Hello, everyone. I am a single mom of a teen and tween, in desperate need of financial help to buy a home. I am ASD and ADHD, and have a chronic inflammatory illness, which I have pushed through my whole life. I have worked hard all my life to try and have something to show for it, which includes getting a Master’s degree right after I was diagnosed with a microaneurysm that I had to relearn brain functions over.
When I originally got married, I thought it would be forever. I not soon after, found out he had become a secret alcoholic during the time we had been dating and then I was forced to endure years of emotional and mental abuse, as well as one of my children that was not biologically his. I did the right thing and left.
Fast forward to after our divorce, I meet an amazing person. Now almost six years into it, due to every teen’s rebel year, he decided he can no longer feel comfortable in a household where he isn’t in complete and total control. He tells me I must buy a house in the next few months while having no income saved for a deposit, closing costs, real estate fees etc, much less a house even though I make $77k a year. Thanks to our currently created economy at the fault of our current leadership, that salary that would have been good just two years ago, is now not even enough to break even.
I do not want to rip my children out of the schools that they love again but housing has increased so much in the area, it is impossible to find anything that I would actually qualify for unless I want to live in a dangerous neighborhood or pay rent that will be 2x what a mortgage would cost.
I just need help. I am always there for anyone that asks it of me in the best way I can. When I need help, people scatter like cockroaches. I am not going to sugar coat my story. It is the way it is. If you would like to help, I would be forever grateful.