The two-family home on East New York’s Bradford Street has changed hands four times in the past three years, tripling in value along the way.
Joyce Davis bought the place for $133,000 back in 1998, property records show. Two decades later, in October 2018, Davis’ estate sold the home for $195,000 in cash to a limited liability corporation. Under the terms of the contract, the buyer, Sasson Developer LLC, agreed not to resell the property for more than $234,000 until 90 days had passed.
Just three days after that waiting period ended, Sasson flipped the home to another entity, a firm called Dee Cee Property Mgmt & Consultants LLC, for $435,000, records show.
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