In arts and literature. 1  In the third episode of the first season in the miniseries North and South, Robert Guillaume portrayed Douglass during a speech about the American slave trade. 2  The 1989 film Glory featured Frederick Douglass as a friend of Francis George Shaw. He was played by Raymond St. Jacques.
1 You can close on your new home faster: If are buying your home with a mortgage, you typically have to wait between 30 and 45 days for the paperwork to finalize before you can close on the purchase. 2  If you are buying with cash, the transaction can take place in about one week.
What makes cash for keys different, from a deed in lieu of foreclosure, is that the bank will often agree to an amount that they will pay the homeowner to vacate the property. As part of the agreement, there will be a set period of time by which you need to move out, often between 90 to 120 days.