Guides
Guides to selling a house in Bay Shore
Background rather than sales copy. What the Bay Shore market is actually doing, how a house gets valued, what an agent's commission buys, and how to check whether the company texting you about your house intends to buy anything.
Local market Housing Market We track the Bay Shore market because we buy here, and a buyer who is wrong about the market pays for it directly. Where we buy Where We Buy We buy across Bay Shore, and we only buy on Long Island. That second part is the one worth explaining, because most of the companies contacting Bay Shore homeowners right now are not local to anywhere in particular. Commuter belt Near the LIRR Walking distance to the Bay Shore station is the single most quoted selling point in Bay Shore, and it is genuinely worth something. Coastal property Flood Zones A flood zone designation is a fact about the land, not a verdict on the house. Plenty of Bay Shore sells every year inside one. Before you reply to anyone Is a Cash Offer Legitimate? Short answer: some are, many are not, and the difference is easy to establish if you know what to ask. Valuation What Is My House Worth? The honest answer is that your house does not have one value. It has three, they can be a long way apart, and which one applies to you depends on the condition of the property and how much time you have. Your options Selling Without a Realtor A 5% commission on the Bay Shore median of $650,000 is $32,500, which is why the question gets asked.
Why we wrote these
Nearly everything online about selling a house fast comes from someone hoping to buy it, and that includes us. What we aim for is that these pages earn their place even if you never pick up the phone, and more than one of them points you somewhere other than us.
Each figure comes with where it is from and when. If we cannot back a number up, we leave it out and say so instead of guessing.