Charlottesville, VA seller help · Tenant-occupied property
Yes. You can sell a house in the City of Charlottesville with tenants still living there. USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Charlottesville, Virginia, including tenant-occupied houses. A sale does not by itself cancel the lease, so the lease and handoff still matter.
Call 888-274-5006 or use the form below. You can start the conversation before deciding what should happen with the tenancy.
Share the property address and what you know about the lease, occupancy, access, repairs, deposits, and timing. Start with what you know; you do not have to sort out every tenancy question first.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
Share the address, lease, occupancy, access, repairs, and timing.
We buy houses as-is, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
You don't always need to evict to sell to us. We buy houses with tenants in place — we've done it many times, including cash-for-keys when that works better for everyone.
If a tenant move-out plan would work better for everyone, we can discuss cash-for-keys as one possible way to arrange it. You can talk with us about the house and tenancy before deciding on a move-out plan.
Tell us what is making the property hard to sell: a lease date, access limits, repairs, a tenant who may move, or uncertainty about the deposit handoff. We can talk through the house and tenancy together.
Call 888-274-5006 and tell us what is happening.
We talk through the Charlottesville address, who lives there, what the lease says, access, condition and repairs, deposit records, and the timing you have in mind.
We'll give you a written cash offer within 24 hours.
Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.
If you decide to proceed, the written terms and title-company closing give you the sale details to review. The lease, tenant notice, and security-deposit handoff need to reflect the actual tenancy and Virginia rules.
Charlottesville is an independent city, not part of a county government. If a tenant matter reaches court, use the City’s court directory to identify City of Charlottesville courts; the City lists them separately from Albemarle County courts.
The Virginia code links below cover the lease, the notice of a sale, and the security-deposit handoff. They explain the statewide rules that apply to a Charlottesville tenancy.
A sale does not cancel a lease. The buyer steps into the landlord’s place: the buyer can enforce the lease, and the tenant keeps the lease’s protections against the buyer. Ending the tenancy still depends on the lease and Virginia’s notice rules.
The lease continues after a sale. A buyer who takes over the property can enforce the lease, while the tenant keeps its protections. A sale alone does not make the tenant leave or set a move-out date; the lease and the rules for ending that tenancy still matter.
The landlord must tell the tenant about the sale and give the buyer’s name, address, and a phone number. The sale changes who owns the property, but it does not erase the tenant’s lease.
When ownership transfers, the seller must hand the tenants’ security deposits, plus any interest earned, to the buyer. If a property manager holds the money, the owner must ask the manager for it in writing before closing. The manager must tell each tenant that the deposit went to the new owner.
The new owner must return any deposit owed when the tenancy ends, even if the deposit was never passed along. Give the buyer the leases and deposit records so the handoff can account for each tenancy.
Notice and possession depend on the actual lease and the Virginia rules that apply to that tenancy. Do not treat the sale itself as notice to the tenant or as permission to take possession before the tenancy ends.
Virginia Code §55.1-1213 also covers the landlord’s contact information given to the tenant. Virginia Code §55.1-1226 addresses how a deposit is handled when a tenancy ends.
Compare a written offer with a listing plan using the costs and payoff figures that fit your house. The calculator’s inputs are editable planning numbers.
Open the home-sale net proceeds calculator →Yes. You can discuss a sale with the tenants still in the house. A sale does not by itself cancel the lease; the buyer steps into the landlord’s place, and the lease and its protections continue.
No. We buy houses with tenants in place, so you can call before making a move-out decision. If you do need to end a tenancy, the actual lease and Virginia notice rules matter; a sale alone does not set a move-out date.
At the ownership transfer, the seller must hand the tenants’ security deposits and any interest earned over to the buyer. If a property manager holds the deposits, ask for them in writing before closing. The new owner remains responsible for any deposit owed when the tenancy ends, even if it was not passed along.
Nothing has to be perfect first. If you have them, bring the lease, who lives there, access or repair concerns, deposit records, and any timing you are considering into the conversation.
Call 888-274-5006 or return to the form above. Tell us what is happening with the Charlottesville house and tenancy.