Stop making your landlord rich!  Most renters don’t know how easy it is to purchase a new home.  With interest rates at historic lows, your mortgage could be equal to or less than paying rent.  Home ownership makes you part of a community or just build wealth over time.  If you pay $1,000 per month in rent in 10 years your rent payments are $120,000, at 20 years $240,000 and 30 years at $360,000 and the RENT MAY HAVE GONE UP.  A competent lender can help you get that LOAN TO BUY.