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Rent or a Mortgage
John Lee Pryor
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By John Lee Pryor
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What This Book
Does for You
READ THIS FIRST!
This book will show you various methods that are being
used by creative people so that they can live rent-free. This
book should open your mind to the many possibilities that
you could use to also live rent-free.
When we talk about rent per se we are actually
referring to any and all forms of payment that people
typically make in order to have a roof over their heads. Rent
in some form or another is so deeply engrained into our
psyche that we just accept that if we are going to have a
roof over our heads that we will have to come up with a
certain amount of money each and every month.
This book will show you various methods that you
could use to start actually living rent-free. Some of these
ideas you could begin to implement immediately. Some of
these methods will just enable you to avoid paying rent for
a brief period of time. Some methods will enable you to
actually travel, go where you want to go and find
alternatives to paying money to stay in hotels, motels or
other temporary lodging. Other methods will show you how
to supplement your rent or even free you from ever having
to pay any rent or a mortgage out of your own pocket again.
This book will even show you how you can acquire or
buy real estate for no money out of pocket. (I didn’t say no
money down) I said NO MONEY at all (at least no money
out of your pocket_ EVER! You also will learn how to start,
run and operate a rent-free commercial business. If you
need a shop or store to sell your wares or commercial office
space then you’ll see how others get it rent-free and how
you could do the same!
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It doesn’t matter rather you are rich, poor,
somewhere in between or even completely flat
broke and homeless, you’ll learn how you can
live anywhere at all, even the most exclusive
neighborhoods… RENT-FREE!
-John Lee Pryor
Testimonials:
“Thanks to you I am now living rent-free in a $245,000 home
that I just bought! I also bought a copy of your book to give to
my relative’s who said they’re going to be in the streets if I
don’t let them come and stay with me.” – G. Howard
“Wow! I never thought this would work for me but guess
what... I had a $1375 per month mortgage and was
struggling to pay it, but now, thanks to you…I’m paying ZERO
per month! Thanks!” - D. Liddy
I was paying $440 per month. I earned too much money for
low income housing, but now I live rent-free! – B. Johnson
“I started my business and used your advice to set it up so
that I would earn enough to pay my lease every month rather
or not I got even one customer. Great stuff.” – M. Hsu
“I’m a real estate broker, I read your book because a client
told me about it, at first I thought that you were making a lot
of exaggerated claims and I wanted to discredit it. To my
surprise, everything you say makes sense and I suppose that
it really is possible if someone uses the strategies you laid out
in the book. Good work.” – M. Browning
“Thanks for showing me how to stop paying rent!” It works – C. Hoq
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How to Live
Rent-Free
For most people, the largest recurring expense is their monthly rent or
mortgage payment. This book is about how anyone can easily eliminate
that expense completely. It doesn’t matter rather you are renting, leasing
or buying, there are ways to effectively reduce and even eliminate these
payments completely.
What This Book Does for You
Read This First!
About The Author
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Live Rent-Free 12
Introduction
Why you might consider rent-free living 12
Chapter I 13
RENT-FREE
(Residential) 13
Living Rent-Free 13
Have Someone Else Pay Your Mortgage 14
Creative Room-Mate Strategy 16
House Sitting 18
Condo Conversions 21
Renting Condos to Sublet 21
HUD Programs 27
List of Addresses and Telephone Numbers 35
for Offices of Public Housing
Rent-Free Shelters 42
Free Housing for Program Participants 43
Live-In Jobs 44
Mobile Real Estate 45
Cruise Ships 46
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Living Rent-Free On Your Own Boat 46
Get Mail Address Clients to Pay Your Rent 49
Chapter II
For Homeowners 53
Long-Term Moratoriums on Payments 53
(How To Skip Your House Payments
For One Month to One Year With No Penalties)
Buy A New Home with No Monthly 58
Payments For Up To Five Years
Bank Loans 58
Seller Financing 59
Over-Financing 62
Add-on Rental Property 69
Reverse Mortgages 77
Get Corporate Sponsors To 79
Pay Your Rent
Alternatives to Billboards 82
The Proxy Investor Strategy 83
CHAPTER III
How To Get Free
Real Estate 89
Adverse Possession 89
14-Step Action Plan 97
To Acquire Abandoned Property
Free Real Estate with Government Tax Lien Sales 101
Free Real Estate from Government Programs 103
How To Get Uncle Same To Buy You Your Home
Equity Sharing 105
Free Real Estate
With The House Moving Method 111
The $1 Home Program 113
Copy Of HUD Document Re: The New $1 Home Policy 117
Escheat Real Estate 122
Chapter IV
Rent-Free Travel/Vacation Lodging 123
Rent-Free Living At Writers & Artists Colonies 123
List Of Writers' Retreats 127
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