Originally posted by Vivek
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edit: managed to turn a stressful evening yesterday into a possible opportunity today. on my way home from work, got a call from the rental agent, saying landlord was visiting from asia and wanted to see the unit (she bought it sight-unseen as investment property). so the gf and i took half an hour, cleaned up a bit, hid our bearded dragon in the closet, and i gave her a tour, during which she advised she'd be raising the rent when renewing our lease (it's been month-to-month for a couple months now).
today i called rental agent back and said "if she's raising the rent, i want option to rent-to-own in next lease". turns out she'd been thinking about selling anyway, and he got real excited when i reminded him i have the VA loan program (guarantees that lender gets paid in event of default; banks love it). might end up owning this condo after a couple years... would be nice, i love everything about living here except that i can't work on my own car.
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