The renovated twelve-unit apartment building on Vine Street, Scranton, photographed by drone at dusk: three storeys of grey brick with white trim, stacked covered porches, a stone base and newly laid paving.

We buy what others overlook

We acquire underperforming multifamily in Northeast Pennsylvania and Greater Tampa. We don’t flip. We don’t speculate. We acquire, improve, and hold.

Send us your property 570-634-8212

Close in 21 days or less, or we pay you $5,000 over contract price.

That is the Skilled Property Finders promise. We buy with our own capital, so a closing here is not waiting on a bank.

Get my offer

Some restrictions apply. The promise does not apply if the property does not have clean title, for example a problem with the deed or liens against it, or if the closing is held up on the seller’s side for any reason. Questions? Call 570-634-8212.

Does your building fit?

Here is exactly what we buy, so you can tell in about five seconds whether it is worth your time to send it.

Size 20 to 150 units
Type Class B and C workforce housing
Markets Northeast Pennsylvania · Greater Tampa, FL Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
Condition Underperforming, under-managed, deferred maintenance The work does not put us off. It is the reason we are interested.
Ownership Mom-and-pop and long-held family assets

Smaller or larger than that, in one of our two markets? Send it anyway. We look at everything.

This is where deals get done

Not a projection and not a case study. Four buildings we bought, paid to renovate, and still own. Three are finished; one is still being worked on, and it says so.

The bay and porch corner of Vine Street, Scranton, after renovation: grey brick, a rebuilt white balustrade and new porch lighting. Inside the same bay at Vine Street: a finished room with a run of windows on three sides, fresh walls and new grey wood-look flooring.

Vine Street

Complete

Scranton, Pennsylvania · 12 units

The building at the top of this page, close up. Renovated top to bottom, leased up rather than sat on, and still in the portfolio.

Purchase
$280,000
Renovation
$840,000
Appraised
$2,300,000
One of the brick two-storey apartment buildings at 173 E Tioga Street, Tunkhannock, with a covered entrance and wall air conditioners. The run of brick apartment buildings at 173 E Tioga Street seen along the parking court.

173 E Tioga Street

Complete

Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

The largest acquisition on this list, bought in January 2022 and held since.

Purchase
$3,200,000
Renovation
$200,000
340 N Main Street, Old Forge, after renovation: a large dark-grey building with a full-width white porch and a rebuilt stone retaining wall. The rebuilt porch at 340 N Main Street, Old Forge: new white balustrade, repainted boarding and new steps.

340 N Main Street

Complete

Old Forge, Pennsylvania

Three units renovated and the rents brought up with them.

Purchase
$335,000
Renovation
$100,000
Appraised
$830,000
The 18-unit garden-style apartment property on North Hubert Avenue, Tampa, after renovation: white rendered walls, black trim and new covered entryways. Inside a renovated unit on North Hubert Avenue: new wood-look flooring, fresh white walls, a wall-mounted air handler and a new refrigerator still in its protective film.

North Hubert Avenue

In progress

Tampa, Florida · 18 units

Five single-storey buildings, built between 1944 and 1952. Our first Tampa acquisition and the one job still open — interiors are being modernised unit by unit.

Purchase
$1,300,000
Renovation
$700,000
Appraised as-is
$2,160,000
Looking to rent, not sell?

We have units up for lease here as they are finished. This building has its own leasing line, answered by Savannah — our AI leasing assistant.

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Figures describe specific past transactions by Skilled Property Finders and are shown for illustration. Past results do not guarantee future results. Nothing here is an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any security.

What we take on

Most owners assume a building in this condition is unsellable, or that they have to fix it first. Neither is true. No appraisals in this section — these two are here for the work, not the numbers.

Empire Street, Wilkes-Barre, as acquired: a three-storey brick apartment building with worn red porches, mismatched balcony rails and tenants' belongings stacked on the decks. Partway through the rebuild at Empire Street: a tradesman on a ladder skim-coating a bedroom wall, subfloor exposed and the old radiator still in place.

Empire Street

Complete

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Bought under-managed, with tired porches and years of deferred maintenance behind it. We took the interiors back and rebuilt them a unit at a time. The renovation is finished and the building is ours.

Left: the building as we found it. Right: partway through the rebuild.

Re-roofing under way at 176 Bridge Street: two roofers on the ridge of the long white building, skips in the yard below and the decks still stripped. A finished living room at 176 Bridge Street: fresh white walls, new grey wood-look flooring and daylight from two windows. The finished kitchen at 176 Bridge Street: a full run of oak cabinets, a new electric range and dishwasher, and grey wood-look flooring carried through from the next room. A finished reception room at 176 Bridge Street, looking through glazed double doors into the room beyond, with new grey wood-look flooring throughout.

176 Bridge Street

Complete

Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania

Taken back to the frame and rebuilt — roof, floors, kitchens, the lot. It is a long white multifamily building of several units, and it is the kind of job an owner who has cared about a place for thirty years usually wants to hear about before they sell it.

Top left: the roof going back on. The other three are finished rooms.

If yours is complicated, that is usually the point

A low cash offer is the easy part. Most of the buildings we buy need a structure, not just a price — and we have our own capital behind these, so a closing is not waiting on a bank committee.

  • Seller financing

    You carry the note and we pay you over time, rather than taking everything in a single year. Worth asking your accountant what that does for you.

  • Mortgage assumption

    We take over the loan already on the building. Worth real money when your rate is better than today’s.

  • Repair allowance

    We price the work ourselves and you credit it at closing. You never have to find a contractor or manage the job.

  • Option to purchase

    We agree the terms now and close on a date that suits you, not one that suits us.

  • Bridge capital

    Short-term funds of our own when the timing is tight. It is why a closing here does not wait on a bank committee.

What happens to the building after we buy it

If you have held a building a long time, this is usually the part that matters most, and the part nobody asks about.

  • We clear the deferred maintenance you have been carrying, rather than papering over it and reselling.
  • Professional, service-oriented management goes in from day one. We are hands-on operators, not passive owners.
  • Your residents are the reason the numbers work. Long tenancy is the whole economic model, so keeping people is in our own interest.
  • Safe, clean and properly maintained, for the retail and blue-collar households who are badly served everywhere else.

What we stand for

Success, passion, focus. It is on every shirt we wear, and it is how we run every building we own.

Our mission

To better communities by providing quality housing for families to create lifetime memories in.

Our purpose

To Succeed Passionately with committed Focus and create prosperity through real estate.

Our values

  1. Good Stewardship & Integrity

  2. GRIT (Resourceful, whatever it takes mindset)

  3. Driven for Greatness
  4. Leadership
  5. Execution
  6. The 20 Mile March
  7. Innovative Solutions
  8. Humble Confidence
  9. Living Passionately
  10. Delivering a WOW experience and create constant raving fans

Two markets, and we are local in both

Northeast Pennsylvania

Where we started and where we own the most. A durable blue-collar, retail and service employment base, and lighter property taxes and regulation than the metros south of it.

Greater Tampa

Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. We opened here with an 18-unit acquisition on North Hubert Avenue, and we are actively buying.

Questions owners ask

What kind of properties does Skilled Property Finders buy?

Multifamily buildings of 20 to 150 units: Class B and C workforce housing that is underperforming, under-managed or carrying deferred maintenance, often mom-and-pop or long-held family assets. Smaller or larger than that, in one of our two markets? Send it anyway. We look at everything.

Where does Skilled Property Finders buy?

Northeast Pennsylvania and Greater Tampa, Florida, including Tampa, St. Petersburg and Clearwater. We are local in both markets.

How fast can you close?

In 21 days or less, or we pay you $5,000 over the contract price. We buy with our own capital, so a closing is not waiting on a bank. Some restrictions apply: the promise does not apply if the property does not have clean title, or if the closing is held up on the seller’s side.

Do you only make cash offers?

No. Most of the buildings we buy need a structure, not just a price. Options include seller financing, a mortgage assumption, a repair allowance credited at closing, an option to purchase on a date that suits you, and short-term bridge capital of our own when timing is tight.

What happens to the building and the residents after you buy it?

We don’t flip and we don’t speculate. We acquire, improve and hold. We clear the deferred maintenance, put professional management in from day one, and keep residents, because long tenancy is the whole economic model.

How do I send you a property?

The address, the unit count and what you are looking for is enough to start. Send it through the form below, or call 570-634-8212. We reply within one business day, and if it is not for us, we will tell you quickly and say why.

Send us the property

The address, the unit count and what you are looking for is enough to start. If it is not for us we will tell you quickly, and we will say why.

What to include

  • The address. Street, city and state is enough.
  • How many units. Roughly is fine.
  • What you are looking for. A number, a range, or just tell us you want to know what it is worth.
  • Anything we should know — condition, tenants, timing, why you are selling.
Send us the property

A short form with those four questions. It takes about two minutes.

We reply within one business day. Prefer to talk first? Call 570-634-8212 or email [email protected].

Send us the property

Address, unit count and what you are looking for. We reply within one business day.

Rather talk? Call 570-634-8212.