Buffalo's Got
Distressed Houses
on Every Block.
We Pay You to Find Them.

A bird dog finds distressed or motivated-seller properties and refers them to an investor for a fee. The name comes from hunting — the dog flushes the bird, the hunter closes the deal. In Buffalo real estate it works the same way: you spot the house, we evaluate it, and if we buy it you get paid. No real estate license required in New York State as long as you're referring leads, not negotiating contracts. Buffalo has more distressed housing per capita than most upstate cities — which means more opportunities for anyone paying attention.

We pay $500 to $1,000 per closed deal depending on the situation. Standard motivated-seller leads pay $500 at closing. High-distress situations — foreclosure, back taxes, probate — pay $750. Vacant homes, fire-damaged properties, and city-cited houses pay $1,000. We've been buying in Buffalo since 2013 and we pay on time, every time. No chasing us down for a check.

No. In New York State you don't need a license to refer a lead and collect a referral fee — as long as you're not negotiating contracts or acting as someone's agent. You're just pointing us to a house and connecting us with the owner. That's it. We handle the offer, the contract, the closing, the paperwork. You text us an address on Fillmore or French Road and we take it from there.

Anything in Buffalo or Western New York where the owner is motivated and the property has a problem. That means vacant or boarded-up houses, properties with OBI violations or tax liens, fire-damaged homes, inherited properties nobody wants to deal with, landlords who are done being landlords, and any house that would never pass a traditional inspection. If it's the kind of house a realtor would refuse to list, that's exactly the kind of house we buy.

Payment is made at closing the same day the deal funds. You refer the lead, we do our diligence, make an offer, and close. Your check gets cut at closing — no waiting, no installments, no runaround. We've been doing this since 2013, hold an A+ rating with the BBB, and we've never left a bird dog hanging.

After signing up, text or call us at (716) 557-7005 with the property address and whatever you know about the situation. Vacant? Behind on taxes? Fire damage? Estate? The more context you give us the faster we can move. We're local — we can drive by the same day if the deal looks right.

We buy in Buffalo and Western New York — but we take leads from anywhere in the country. If you're in Florida, Arizona, or Texas and you know someone who inherited a house in Buffalo, moved away from a rental in Cheektowaga, or just wants out of a property they've been managing long-distance — that's a lead worth $500 to $1,000 to you. Out-of-state owners with Buffalo properties are one of our strongest deal sources. Erie County cities including Cheektowaga, Tonawanda, Lackawanna, West Seneca, Hamburg, and Lancaster, plus Niagara County including Niagara Falls, Lockport, and North Tonawanda. You don't have to live here to earn here.

A bird dog identifies and refers properties — no contracts, no risk, no money down. A wholesaler puts the property under contract themselves and assigns it to a buyer. Bird dogging is simpler, lower-risk, and requires zero paperwork on your end. You find it, we handle everything else. For people who want to learn the Buffalo real estate market without jumping in contract-first, bird dogging is the right starting point.