Integrity.
The number we offer on Day 1 is the number you receive at closing. No re-trade. No surprise inspection deductions. If we say it, we mean it.
About Eby and Co.
The Eby family. Home buyers in Abbeville and Upstate South Carolina.
When you call, you're talking to family. We buy properties directly from owners ready to exit cleanly, without listing, commissions, or surprises at closing.
Family-run. Locally rooted. Every property walked in person.
Why we built this
The Eby family doesn't chase deals and disappear.
Yellow-letter wholesalers want a signature, a small assignment fee, and an exit. The property gets handed off, the seller never hears from them again, and the home is left to whoever buys the paper next.
We built Eby and Co. to work the other way. We buy the property directly. We do the work ourselves, or we put it in the hands of our own team. Then we return the home to the local market in a condition the next family can actually move into.
It is a slower way to run this business. It is also the only way the work feels honest.
The seller exits cleanly. The property gets restored properly. The home gets back to a family who needs it. That loop is the whole point.
Our values: integrity, discipline, stewardship.
Three values that shape how the Eby family handles every property exit.
Discipline.
We do the work in order. Walk the property, build the offer on what we saw, close on the date we agreed, and then restore the home. Every step on the timeline you signed up for.
Stewardship.
The home you sold us was someone's home before. It will be someone's home after. We treat it that way the entire time it's in our hands.
Why we do this
Lee built his reputation in construction. Now he's bringing it to property work.
"I've built my reputation on integrity. I intend to have that follow me into Eby and Co. Properties."
That's the foundation underneath every part of this business. Lee has been in construction long enough to know what a home is worth, what the work will take, and what's hiding behind the walls before he opens them. When he walks your property, the offer is built from what he saw. Not from a spreadsheet. Not from a wholesaler's algorithm in another state.
The integrity part shows up in what he's willing to do. If a realtor is the right move for your situation, Lee will tell you that. He's not going to pretend to be the answer when he isn't. The conversation comes first. The deal only matters if it's the right one for you.
The plan, from day one, has been to keep this in the family. The property side goes to one son. The construction side goes to another. Christy is in the business beside Lee. Cody has been on the trades since he could hold a tool. The next generation is already working their way onto job sites.
That's why the business is called Eby and Co., not Eby Sons. The name was built so the same standard continues whether Lee is the one walking your property today or one of his sons is doing it five years from now. The way we work doesn't change when any one of us steps back.
Meet the Eby family.
A small team, deliberately. The people on this page are the people you will be talking to.
Lee Eby
Owner · Real estate investor · Builder
Lee has been in this business long enough to read a home in the first ten minutes, and he runs every offer through what the work will actually take.
When you call Eby and Co., you're talking to family. Never a call center, never an assistant.
Christy Eby
Co-investor · Partner
Christy is Lee's partner in the business and in everything else. She brings the operational discipline that keeps a small team running cleanly across multiple properties at once.
The promises we make on the phone are the ones Christy makes sure get kept at closing.
Cody Eby
Family team · On the trades
Cody studies Business Administration at Erskine College on a basketball scholarship. He has been on the trades since he could hold a tool: siding, plumbing, framing, concrete, electrical.
He is the reason the "and Co." in the name is not decorative.
What working with us actually looks like
A real conversation, then a clear offer.
When you call, the family listens for the situation before the address. We ask about your timeline, your reason, what you'd want the next step to feel like. The price comes later. The situation comes first.
When the time is right, we walk the property in person. We see what's there, what the condition really is, and what makes sense for the timeline you described. The offer is built on what we saw. Not on a spreadsheet. Not on a comp pulled by an algorithm in another state.
The number we tell you on Day 1 is the number you receive at closing. No re-trade. No surprise deductions.
After closing, the home gets restored to a standard the next family can actually move into. The work continues long after the wire transfer hits your account. That's the part most off-market buyers don't do at all, and it's the part that takes the longest to explain on a first call.
If you're considering your options, we're here to talk it through.
Start a conversationNo pressure. Just a clear next step.