For sailors and civilian workers at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Orders, a transfer, or retirement: whatever is moving you on, we make a fair, no-obligation cash offer, fast, on the house in its current state. Nothing to fix, nobody touring it while you pack, no agent commissions, and we cover the closing costs. Pick the day, and the sale closes then, as long as title is clear.
Remodeling Investment Group is a private company. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense or any branch of the U.S. military. Base names are used only to describe where our sellers live and work.
If you just got orders
For a sailor, it is orders: a new ship, a new command, a report date that will not budge. For a civilian at the yard, it might be a transfer to one of the Navy’s other public shipyards. Or it is retirement after years of shifts, and a house that is more than you need now.
Maybe you bought the place decades ago and never got around to updating it. Maybe you closed on it only a few years back. Either way, it stays in Portsmouth when you go.
So the questions pile up. Rent it out or sell? Will anyone buy an older house without a list of repairs first? Can the sale close after you have moved? What happens to a VA loan?
This page answers them plainly: your real options first, downsides and all. Then why a direct, as-is cash sale to a local, Navy-veteran-owned company can make sense when you are leaving the yard, and when it does not.
Your options
People moving on from the yard take all three paths. Each one trades away something different: money, time, or control over the date.
Option 1
A good fit when rent covers the mortgage, taxes and insurance with room to spare, and you think you may live in Hampton Roads again.
Option 2
A good fit when the house is in good shape, you have a few months, and someone nearby can keep it ready for showings.
Option 3
A good fit when you would rather have the date nailed down than chase every dollar, or the repairs are more than you want to manage after you leave.
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Sell vs. rent
Renting works out for some people. For others it turns a new posting, or a retirement, into a second job as a landlord. Compare them row by row.
| Sell to us As-is cash sale | Keep it Rent it out | |
|---|---|---|
| The money | One lump sum at closing, after your mortgage and any liens are paid off. | What the rent leaves after the mortgage, taxes, insurance, repairs and any manager’s cut, month by month. Some months that comes out negative. |
| Who handles problems | Not you. Repairs and tenants become the new owner’s job at closing. | You do, from your next command, your next yard, or wherever you retire. |
| Repairs before you go | None. Old roof, original kitchen, full garage: we take it the way it is. | Before a tenant moves in, the house must be safe and livable, and you keep it that way. |
| VA loan (if you have one) | Paying it off through the sale is one of the ways VA lists to get your entitlement restored. | You still carry the VA loan. Per VA, part of your entitlement may still be available for the next purchase. |
| The trade-off | Any appreciation after closing is the new owner’s, not yours. | Vacant months, wear and damage, and the chance a military tenant leaves early on orders. |
| Done | Closing day, which you choose, as long as title is clear by then. | Only when you sell, and by then you may be handling it from another state. |
If the rent pays for everything and you expect to come back to Hampton Roads, keeping the house can be the right call. If it does not, or you would rather not carry a landlord’s phone into retirement or a new posting, selling lets you leave with nothing hanging over you.
Orders to closing
Work backward from the date that matters to you: a report date, a start date at a new yard, or the day you retire. We plan from that same date, and you stay in charge of it.
When the move becomes real
The short form asks for the address, your report, start or retirement date, and whether you still live in the house.
While the rest of the move comes together
We look at the house as it stands, at a time you choose, and you get a fair, no-obligation cash offer, fast. Say no and you owe nothing.
When your dates are settled
Before the movers, after they leave, or after your last shift: choose any of those, and we close that day if title is clear.
Closing day, in Portsmouth or from your new address
In town? Sign at the closing table. Moved already? Ask the closing agent whether you can sign remotely or through a power of attorney.
Report date. You report to your next duty station, with the house handled.
VA loan
This part matters only if you bought with a VA loan, whether you are on active duty now or a veteran working at the yard. It is VA’s own guidance, in plain language.
For the real numbers on your remaining entitlement and how a new loan would use it, ask your lender or VA. Remodeling Investment Group buys houses. We do not lend money or advise on loans.
The moving date often comes before the closing date. You might be on a new ship, at a new yard, or settled into retirement somewhere else by the time the papers are ready.
Put two questions to your closing agent at the start. Can the documents be signed remotely or by mail? And will a power of attorney work for this sale, and if so, what wording does the title company want in it?
Service members may be able to get help drafting a power of attorney from a military legal assistance office; civilians can ask their own attorney. Either way, the closing agent knows what the title company will accept.
These come from the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, a law written for people in military service, so they matter most to sailors weighing a sale against holding the house.
Ask a military legal assistance attorney how these rules play out in your case. General information only; it is not legal advice.
U.S. Navy · Portsmouth
From Olde Towne to Churchland, we buy Portsmouth houses in any condition, and houses in Chesapeake, Suffolk and the rest of Hampton Roads as well.
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Meet Angel
Angel Gomero is a U.S. Navy veteran, and Remodeling Investment Group is his company. He knows what a report date does to a family’s plans, so the first conversation is about your dates, not a pitch.
He brings a contractor’s background too. A lot of older Portsmouth houses still have original wiring, plumbing or roofs, and he can tell what that work really involves. Shipyard people know a real repair estimate from a padded one; so does he. The offer is based on the house he is standing in, not a worst-case guess.
He is based in Hampton Roads, so you are dealing with a local owner, not a national franchise or an app. And we tell you upfront, in writing, whether we plan to renovate the house ourselves or assign our purchase contract to another buyer.
Angel is a U.S. Navy veteran. He understands PCS orders and deployments firsthand, and he can plan a sale around your report date.
Angel has worked as a contractor. He can walk through a house and price the repairs honestly, instead of padding them to push your offer down.
Remodeling Investment Group is based here in Hampton Roads. You are not dealing with a national franchise or an app.
No repairs, no cleaning. Sell the house the way it is today and close on the date you pick, once title is clear.
Questions
Sell if managing a rental from your next posting, or from retirement, is not how you want to spend your time; keep renting it only if the rent pays every bill and you expect to return. Holding on means you keep any appreciation, and also every repair and tenant problem. A sale ends both, and if you have a VA loan, VA says paying it off through the sale may let you restore your entitlement.
Yes. Uniform or not, it works the same way: you send the address, we make an as-is cash offer, and you choose the closing date. We buy from homeowners all over Hampton Roads, retirees included.
Yes. If the house is more than you need now, we can buy it as-is, so you do not have to fix it up or clear out every room first. Pick a closing date that gives you time to settle into the next place.
If title is clear in time, yes. When you first reach out, tell us your report date or last day and any pack-out date, then pick a closing date with some cushion before them.
Moving away does not stop the sale; the closing documents just have to get signed. At the start, ask the closing agent whether remote or mail signing is possible and whether a power of attorney would be accepted.
No. We buy as-is, in any condition, with no repairs and no cleaning. Census estimates put half of Portsmouth’s homes at 1967 or older, so original systems and dated kitchens are what we expect to see.
You get a cash offer from us. Depending on the house, we may renovate it ourselves, or our purchase contract may be assigned to another buyer, and we tell you which upfront, in writing.
Stationed somewhere else in Hampton Roads? See the PCS guide for every base.
Free · No obligation · As-is
Send us the address along with your move or start date. A fair, no-obligation cash offer for the house in its current condition follows, and closing day is your choice.
Rather talk it through? Call (757) 386-0307 or send a text.
Remodeling Investment Group is a private company. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Navy, the Department of Defense or any branch of the U.S. military. Base names are used only to describe where our sellers live and work.