Sell My House Fast in Elizabeth, NJ
Elizabeth is a city of renters and multi-family buildings. Only 25.6% of its occupied homes are lived in by their owners, and 47.4% of its 48,976 housing units sit in buildings with two to four units. If you own one of those buildings with tenants in it, I'll buy it with them still living there.
I'm Justin Liva. I make cash offers on Elizabeth houses in the condition they're in, and I close when you're ready. And if listing it would get you more, I'll say that too. Condos are on my list as well, which matters in a city where 25.9% of the housing sits in buildings of ten or more units.
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Elizabeth housing, by the numbers
- Median home value
- $449,300
- Median year built
- 1957
- Owner-occupied homes
- 25.6%
- Housing units
- 48,976
Elizabeth figures: Census ACS 5-year, 2020–2024
Elizabeth's median home value is $449,300 and its median year built is 1957. With 74.4% of occupied homes rented at a median gross rent of $1,523, this is mostly a renter's city, and single-family houses make up just 19.4% of the housing.
When Elizabeth owners decide to sell for cash
Done being the landlord
Nearly half of Elizabeth's homes, 47.4%, are in two-to-four-unit buildings. I buy those buildings with the tenants still in place. Before you make a move involving occupied units, get a landlord-tenant attorney's view of what you owe your tenants.
Old buildings, postponed repairs
54.0% of the city's housing went up before 1960, and 26.6% before 1940. I'll buy one of those buildings in any condition, even fire-damaged or unlivable. I price the repairs into the offer so you don't have to fix anything first.
A two-family that came through an estate
A parent's two-family can pass to the kids with tenants still living in it. I've helped many people sell inherited places they never wanted, and the cash gave them a clean break. Leave behind whatever you don't want from the estate, and the cleanout becomes my job once we close.
Inherited a house here?
If you're the executor of an Elizabeth estate, the Union County Surrogate's Court handles probate of wills, and its office is right here in the city on Broad Street.
Parts of Elizabeth
These are Elizabeth's districts and neighborhoods, and a house in any one of them is worth a call to me.
- Midtown
- Uptown
- Bayway
- Elizabethport
- Elmora
- Elmora Hills
- Frog Hollow
- Keighry Head
- North Elizabeth
- Peterstown
- Quality Hill
- The Point
- Westminster
Source: Elizabeth on Wikipedia
Selling in Elizabeth: your questions
Tell me about the building, the tenants and what you need. I'll give you a straight number and an honest read on whether a listing would net you more.
Do you make offers on two-family houses in Elizabeth?
Yes. 47.4% of the city's housing is in two-to-four-unit buildings, and I buy them with or without tenants. Send me the rents, the lease terms and the condition, and I'll work up a number.
What is a typical Elizabeth house worth?
The census median is $449,300, but that's a citywide middle point. A house that needs a full renovation is worth far less as it stands than a renovated one nearby, and that gap is what I look at. Zillow has never been inside your house, so it can't see your kitchen or your roof.
How soon can you close on an Elizabeth property?
On your timeline. You pick the date, and I won't push you toward a sooner one. Your attorney can tell you what has to happen on your side before that day.
My Elizabeth building has tenants with leases. Will you still buy it?
Yes. I buy with tenants still living there, which matters in a city where 74.4% of occupied homes are rented. Bring me the leases and the rent each unit pays, and ask a landlord-tenant attorney what your tenants are owed when the building changes hands.