Fair Offer NY Blogs

When You Sell to a Long Island Cash Buyer, Whose Name Goes on the Deed?

By Alan | October 21, 2026

Sold to a Long Island cash buyer? Four different things can happen to your contract before closing. Here is how to tell which one you signed.

After a House Fire in Mount Vernon, NY: Rebuild or Sell As-Is?

By Alan | October 19, 2026

After a fire in Mount Vernon, is it smarter to rebuild with the insurance money or sell as-is? The honest arithmetic, side by side.

Selling a Hoarder House in Yonkers: It’s Not the Clutter That Stops the Sale

By Alan | October 16, 2026

Clutter rarely stops a Yonkers house sale, blocked access does. What a cash buyer must reach, what the city checks, and what to leave in place.

Who Has to Agree Before You Can Sell the Long Island House You Grew Up In?

By Alan | October 14, 2026

Siblings, a parent still in the house, a name on an old deed: who legally has to agree before a long-held Long Island house can be sold.

Do You Have to Empty a Brooklyn House Before You Can Sell It?

By Alan | October 12, 2026

No law says a Brooklyn house must be empty to sell. Here is what is actually required, what is not, and when clearing it out is worth it.

Staten Island Foreclosure: When Is a Cash Sale the Wrong Move?

By Alan | October 9, 2026

Facing foreclosure on Staten Island? Four situations where a cash sale is the wrong move, and the two where it genuinely is the right one.