Get Your First Time Home Buyer Grants
If I had known about first time home buyer grants just a few short weeks ago, I would now be shopping for a new home, with absolutely no up front costs what so ever to me. I also would be putting nearly eleven thousand dollars into my own property, rather than handing over nine hundred dollars every month to my landlord.
I just signed a year long lease for the “apartment of my dreams”. Shortly after moving in, I began finding multiple construction and maintenance issues. My landlord is less than motivated to lift a finger or invest any money into improving the property, so in efforts to make it livable for my family, I reluctantly proceeded with repairing and redecorating the unit myself. Several hundred dollars later, I began exploring the options of home improvement grants in hopes of persuading my landlord to find free government funding to help rehab this money pit!
I love redecorating and making it look like my own, but it’s still not mine so why invest? Anyway, to my astonishment I discovered that there are a significant number of first time home buyer grants that I am eligible for. I had no idea that all it took was a well written proposal and some patience and determination to acquire enough first time home buyer grants to completely finance the down payment for the purchase of a new home. If I had known this, I certainly would not have just signed away twelve months and eleven thousands dollars in rent! Not to mention all the money I’ve spent in giving this place a much needed face lift!
It really scared me when the landlord mentioned that he didn’t want to put much work or money into the building because he was considering selling it. This was when I decided it best not to spend any more of my own money on repairs and try to direct him to home improvement grants. Once I stumbled upon the concept of first time home buyer grants, I formed a whole new strategy. I’ll be keeping the whole grant program secret to myself, I won’t spend a penny, and will still have the beautiful home of my dreams. Ah yes, it will be mine.
Instead of sharing with my landlord the valuable nuggets of information I have found regarding home improvement grants, I will be spending the next twelve months of my lease writing proposals for as many first time home buyer grants as I can find. I’ll also be lining up home improvement grants for repairs. And do you know why?
Because I am going to buy this building from my landlord using free government money, that’s why! And then I’m going to acquire even more free government money to finish what I started and remodel it. But this time, it will be mine!
In: Home & Auto Financing · Tagged with: first time home buyer grants, home buying & repair, home improvement grants, home mortgage grants
on March 6, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I AM A MOTHER OF THREE. I AM SEPARATED FROM MY HUSBAND. THEREFORE I AM TRYING TO PURCHASE A FARM HOUSE WITH TEN ACRES OF LAND. THE HOUSE NEEDS SOME MAJOR REPAIRS, BUT IT IS WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT. I AM LOOKING FOR ABOUT 125,000. MY CHILDREN AND I ALSO WANT TO TRY A ROAD-SIDE VEGETABLE STAND. LOOKING FOR HELP.