Or call (757) 960-1491
Auction date set? Notice of default? Just falling behind? The earlier you call, the more options stay open — including the possibility that listing fast could clear what you owe AND leave money in your pocket. We've closed deals 72 hours before auctions. Let's run your numbers tonight.
Every week you wait, options come off the table. We can present a written cash offer within 24 hours and close in as little as 7 days — fast enough to stop most auctions if we act quickly.
If your home has enough equity and you have 30+ days, listing fast can clear what you owe AND leave you with a check at closing. Because we're licensed agents too, we'll model both scenarios and tell you which one actually pays off your situation.
Hundreds of Hampton Roads families have been exactly where you are. We've worked with sellers facing notices of default, scheduled auctions, deficiency judgments, and second mortgages. This is solvable.
"We've closed deals 72 hours before a scheduled auction. The earlier you call, the more options you have — and that includes the chance that listing nets you more than cash. We'll tell you straight either way."
A note from Barry
"I've helped thousands of Hampton Roads families buy and sell as their agent — and personally bought hundreds of houses for cash when that was the right move. I started Legacy because the 'we buy houses' world is full of lowballers, and the regular agent world doesn't know what to do when you need to be out in two weeks. We do both. We tell you straight which one nets you more. Then you decide."
If you have 7+ days until the scheduled auction date, we can usually still close in time. Inside of 7 days it gets harder but isn't impossible — we've closed inside 72 hours. The faster you call, the more we can do. Call (757) 960-1491 immediately if your auction is within a week.
We can still help in many cases — through a short sale (where we work with your lender to accept less than what's owed) or in some cases a creative financing structure. We're licensed agents, so we can negotiate with your lender on your behalf, which most pure cash-buyer companies cannot do.
Selling before the foreclosure completes is dramatically better for your credit than letting it go to auction. A completed foreclosure stays on your credit for 7 years. A pre-foreclosure sale — especially a clean cash sale — is treated more like a regular sale by most credit bureaus.
Only what's relevant to running the numbers — how much you owe, whether there's a second mortgage or other liens, and your timeline. We don't pull credit. We don't share information with anyone outside our team. Everything you tell us is confidential.
Recent deals · real numbers
Real Hampton Roads addresses, real purchase prices, real closing timelines. We close what we offer — and we have the capital and the system to do it on your timeline.
Bought for cash
Bought directly from the seller as-is, full renovation handled by our crews. Seller picked the closing date and didn't lift a finger.
Bought for cash
As-is purchase, quick close. Seller named the date, we showed up with cash.
Bought for cash
Coastal property, bought as-is. We buy outside Hampton Roads too — Outer Banks, Northern Neck, Eastern Shore.
A small sample of recent activity. Hundreds bought for cash through Friend in Realty LLC. Thousands of families served as their agent through LPT Realty.
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Ready when you are
Form is fine if it's late or you'd rather type. But if your auction is days away, just call — we'll have someone real on the phone in seconds.
Dual role: Barry Jenkins is a licensed Virginia real estate agent with LPT Realty. Cash offers presented through this site are made by Friend in Realty LLC, a company in which Barry has an ownership interest. When acting as a direct purchaser, Barry is acting as a principal in the transaction — not as your agent — and does not owe you fiduciary duties in that capacity. Sellers always retain the right to list with the agent of their choice, including listing with Legacy Home Team on the open market.
Equal Housing Opportunity. All offers are presented in writing. You are under no obligation to accept any offer. Read our full "How We Work With You" disclosure.