{"id":12046,"date":"2022-11-21T04:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T04:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/?p=12046---cd3e1e79-b7d6-4790-afe9-a57dece2e61d"},"modified":"2022-11-21T04:06:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T04:06:31","slug":"learn-more-about-rent-to-own-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/learn-more-about-rent-to-own-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn More About Rent To Own Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12053\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/learn-more-about-rent-to-own-home\/rent-to-own-home-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?fit=720%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,722\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rent to own home\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Rent to own home&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?fit=720%2C722&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?resize=720%2C722&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rent to own home\" width=\"720\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>What Rent to own home really is and how you can acquire one.<\/h2>\n<p>Someone people get a little confused when they hear the term <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/rent-to-own-home-listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>rent to own home <\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/rentbeforeowning-for-first-time-homebuyers\/\">Rent to own<\/a> is simply as the name is or as the name sounds , Leasing a home with an option to buy it .<\/p>\n<p>If you feel to have your own home but are unable to secure conventional <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/construction-loans-for-commercial-and-residential-builders\/\">financing<\/a> today, leasing a home with an option to buy may be your best option. A lease purchase can make your rent money work for you instead of making your landlord rich. Typically <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/rent-to-own-and-foreclosed-homes-in-the-u-s\/\">rent to own homes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/tips-for-house-price-negotiation\/\">offer<\/a> rent credits that reduce the final purchase price!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s how it works .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A home is made available via a standard lease with one important addition. Included is an option to <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/rent-to-own-home-listings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">purchase that home<\/a> at a specified price over a specified time period (usually one or two years). In order to acquire that option, the renter\/buyer must pay a one time, NON REFUNDABLE, fee called the option consideration. The exact amount is negotiable, but it is usually ranges from 2.5 to 7% of the purchase price. A fair contract will credit the buyer 100% of that option consideration upon closing of the sale. Furthermore a negotiated percentage of all rent payments should be applied toward the purchase price of the home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Rent to own home really is and how you can acquire one. Someone people get &hellip; <a title=\"Learn More About Rent To Own Home\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/learn-more-about-rent-to-own-home\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Learn More About Rent To Own Home<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[4751,1403,15239,12908,543,127,41,3034,15296],"class_list":["post-12046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-amazing","tag-buy","tag-chase","tag-home","tag-home-buying-guide","tag-homes","tag-property","tag-rent-to-own-home","tag-target"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Rent-to-own-home.jpg?fit=720%2C722&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7380,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/innovative-rent-to-own-program-could-be-the-answer-to-your-down-payment-dilemma-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":12046,"position":0},"title":"Rent To Own Program Could Be The Answer To Your Down Payment","author":"Amazing Property","date":"December 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Strapped for cash and desperate to buy a home? 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