Banks, servicers, estate attorneys, and homeowners facing difficult situations turn to Montauk Dunes for the expertise and local market knowledge that standard brokerages cannot provide.
Most real estate brokerages are equipped for one kind of transaction: a willing seller, a ready buyer, a clean title, and a standard closing. The moment a deal involves a bank, an estate, a foreclosure proceeding, or a property that needs more than a lockbox and an MLS listing — most brokers hand it off to someone else.
Montauk Dunes Real Estate was built differently. For over 20 years, we have specialized in the transactions that require more: REO asset management for banks and servicers, probate real estate for estate executors and surviving families, foreclosure guidance for homeowners navigating New York's lengthy judicial process, Broker Price Opinions completed with local precision, and fast cash sales for property owners who need to move quickly and cleanly.
Our clients are not just individual buyers and sellers. They are asset managers at financial institutions managing non-performing loan portfolios. They are estate attorneys who need a broker they can trust to value, manage, and sell a decedent's property without drama. They are homeowners who received a lis pendens notice and need honest, knowledgeable guidance — not a sales pitch. We serve all of them with the same personal attention: you reach the broker directly, every time.
Each of the services below represents a distinct expertise with its own process, client type, and legal context. Click any service to learn how we approach it, what we deliver, and who we serve.
Full-service representation for banks, mortgage servicers, and asset management companies disposing of bank-owned properties across Nassau and Suffolk County. From occupancy checks through closing, we manage the entire process.
REO Services →Accurate, locally-informed BPOs completed for lenders, servicers, and asset managers who need precise valuations of Long Island properties. Interior and exterior BPOs available with fast turnaround across all of Nassau and Suffolk County.
BPO Services →We work with estate executors, administrators, and probate attorneys to value, manage, and sell real property through New York State's estate process — with the patience and sensitivity the situation requires.
Probate Services →New York is a judicial foreclosure state with one of the longest timelines in the country. We help homeowners understand their options, and help lenders and servicers navigate the post-judgment disposition process efficiently.
Foreclosure Services →For homeowners who need to sell quickly — facing relocation, financial hardship, an inherited property, or simply a property that needs work — we connect you with verified cash buyers and close fast, on your timeline, as-is.
Cash Sale Services →Certified traveling notary public serving all of Long Island. We come to your location — home, office, hospital, care facility — for document signings at your convenience, including real estate closings, power of attorney, and estate documents.
Notary Services →Our specialty client base is different from a typical residential brokerage. We work with institutions, professionals, and individuals navigating situations that require experience, discretion, and genuine local expertise.
We provide BPO, occupancy verification, listing, property management, and disposition services for lenders managing REO inventory across Long Island.
National and regional AMCs working Long Island REO portfolios rely on locally-knowledgeable brokers who respond fast and know the market accurately.
We work alongside probate counsel to value estate real property, maintain it through the probate period, and close transactions that satisfy estate requirements.
Executors and surviving family members need a broker who understands the probate process, respects the emotional context, and handles logistics professionally.
We provide honest guidance about options — short sales, deed-in-lieu, quick sales — to homeowners in New York's extended foreclosure process.
Investors seeking distressed, REO, or estate properties on Long Island work with us to identify and close on off-market and on-market opportunities.
New York is a judicial foreclosure state — meaning every foreclosure must proceed through the court system, from lis pendens filing through judgment of foreclosure and sale. According to ATTOM Data Solutions' 2026 foreclosure report, New York averaged approximately 2,000 days — roughly five and a half years — to complete a foreclosure. Only Louisiana ranked longer. For banks, servicers, and asset managers, that means a Long Island REO broker needs to understand not just how to sell a property, but how to manage, maintain, and protect it across a multi-year holding period while the legal process runs its course.
The same complexity that makes New York's foreclosure environment challenging for lenders creates real consequences for homeowners. A lis pendens notice does not mean automatic loss of a home. New York law requires a 90-day pre-foreclosure notice period, followed by mandatory settlement conferences in the court system — opportunities that informed homeowners and their advisors can use to explore alternatives including loan modifications, short sales, and deed-in-lieu agreements.
Long Island's probate environment adds its own layer of complexity. New York's Surrogate's Court process governs estate real property, and selling a property through an estate requires both legal authority and practical real estate expertise. An executor who chooses the wrong broker — one unfamiliar with estate timelines, court approvals, and the documentation requirements of a probate sale — can create delays and complications that affect all beneficiaries.
We have been working in this environment for over 20 years. We know Nassau County Surrogate's Court. We know the Suffolk County REO market. We know how to price a bank-owned property that has been vacant for 18 months, how to document a BPO for a servicer's compliance requirements, and how to counsel an estate executor who has never sold real estate in their life. That local, specific knowledge is what we bring to every specialty engagement.
Our process is direct, transparent, and designed for clients who need things done correctly — not just quickly. Here is how a typical specialty engagement begins.
You reach our principal broker directly — by phone or email. No intake forms routed to a team you have never met. We discuss your situation, the property, the timeline, and what you need from us before we agree to anything.
For REO and BPO assignments, we conduct on-site inspections and deliver accurate, defensible valuations based on current comparable sales in the specific Long Island submarket. For probate and estate work, we provide formal opinions of value that meet Surrogate's Court standards.
For REO and vacant estate properties, we coordinate property preservation — securing, winterizing, maintaining, and inspecting the property through the holding period. We work with trusted local vendors and provide regular status reports to institutional clients.
We price and market specialty properties based on their specific condition, legal status, and buyer pool — not on generic market averages. REO properties, estate sales, and distressed assets each attract different buyers and require different marketing approaches.
We manage offers, negotiation, and buyer qualification — with particular attention to the documentation requirements of institutional sellers, estate accounts, and lenders. We coordinate with attorneys, title companies, and courts to close transactions correctly.
Institutional clients receive regular status reports on their Long Island assets. Individual clients receive direct broker communication at every stage. No black holes, no callbacks from assistants, no wondering what is happening with your property.
We have been handling REO, probate, and foreclosure transactions on Long Island since before the 2008 financial crisis created the modern REO industry. We have seen every market condition and transaction complexity this market offers.
Institutional clients do not get handed to a coordinator. Individual clients do not get lost in a team. Every specialty engagement is handled personally by our principal broker — the person with the experience and the market knowledge.
We know the specific submarkets that matter for specialty transactions — which Nassau neighborhoods absorb REO inventory quickly, which Suffolk communities have long probate sale timelines, where cash buyers are active and where they are not.
Montauk Dunes is a certified WBE — an independent Long Island brokerage with genuine accountability, not a franchise operation or national chain servicing our market from a distance.
Licensed New York State broker. Member of the Long Island Board of Realtors with complete OneKey MLS access — essential for accurate BPOs, market analysis, and full marketing reach for specialty listings.
As a certified traveling notary, we can handle document execution as part of estate, REO, and other specialty transactions — removing one more coordination step from an already complex process.
Whether you represent a bank, an estate, or are a homeowner navigating a difficult situation — reach out directly. We respond personally within one business day.