How Our Rent To Own Program Works
Here is how we do it. We sell you the property “Rent To Own.”
That means that you are buying the property from us. We lease the property to you for a specific period of time, usually 1-10 years depending on your situation, and during that time you have the option to buy it from us at a future price that we both agree upon when you first move in. 
You will also pay a “Lease Option Consideration” when you move in and buy the house from us. This money will apply to the purchase price of the home and will reduce (usually eliminate) your down payment when you eventually take out a 30-year mortgage with a bank.
The minimum “Lease Option Consideration” that we accept for homes we have in inventory is $9,995 plus the first monthly lease payment and security deposit. So for example if the monthly lease amount is $3,000, the security deposit (1/2 lease amount) would be $1,500 and the “Lease Option Consideration” is $9,995, you will need $14,495 to move into the house. Make sense?
Each property is different and has a different “Lease Option Consideration” amount. If you get to pick out a home that is on the market (advertised on the MLS, Zillow, etc.) we require 10% to 20%. For example a $500k home would be $50-$100k option consideration. When you register online, just tell us how much you have for the “Lease Option Consideration”.
We also want you have some savings cushion and can comfortably afford the monthly lease.
It is our goal to help you eventually qualify for a mortgage. Remember, you do NOT have to qualify for a mortgage now.
We work with good, reputable, understanding mortgage brokers that can help you come up with a game plan. We assume you will not be able to qualify for a mortgage right now but this is the first step to help you to own the home in the future. Other Rent-to-Own companies do not take this step.
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You pick the home of your choice
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We ensure you are matched with a home you can afford
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You have the ongoing support of an expert home buying advisor to help you get credit qualified if needed
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Our program is pet-friendly
Own Your Own Home On Your Timeline
What we want to do, is find out how soon you will be able to qualify… for some people, it may only be a few months… for others, it may be a year or two years or five or ten. It doesn’t matter to us how long it takes, but we don’t want to put you into a program that doesn’t give you enough time to get on track financially so you can get a loan when the time for that finally comes.
Our mortgage brokers are excited about doing your pre-prequalification for a mortgage because they know that they have a good chance of getting your business down the road when you are finally able to take out a loan. They are not going to be nasty to you like so many other mortgage brokers, just because they can’t do a loan for you right now… they’re like us… in it to help you for the long term.
So that’s the first thing we are going to ask you to do… it’s a quick phone conversation that takes maybe 20 minutes… you don’t even have to go meet with them… and they keep everything 100% confidential.
Bad Credit – No Problem
And by the way, there is nothing that we haven’t seen before… you’re not going to shock us, no matter how bad your current situation.
Our mortgage brokers will just ask you a few questions about your income and your job (or lack thereof), they’ll pull your credit report to see if there are any surprises, and then, they’ll be able to tell us exactly how long you are going to need before you can get a bank loan.
You Might Even Qualify Now
Sometimes, we discover that you qualify for a home loan and can buy a home now! You may have thought that you had bad credit, but it turns out after we look at your credit report that the bad things on your credit that you thought were so bad, didn’t matter as much as you thought.
If this happens, it’s very cool because now your options open up… you can buy virtually any home on the market that is within your price range. Of course, we would still be happy to sell you one of our homes, but we also want to give you the opportunity to see what else is available out there.
What we will do is connect you up with one of our real estate agents… someone who works with buyers as their main job… someone who isn’t pushy, will take the time you need to help you find a property and will hold-your-hand through the process.
This agent will either meet with you in person and sit in front of a computer with you and pull you up listings or email you the listings. Whichever you prefer.
But remember… that’s only going to be for about 10% of you who are reading this page. What we REALLY do is work with the other 90% of you… that’s our expertise.
Now comes the fun stuff…