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A mortgage plan enabling a customer to enter into a rent-to-own contract with a third-party holding company, in order to enable the customer to purchase an asset such as a home, auto, boat, etc. In lieu of earnest money, the customer may sign a promissory note equal to a predetermined percentage of the purchase price of the home, or a predetermined fixed amount, whichever is greater, for the benefit of the holding company and a loan guarantor. The holding company may contract with a builder to construct the home. A lender may finance the holding company's home purchase with a commercial loan, guaranteed by the loan guarantor. After closing, the customer may move into the home as a renter. A predetermined number of periodic rental payments are made by the customer/renter; from these payments, the guarantor's fee is paid, and the remainder is escrowed. The escrowed funds may then be used as the customer's down payment to purchase the home from the holding company, financed by the lender with a mortgage solely in the customer's name.
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