I'm Rich Lennon. I bought my first Richmond-area house in 2012. Since then I have bought more than 100 houses and owned over 100 rentals in my career.

I am a Virginia Tech engineer by training, which is probably why I would rather show you a spreadsheet than give you a sales pitch. It is also why this whole website is built around putting the offer math on the table instead of hiding it.

Richmond RING

For the last ten years I have served as President of Richmond RING, the region's largest and oldest real estate investor group. That means a room full of local investors, lenders, contractors and agents every month, and it means my reputation in this town is not a marketing claim. It is a thing several hundred people could confirm or destroy.

That matters more than it sounds. A cash buyer who blows up a deal in Richmond cannot hide from it. I have to walk into that room the following month.

Why deals with me do not fall apart

I also lend money on local real estate deals, 200+ of them, with zero foreclosures. That is not luck. When a deal I funded runs into trouble I work the problem instead of taking the house, and that is the same instinct I bring to buying. The situation in front of somebody is usually solvable if a person is willing to sit with it.

How I actually work

I answer the phone. Not a call center, not an assistant reading a script.
I walk every house myself. I want to understand what you are going through, not just the square footage.
I show the math. Every time, whether you like the number or not.
I tell people not to sell to me. Regularly. If listing nets you more and you can wait, that is the advice you will get.

My goal is a small number of good purchases a month, not volume. That is deliberate. It means I can afford to walk away from a deal that is wrong for you, and it means the person you meet at the walkthrough is the person who owns the decision.

Who buys the house

Purchases typically close through a land trust, which is a normal and common structure in Virginia real estate. Sometimes I sign as trustee and sometimes another trustee does. RVA Property Solutions LLC is the company behind this website and the brand you are dealing with, and we will always tell you plainly who is signing before you sign anything.

When a house is not right for us, it often is right for somebody in our network of Richmond investors, and we will make that introduction rather than string you along.

What people in the business say

Investors, lenders and agents around Richmond have recorded what it is like to deal with Rich, including one who works the Tri-Cities. Those clips are being prepared and will appear here.

More on who has vouched for us, and an honest note about what we are still missing.

Check me out

Search my name. Search RVA Property Solutions. Ask anyone in the Richmond real estate community whether Rich Lennon does what he says he will do. Then decide who you want walking through your house.

A buyer you can actually look up