Sell An Occupied Long Island House For Cash. We Take The Tenants, Squatters, And Active Eviction Off Your Hands.
Direct cash offers for occupied single-family and small multi-unit houses across Hempstead, Freeport, Inwood, Uniondale, and every Nassau village. Paying tenants stay. Non-paying tenants stay. Squatters stay. Active Nassau housing court eviction cases assumed post-closing.
Most cash buyers ask you to deliver vacant possession before closing. Most retail buyers refuse to bid on a house with anyone living inside. We don’t. We buy occupied Long Island houses with whoever happens to be there, and we handle whatever needs handling after the closing. The seller in this situation is the inherited owner who found a squatter in the basement, the landlord with a tenant who stopped paying in 2023, the family running point on a cousin who won’t leave, or the elderly homeowner whose ERAP case has been stuck for four years. Prime Realty Buyers buys occupied direct for cash. You stop being the responsible party at closing.
WE BUY:
- Occupied closings. Tenants, squatters, and unclear occupants stay through closing. No eviction required from you.
- All occupant types: paying, non-paying, holdover, active eviction, squatter, family member who won’t leave.
- Zero commissions. No listing-side fee. No buyer-side credit.
- All-cash offers. No mortgage contingency, no appraisal contingency, no interior access required for offer.
- Close in 14 to 30 days. Post-closing tenant transition handled by our landlord attorney, not yours.
- 24-hour written offer based on exterior walkthrough and what you tell us about the situation inside.
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Trusted by Long Island homeowners with occupied houses in Hempstead, Freeport, Baldwin, Westbury, Mineola, Inwood, Uniondale, Elmont, Hicksville, Valley Stream, and Lynbrook.
Why Long Island Homeowners With Occupied Houses Sell To Us
Most cash buyers want you to clear the property before they show up. Most retail buyers won’t even look at an occupied listing. We do the opposite. We close occupied Long Island houses every month, with whoever is inside, and we absorb the situation after the wire hits. Paying tenants. Squatters. Active evictions. Family members who never paid rent. ERAP cases sitting four years deep. All of it.
Occupied closings with no eviction required from you.
The closing happens with the people inside still inside. Title transfers, your wire arrives, and the occupants stay where they are. We don’t ask you to file an eviction. We don’t ask you to negotiate cash-for-keys. We don’t ask you to threaten anyone or call the police. The walkthrough we do is from the outside in most cases, or one quiet visit if you’re comfortable. Tenants don’t have to be disturbed. Squatters don’t have to be confronted by you.
Paying tenants stay with the house and don’t notice the change.
If your tenant pays on time and you’re just done being a landlord, this is the smoothest version of the deal. We close, the tenant gets a change-of-ownership letter from us, and the next rent check goes to our name instead of yours. The lease transfers. The security deposit transfers. Section 8 paperwork transfers. The tenant typically doesn’t realize anything changed until the management letter arrives in their mailbox.
Uncooperative, non-paying, and holdover tenants taken on post-closing.
Tenants who stopped paying in 2023. Tenants who refuse to communicate. Holdovers whose lease expired and who won’t leave. Tenants in active Nassau housing court eviction dragging eight to eighteen months while ERAP backlogs sit and judges grant adjournment after adjournment. We buy with them in place. You stop being responsible for the rent that isn’t arriving and the landlord attorney retainer billing every month for no measurable progress. We absorb the case at closing.
Squatter situations resolved on our timeline, not yours.
Squatters in an inherited vacant house. Squatters who moved in while you were out of state. Squatters with no lease and no intention of leaving voluntarily. New York law gives occupants real rights after thirty days, and Nassau police won’t remove them for you regardless of how clearly they don’t belong. We buy houses with squatters in place and handle the resolution post-closing through proper legal channels. You don’t sit through six months of court appearances or pay a landlord attorney to file a holdover proceeding.
Other reasons Long Island homeowners sell occupied to us:
- Post-closing tenant transition handled by our landlord attorney, not by you
- Security deposit transfer at closing per New York General Obligations Law
- Active Nassau housing court cases assumed with substitution of attorney of record
- Squatter resolution coordinated post-closing without your involvement or risk
You hand us the address. We handle the people, the paperwork, and the case file.
We Buy Occupied Long Island Houses As-Is
Conditions inside an occupied or squatter-held house range from “well-maintained tenant” to “we haven’t been able to enter in two years.” We buy the full range, and we don’t need interior access to write the offer.
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Houses with paying tenants on signed leases, month-to-month, or expired and rolling
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Houses with Section 8 tenants on HAP contracts, voucher paperwork in good standing
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Houses where the tenant stopped paying and you stopped trying to collect
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Houses where the tenant filed an ERAP application that has been pending for years
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Houses in active Nassau housing court eviction with appearances scheduled monthly
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Houses where the occupant is the relative who never paid rent in the first place
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Houses with squatters who moved in while the owner was out of state or abroad
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Houses with squatters who refuse to identify themselves or open the door
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Houses where the owner hasn’t been inside since the death of the previous occupant
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Vacant-looking houses that turn out to have someone living in the basement or garage
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Houses with hoarder-condition occupants whose situation is hard to address directly
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Houses where the property condition is unknown because the owner can’t safely enter
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Occupied houses with code violations the tenant or squatter caused or worsened
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Single-family, two-family, and three-family formats with occupied units in any combination
We close on the address. We handle who’s inside.
Why Choose Prime Realty Buyers
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Local Long Island buyer with extensive occupied-closing experience
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Direct cash purchase with our own funds. No financing contingency.
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Occupied closings standard: paying tenants, non-paying tenants, holdovers, squatters, unclear occupants, family-member situations
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Active Nassau housing court eviction cases assumed post-closing through our landlord attorney with substitution of attorney of record
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Squatter situations handled through proper legal channels post-closing, not through confrontation or police calls
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Security deposit transfer and tenant change-of-ownership notification handled by us per New York law
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Written offer within 24 hours of address review, often without an interior walkthrough required
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Every Long Island occupied house type: single-family with tenant, two-family with mixed occupancy, three-family with vacant and occupied units
Specific Occupied Situations We Buy In
Inherited house with a tenant the decedent rented to years ago and no current lease paperwork
Family member living in a property who refuses to leave and refuses to pay anything toward it
Tenant in active Nassau housing court eviction proceedings since 2023 with no end in sight
Tenant who filed an ERAP application during the pandemic that is still pending review years later
Squatter who entered a vacant inherited house, a pre-foreclosure house, or a snowbird’s winter-empty home
Squatter who claims rights based on extended occupancy and refuses to leave voluntarily
Tenant on month-to-month with no formal lease but a consistent rent history
Tenant with a Section 8 voucher who pays their share reliably and is in good standing
Multiple occupants of unclear status in a single house, where the relationships and rights are murky
Vacant house that turned out to be occupied when the owner finally visited in person
Nassau Areas We Buy In
We buy occupied houses across Nassau County, including Hempstead, Freeport, Baldwin, Westbury, Mineola, Inwood, Uniondale, Elmont, Hicksville, Valley Stream, and Lynbrook. We also buy in every other Nassau village and incorporated town across the county.
Real Seller Stories
“My uncle passed and left me his house in Mineola. He had been a private man, no real family besides me. The house had been his since 1968. When I went to start clearing it out, there was a man living in the basement. He told me he had been staying there for two years. He had no lease, no paperwork, nothing from my uncle. The Nassau police told me I had to file an eviction. I called Prime Realty Buyers instead. They bought the house with him in place. Closed in three weeks. I never had to confront him.”
Yuriko, Mineola
“My cousin moved into my mother’s house in 2019 to help take care of her. After she passed in 2022, he just stayed. He stopped paying anything toward the property even when he was working. I love my cousin but I needed to settle the estate, and he was not leaving. I couldn’t file an eviction against family. Prime Realty Buyers bought the house with him still inside. They handled the conversation with him after closing through their attorney. It wasn’t pretty but it wasn’t my problem anymore. The estate got its cash and the family situation got resolved without me being the bad guy.”
Demetrius, Hempstead
“I owned a two-family in Inwood for nineteen years. One side I lived in, the other side I rented to a family who had been there for eleven years. They always paid on time, always took care of the apartment. When I decided to retire and move back to the Dominican Republic, I did not want to disrupt them. Prime Realty Buyers bought the building with them still in place. Their rent went to the new owner. Nobody had to move. I closed in twenty-two days and was on a plane the following month.”
Estrella, Inwood
“My father owned a house in Hicksville that he rented to a family for almost a decade. After he died, the tenant’s lease had been month-to-month for years. They were paying about half what the unit could go for at market. They didn’t want to leave and I didn’t want to fight a holdover case that would take a year in Nassau housing court. Prime Realty Buyers offered a fair price knowing the rent situation. They closed in twenty-one days. The tenant stayed, the rent kept coming, and the inheritance got settled without an eviction filing on my name.”
Cyrus, Hicksville
“My tenant filed an ERAP application in 2021 and stopped paying rent. The application has been pending for four years. The Nassau housing court keeps adjourning the eviction case because of the ERAP pending notation in the system. I have not received a rent payment since March of 2021. I am seventy-six years old and I am tired. My landlord attorney told me the case could take another year. Prime Realty Buyers bought the house with the tenant in place and took the eviction case over. I had cash in my account within four weeks. I am done.”
Ophelia, Uniondale
Sound Like Your Situation?
Get a written cash offer within 24 hours. No interior access required for the offer. No tenant disruption. No eviction needed from you.
Our 3-Step Process
Contact us.
Call 516-218-0365 or submit the form. Tell us the address, what you know about the occupant (tenant, squatter, family, unclear), and any active court case. Five minutes.
Walkthrough and offer.
Exterior walkthrough at minimum. Interior if you have safe access and want it. Written cash offer within 24 hours.
Pick your closing date.
Fourteen to thirty days. Title insurance, attorney coordination, and wire transfer proceed normally regardless of who is inside.
Prime Realty Buyers Vs Traditional Listing
| Factor | Prime Realty Buyers | Traditional Listing |
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| Occupied closing | Tenants, squatters, and unclear occupants stay through closing | Buyer demands vacant possession before closing |
| Eviction-not-required | We close with the situation in place, no court filing on your end | Lender requires vacant property for retail buyer mortgage |
| Post-closing tenant handling | Our landlord attorney handles change-of-ownership, lease assumption, eviction if needed | Listing agent has no role in tenant transition |
| Holdover and active-eviction acceptance | Court case assumed post-closing with substitution of attorney of record | Retail buyer won’t close until the case is resolved, 8 to 18 months |
| Squatter situation handling | Bought with squatters in place, resolved post-closing through proper channels | Listing agents won’t market a house with squatters inside |
| ERAP-pending case absorption | We take over the ERAP case and the rent loss going forward | Retail closing impossible until ERAP resolves, can take years |
| Repairs required | Zero | $20K to $100K typical for occupied-house condition |
| Commissions | Zero | 5% to 6% of sale price |
| Closing timeline | 14 to 30 days | 90 to 180+ days, longer with occupied case |
| Inspections | None | Buyer’s inspector requires interior access, tenants often refuse |
| Appraisal contingency | None | Lender requires interior appraisal, occupied access required |
| Financing contingency | None | 95% of retail buyers need a mortgage requiring vacant possession |
| Showings | One quiet walkthrough or no interior access needed | Multiple showings disturbing tenants or squatters |
| Buyer credits | Zero | $5K to $30K standard for occupied-condition uncertainty |
| Listing prep cost | $0 | Cannot list occupied with tenants or squatters in many cases |
FAQs
Do you buy houses with tenants in place?
Yes. We close occupied houses across Long Island every month. Tenants stay through closing. The lease transfers. Security deposit transfers per New York General Obligations Law. Section 8 paperwork transfers through the housing authority. The tenant gets a change-of-ownership letter from us after the wire hits your account.
What if my tenant hasn’t paid rent in years?
We buy with them in place. You stop being responsible for chasing the rent that isn’t coming in, the property taxes still due, and the landlord attorney retainer billing every month. We take over the situation post-closing including any pending Nassau housing court case. Our landlord attorney gets substituted in as attorney of record after the closing.
Do you buy houses with squatters inside?
Yes. Squatter situations are one of the specific things we handle. We buy the house with squatters in place and resolve the situation post-closing through proper legal channels (Nassau housing court holdover proceeding in most cases). You don’t have to confront anyone. You don’t have to call the police. You don’t have to file paperwork or pay an attorney to begin removal.
What about ERAP-pending cases that have been sitting for years?
Common Nassau situation. ERAP applications filed during the pandemic are still pending in some files four years later, and judges keep adjourning eviction cases because of the pending notation. We buy houses with ERAP-stuck cases. We take over the case post-closing. The rent loss going forward becomes ours, not yours. The lost back rent is part of what we factor into the offer price.
Will my tenant know we’re selling before the closing?
Not unless you tell them. New York requires the new owner (us) to notify tenants of the change of ownership after closing, and we handle that notification letter. Pre-closing, the tenant doesn’t have to know. We walk the property from outside or with the lightest possible interior visit if you want one.
¿Compran casas en Long Island con inquilinos o personas que no quieren mudarse?
Sí. Compramos casas ocupadas en todo Long Island, con inquilinos que pagan, inquilinos que no pagan, casos de desalojo en proceso, y situaciones con personas que se metieron sin permiso. El inquilino u ocupante se queda hasta el cierre. Después del cierre, nuestro abogado se encarga de la situación. Usted recibe el dinero y termina su responsabilidad. Llame al 516-218-0365 y le explicamos el proceso completo en español.
What about a family member living in the house who won’t leave?
This is more common than people realize. A cousin who moved in to help during illness and never left. A sibling who’s been in the basement since 2019. A grandchild who stayed after the funeral. We buy with them in place. The post-closing conversation happens through our attorney, not through you. Removes you from the family dispute entirely.
How do you price a house when you can’t see inside?
We price based on what we can see (exterior, neighborhood comps, public records), what you can tell us (last known interior condition, occupant situation, court case status), and our experience with similar Long Island occupied houses. The offer reflects the uncertainty by being slightly below what we’d offer with full interior access. Most occupied-house owners find the trade worth it.
Do you buy occupied two-family and three-family houses too?
Yes, though we have a dedicated multi-family rental page for landlord-owned investment properties with rent rolls and portfolios. This page focuses on owner-occupied or single-tenant situations where the occupant is the primary friction in selling. Either way, we buy.
What if my tenant has a Section 8 voucher?
Section 8 tenants are good tenants for us. HAP payments arrive on time from the housing authority. Tenants take care of units. Turnover is lower than market-rate. The lease and voucher transfer with the property. The tenant stays, the payments continue to us, no displacement.
How long does the closing take when the house is occupied?
First call to written offer: 24 hours. Contract signing: within a week. Closing: 14 to 30 days. The closing itself doesn’t take longer because the house is occupied. Title insurance, attorney coordination, and wire transfer all proceed normally. The only thing different is the post-closing transition, which is handled on our side.
Are there any fees, commissions, or closing costs I pay?
No. We pay customary closing costs including title insurance, recording fees, and transfer taxes. No realtor commission. No buyer credits. No inspection requests. The contract price is what hits your account at closing minus any liens, mortgage payoffs, or tax warrants on the property.
Get Your Cash Offer Today
The eviction case isn’t your problem to finish. The squatter isn’t your problem to remove. The non-paying tenant isn’t your problem to chase. The family member who won’t leave isn’t your problem to confront. One call, one written cash offer, one closing date, and you stop being responsible for any of it.