{"id":14131,"date":"2015-06-16T18:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T22:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=14131"},"modified":"2022-10-06T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:56:30","slug":"ask-a-pro-qa-how-to-find-a-rent-to-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-how-to-find-a-rent-to-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pro Q&#038;A: How to Find a Rent-to-Own Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some people are renters, some people are buyers, and some fall right in between! On this week&#8217;s installment of Ask A Pro, our Real Estate pro\u00a0Karlton Utter, Senior Director of Learning Technologies and Solutions at Better Homes and Gardens<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Real Estate, explains how to begin the process of finding a rent-to-own home!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BHGRELife_AskAPro_RentToOwn.jpg\" alt=\"Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: How to Find a Rent-to-Own Home - bhgrelife.com\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BHGRELife_AskAPro_RentToOwn.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BHGRELife_AskAPro_RentToOwn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BHGRELife_AskAPro_RentToOwn-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Q:\u00a0My husband and I are looking for a rent to own home. How do we get started with the process?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Nija H.<\/p>\n<p>A:\u00a0Great question Nija.\u00a0 Your first step should be to contact a local real estate professional in the area that can help guide you to locally listed rent to own opportunities.\u00a0 There are typically not a lot of them available since most investors would like to hold their investment and most folks looking to sell want to cash out and move on. You will also want to contact a financial representative to provide a credit check and walk you through the pre\u00adqualification and mortgage process for this type of purchase.\u00a0 Each rent to own situation is different.\u00a0 Before renting a rent to own property, you will definitely want to know what percentage, if any, of the rent is going towards the purchase price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Karlton U.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><button class=\"more-link\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1271,"featured_media":15421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1591,93,31,94],"class_list":["post-14131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-a-pro","tag-ask-a-pro","tag-homebuyer","tag-homeowner","tag-moving-2","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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