The Woodhaven Residents’ Block Association receives numerous complaints of offers landing in homeowners’ mailboxes and some getting an agent walking straight up to their door.
The offers all have the same theme — agents can sell your home for cash, a lot of it. Some of the pamphlets, copies of which were provided to the Chronicle, show comparative sales in the neighborhood.
One such ad, given to the WRBA on Jan. 18, said the realtor had closed 15 deals in five months in Woodhaven and surrounding neighborhoods.
It also reads, “Your house will be next,” seemingly assuming the sale.
Another was simply a white piece of paper with the words “I am interested in buying your house ALL CASH,” with the agent’s name and phone number on it.
Such unsolicited offers were once barred in Queens, as homeowners could list their homes as properties where solicitation was not allowed.
That ended in 2014 and realtors were once again free to solicit whomever they wanted.
Now, such cease-and-desist zones can only be established for certain neighborhoods that show it’s a prevalent issue.
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Once again, city council fails us by protecting us from their campaign donors, err, real estate shills. And the same can be said for the community boards that should be applying pressure on their patrons that put them on the boards, err, the elected officials.
Here comes the real estate shit flies (apologies to newton pentacle).
This was expected since woodhaven is a short 15 minute bike ride from the next MIH project in East NY
In Flushing I get at least 10 of these a week. I use them to start fires in my fireplace.
That's right about Flushing. The worst are Folan on 46th Ave and Utopia and Lucy Lu in Maspeth. Freaking every week their flyers are delivered.
I assure you, the individuals that are running this scheme do NOT look like the model in the article- does not fit in with the 'diversity' element of this once-fine borough.
"Sold by Bart" is one of the worst offenders
I have gotten calls from some Asian wasn't wanting to buy my house for cash. The number she left does not work. I'm hoping ICE caught her and sent her packing back home.
As usual, we describe the problem in exquisite detail with no suggestion on who is to blame and a course of action to finally rid ourselves of this insulting plague of lowlifes.
Wait, so those "no solicitation" signs aren't the law, just a good idea?
It's called "Block Busting".
Our authorities can't even track down the culprits hanging up those illegal "cash for homes" signs. One solution is to put up "This house is not for sale." signs on as many homes as possible.
Somebody ought to put a short leash on that pushy realtor, Judy Markowitz.
Low class pain in the ass who has undermined Broadway Flushing.
Doesn't she have a big house in Connecticut?
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