debt in New Jersey does not sit quietly on a bill somewhere. Once you fall behind, the municipality sells that…