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While you wait

The math explained

IRV, loan to value, commission and acreage, worked the way they come up in class.

How to study

The method I give every class on day one.

Exam day

What to bring, and the two things that get people turned away.

Flashcards

All 1,124 exam terms, with know-it and review-it tracking.

Sell your home

Two honest ways to sell — an as-is cash sale or an open-market listing — and the trade-off of each.

Brokerage

Buy, sell or rent out with a full-service brokerage in Elmhurst, Queens.

Property management

For one- to four-family houses and small buildings in Queens and NYC.

Next steps for an owner

While you wait, gather what any honest conversation about the property will need: the deed or the latest property-tax bill, any lease and the rent each unit actually pays, a mortgage statement if there is one, and, for an inherited house, the letters from Surrogate’s Court if they have been issued.

Compare the three paths

Cash sale, listing, or keep and manage — your numbers, side by side.

Inherited a house?

Who can sign, co-owners, occupied or vacant, what to gather.

Questions to ask anyone

A printable page for any cash buyer, broker or manager — including me.