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title: "About Nobu Holdings LLC | Maryland & Northern Virginia Operator | James Mancera"
description: "Nobu Holdings LLC is a Maryland and Northern Virginia residential real estate operator founded by James Mancera. Cash buyer across the DMV corridor. 800+ doors closed. Zero fees to sellers. James Mancera."
url: "https://jamesmancera.com/about-nobu-holdings"
last_updated: 2026-05-06
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# Nobu Holdings LLC - Built by James Mancera.

**Maryland and Northern Virginia residential real estate operator. Cash buyer across the DMV corridor. 800+ doors closed.**

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## Who we are

Nobu Holdings LLC is a residential real estate operating company founded by James Mancera. We acquire single-family houses, townhomes, and small multifamily properties for cash across Maryland and Northern Virginia - the core of the DMV (DC-Maryland-Virginia) corridor. Every deal James closes runs through Nobu Holdings LLC. The company is built to acquire fast, hold clean, and protect every party at the closing table.

## What we do, exactly

One business: residential cash acquisitions in Maryland and Northern Virginia. We are not a national franchise, not a wholesale lead-flipping operation, and not a holding company spanning unrelated industries. We buy houses directly from sellers, close on the seller's timeline (as fast as 7 days, 14 days on average), pay the closing costs from our side, and renovate or hold the properties post-close. The seller signs once and walks away with cash. That's the entire scope of the business.

## Where we operate

Maryland counties: Prince George's, Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Howard, Frederick, Charles, Carroll, Harford, and Baltimore (city and county). Virginia counties and cities: Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun, Prince William - plus the broader Northern Virginia commuter corridor and selected purchases in Richmond, Hampton Roads, Roanoke, and Lynchburg. We do not operate outside Maryland and Virginia.

## Founder background

James Mancera is the founder and operator of Nobu Holdings LLC. Third-generation contractor and investor - he grew up on his father's jobsites learning what a house is actually worth. Before going full-time as an investor, he worked as a mortgage broker, then started flipping his own houses. The Nobu Holdings LLC operating model reflects that background: real renovation budgets, real closing dates, no buyer financing contingencies, and full title coordination handled in-house through Maryland and Virginia title partners.

## How to verify us

The fastest way to verify Nobu Holdings LLC and James Mancera is to check the public real estate record - county property transactions across the DMV will show recent acquisitions tied to the entity. James posts each closing publicly on Instagram (@jamesmanceraflips) and the company also posts at @nobuholdings. Ask for a recent closing reference and we'll point you at a public deed record you can pull yourself.