In an attempt to provide our users with a better experience on our site, we ended up losing traffic.The problem was our addition of a pop-up window on our City pages like rent to own homes in TampaOn this pop-up window we provided visitors with a form to fill out if they wanted to join our rent to own homes program. We have received several hundred email requests about offering a program for rent to own buyers. Unfortunately using the pop-up had the opposite effect for us, this was … [Read more...]
Cautions When Using Rent to Own Agreements
November 9, 2011 By
This article provides general information about pitfalls of rent to own agreements while taking mobile home for rent. For specific legal advice about a problem you are having, get the advice of a lawyer. Landlord exploitation of tenant Many people who sign rent to own agreements end up evicted and lose all the money they put into the home. A rent-to-own home may seem like a good choice if you want to buy a home right now but need a little time to save for a down-payment or build up your credit … [Read more...]
Common Scams with Real Estate Listings on Craigslist
November 3, 2011 By
Real estate mortgage scams are an illegal activity with the purpose of false representation of information on a mortgage loan application or other transfer of money related real estate documents. There are many ways in which real estate frauds are committed. Especially during times when the price of rent to own or homes for rent is on the rise.This scam is probably one of the most common types of real estate Scams. In this type of fraud two different sets of settlement statements are … [Read more...]
Easy Tips for Building Your Credit While Renting a Home
October 30, 2011 By
When you start searching a home for rent on credit; first investigate your credit score. If your credit score is poor, there are a number of specific things you can do as good practice to improve and build both your credit score and lenders' attitudes towards you while applying for rent to own.Sign up on Your Contract:To get any credit for rental homes, you must get it on the contract. If it's not on the contracr, it's unlikely you'll get any credit.Pay your Bills on Time:Always … [Read more...]
Difference Between Rent to Own and Owner Financing
October 27, 2011 By
In a rent to own or ‘lease purchase’, the buyer has the option to purchase the property at the end of the rental period. In rent to own the buyer has the legal right to purchase the property for a fixed period of time, but not obligated to purchase the property. The salient features of the rent to own transaction are: Buyer pays an upfront option fee, which is non-refundable. The buyer buys the ‘Right’ but not the ‘obligation’ to purchase the property in future. … [Read more...]
21 Ways To A Better Rent To Own Deal
September 13, 2011 By
You may be hoping that a rent to own will be your ticket to owning a home. That your less-than-perfect credit score will be overlooked. Or that it's a great way to avoid wasting money on rent. A rent to own home is all of the above. The idea behind rent to own is that you can purchase the house you are renting, using a portion of your rental payments to help cover your closing costs. Unfortunately, it's often setup wrong, making it very difficult for the tenant to actually purchase the … [Read more...]
Growing, Growing, Gone… The Recent Growing Pains
July 16, 2011 By
Well our website by nature isn't one that visitors come to daily for a rent to own search. Typically our returning visitors are on the website 2-3 times per week. So you might not have noticed the difficulties we were having over the last 2-3 days just keeping the website available on the web.Apparently we were receiving so much traffic that our hosting account was unable to handle the requests( I don't get exactly how it works either). The site was stuck in a cycle of running slower and … [Read more...]
