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How Do Tenants at a Group Home Pay?

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How Do Tenants at a Group Home Pay?

We write a lot about the amount of money that is out there from the government to pay for various segments of the populations’ housing.

One of the highest value items in OUR FREE 10-PART COURSE is showing you how to find it!

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We’ll get into that but first check out this highlight from the article above:

“Seattle is under siege. Over the past five years, the Emerald City has seen an explosion of homelessness, crime, and addiction. In its 2017 point-in-time count of the homeless, King County social-services agency All Home found 11,643 people sleeping in tents, cars, and emergency shelters.

At the same time the Seattle metro area spends more than $1 billion fighting homelessness every year. That’s nearly $100,000 for every homeless man, woman, and child in King County, yet the crisis seems only to have deepened, with more addiction, more crime, and more tent encampments in residential neighborhoods. By any measure, the city’s efforts are not working.”

With the amount of money being spent, it is ASTOUNDING that there are STILL homeless people in any city, but the government is awful at marketing these programs. They need people like yourself who are going to go out and get it! And most importantly, help those out who are in need!

There are a TON of Nonprofits and Organizations out there that this money goes to. You need to find them!

Guess what happens when you do?? It’s not a hard sell…they will be ringing your phone off the hook! They NEED to get these people in housing or guess what?

NO MORE GOVERNMENT PIE FOR THEM!

One of the many how to videos included in OUR FREE 10-PART COURSE is the “How to build a contact” list where we show you the keywords you can use to find these organizations, then how to build an email marketing campaign with the ability to send up to TWO THOUSAND EMAILS with a click of a button!

Want a list of keywords FOR FREE?? EMAIL ME NOW!!!

Really all you need are a couple of solid referral sources and a home and you could be up and running at full capacity in the next 30 – 60 days but think of it…

If I gave you a home RIGHT NOW, furnished, ready to go, free and clear for the first month….would you know what to do in order to be operating smoothly and generating enough revenue to cover the first payment due in 30 days???

This is where we come in 🙂

We’ll also cover how to get a home with little to NO MONEY!

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Zoning Restrictions and Your Group Home

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Zoning Restrictions and Your Group Home

 Your Group Home HAS TO BE a licensed facility right? WRONG. 

 

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You definitely CAN become a licensed Group Home…and there are many advantages and disadvantages to both business models.

We’ve been in group home business for almost 20 years, his homes are not licensed facilities, and we don’t employ any nurses or anything like that. The main reason for going this route is that becoming licensed can be extremely costly, time consuming, and CONFUSING!

“HOW DOES THAT WORK??? The lady at the county told me I need to fill out all this paperwork and take all these classes???”

This is a typical response.


You need to follow all local rules and regulations that are applied to ALL HOUSING PROVIDERS. They are going to regulate everything down to how high your grass can grow in most municipalities but they can’t deploy specific regulations to specific groups of people…like group home owners, veterans, transitioning homeless or ex-prisoners, seniors, people trying to get sober, etc. etc. This is in direct violation of THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING ACT as the “Understanding the Business Model” and the “Fair Housing” section in OUR FREE 10 PART COURSE.

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What are some examples of rules and regulations applied to EVERYONE that can affect your business?


 Check out THIS ARTICLE that breaks this down.

Another, is that some areas have maximum occupancy laws. Not all of them but some…particularly “college” towns. They will limit the amount of “unrelated occupants” living in one home. Typically, in areas that DO do this, the number is 6…but some cities, like Tempe, AZ are VERY restrictive and limit this to 3.

That sounds super restrictive right?

Because it is!!!


In fact, many Group Homes have been able to challenge these types of laws for discrimination and WON.

“Oxford House” is a national Sober Living organization and they challenge these rules often.
HERE in North Carolina and in Indiana, HERE for example.
Here is their legal case from the article above…
“Since residents are considered ‘disabled people’ under county ordinances they are considered a protected class under the Fair Housing Act.
“As members of a protected class under the FHA, Oxford Houses are protected against discriminatory zoning practices. As such, the issue of whether an Oxford House is in violation of local zoning ordinances is not relevant to the question of federal law,” the application states. There are several court cases referenced in the application citing precedence for this argument.”

Another common objection we get is that this only works in Texas and Texas is the wild wild west still!


Wrong.


CLICK HERE for an article breaking down some of the conflicting laws on the books in Texas. We stick with the FEDERAL guidelines and have had to go through skirmishes with code enforcement quite a few times. Email me to hear some examples! Also check out our FREE 10 PART COURSE!!

There’s always going to be conflicts between business and government. Government will want more control, more regulation, more fees, more POWER and local businesses typically want the opposite.

Check out your local rules by either going to your county website or contacting them and if you ARE in one of those areas with stricter regulations, use your own discretion. How many of you would move across the COUNTRY for a 60k/year job? You could do that with only 2-3 Group Homes in most areas working part time.  Sign up for our FREE 10 PART COURSE today!

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Read Why These Vets Say You Need to Start a Group Home

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Here at Group Home Riches we talk a lot about why people like yourself are needed.

Let’s hear why you need to start a Group Home from Veterans themselves!

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From the article above:

 

“Many say they felt left behind and are struggling to afford the astronomical cost of living in Orange County.”
“What I need is landlords that are willing to say ‘I want to support, and I’m going to offer my property and accept the voucher,’” said Beam, who added that landlords should think about “patriotism, not the economy “

“The biggest one (problem) is being able to find landlords that accept them,” McDonough said. “Landlords get to be choosy and charge high amounts of money.”

 

This highlights the problem that needs to be solved, and the demand for Group Homes!

What would be in it for you though? As you can see from the article, many landlords do not want to deal with the hassle and just lack the information.  (These are the perfect business partners for YOU if you don’t have the $1500 – $2500 start up costs).

What the article fails to mention is that this type of housing can bring in high rents OVERALL. Just not per person!

For example, let’s say you have a 4 bedroom home. Would it make more sense to rent it out traditionally for say $1800 or offer an affordable, structured, roommate situation where you can bring in $4800. The second option also helps out those that served our country?

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If you want to start a Group Home for veterans you have a couple options. You can deal with the VA directly but they will have their own rules and regulations that vary with location. For example:

“The HUD-VASH vouchers offer to pay for market-rate housing for veterans, but they also require case management to help provide homeless veterans with services such as mental health counseling and addiction treatment should they need them.”

What we recommend, is casting a WIDE NET with your marketing! Matter of fact, many vet’s do not qualify for this program but still receive assistance for their housing! For Example:

“If a veteran was not eligible for the Housing and Urban Development-Veteran’s Affairs Supportive Housing program, or HUD-VASH, he or she was referred to a non-veteran’s housing service such as the OC Housing Authority”
“To help homeless veterans, Orange County announced in July the Marching Home strategy aiming to end veteran homelessness by December 2020, after securing $2.9 million in state funding.”
“He used to receive disability checks for manic depressive disorder, which hindered his ability to work.”

Using our marketing systems, you can locate Vet’s or really anyone else who is in need of an affordable Group Home environment, and get a guaranteed check from organizations like The “Marching Home” program or from SSDI for your Group Home! Get started today with your FREE 10 PART COURSE!

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McDonald’s & How Their Strategy Applies to Your Group Home: Flipping Bricks Not Burgers

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How does McDonald’s make their money?

And How Does Their Strategy Apply to Your Group Home??

 

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Is the majority of their revenue from Hamburgers, fries, milkshakes…does the majority of their profits come from Happy Meals?

The answer is NONE OF THE ABOVE

McDonald’s does not make their money from Burgers…or anything food related.

They flip REAL ESTATE (bricks) not BURGERS!!! Think of yourself as a being in Real Estate, not just a Group Home, and you can create long term wealth for yourself and family!

Think about it….what’s one of the first symbols that you see after pretty much every exit in the country? Do you ever see a McDonald’s in the middle of nowhere? No…their restaurants are in prime Real Estate location and they OWN the land and buildings! Most Restaurants do not OWN the building they operate out of, they typically just LEASE the space from commercial property owners.

McDonald’s owns the building/land and THEN LEASES the building to their “Franchisees” . This is how the actual McDonald’s corporation makes most of their profits! They are NOT in the food business!

From the article above:
“McDonald’s keeps close to 82% of all their franchise-generated revenue versus only 16% of its company-operated restaurant revenue. So who’s really contributing more to the bottom line?
Of that $18.2 billion generated by company-operated stores in 2014, the corporation keeps just $2.9 billion. Of the $9.2 billion coming from franchisees, the corporation keeps $7.6 billion.
In 2014 McDonald’s made 4.75 billion dollars in net income (sweet profit dollars). Essentially we could say that 82% of every dollar in profit is generated by a franchisee. That’s an intense statement about a “burger company”.”


So what does this have to do with your Group Home???

You can operate with the same mindset: the same winning mindset we teach in our FREE 10 PART COURSE!

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Sure, to get started you can operate like most “restaurants” and lease your first home (or partner with a Real Estate investor). This is a GREAT way to learn the business, get comfortable with the system, and get some great side income flowing in. You don’t need to own a home to start a Group Home.

BUT THINK LONG TERM


Eventually you want to be like McDonalds! Depending on what article or meme you see…somewhere around 80 – 90% of Millionaires have been created by REAL ESTATE.

With the Group Home Business you can benefit from all of the advantages of Real Estate investment while SIMULTANEOUSLY operating a cash cow that helps out your community!

You can get started and have your first home up and running in the next 30 – 60 days no matter what your situation is or where you’re located!

But you need to know how to find a home, how to negotiate with landlords/potential investors, how to find tenants, how to get paid, how to contract your tenants correctly, how to get your mindset right, and how to run a business! This is where are FREE 10 PART COURSE comes in! 

 

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Your Local Rules Regarding a Group Home License

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How Do I Get a Group Home License in My Area??

Do I NEED to Get a Group Home License??

 

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One of the main excuses we get from people who believe they can’t start a Group Home in the next 30 – 60 days usually goes something like this:

“That won’t work in my area. In the state of (Blank) you are required to (Blank) before you can open a Group Home.”

That second blank is usually filled in with “Get a Group Home License” which will then send them down a very time consuming, costly, and confusing process researching how to become a licensed facility.

Look, if you have the money, time, and desire to become licensed there are some advantages, but it is not REQUIRED.

Follow the same rules and regulations that EVERYONE ELSE needs to follow…and your area can’t regulate your home just because you are housing seniors, males, females, former inmates, veterans, all of the above, or any other segment of the population. If they do…or try to…they would be in direct violation of the FEDERAL Fair Housing Act!

So what are some of these local Group Home laws you need to follow and where do you find them?

Every city, county and state is going to have different “property code” where they regulate everything down to the length of the grass you can have! You can usually find the full code by searching the following terms:

“(BLANK) County Property Code” or something similar

There are some rules that could hinder your business or limit the amount of income you can make, so we definitely recommend finding these out!

1) How many tenants per square feet?
This will vary depending on location, but in general you should be able to get at least 2 people per bedroom as long as it is not a very small house. Check out THIS ARTICLE for more details.
2) Are there any maximum occupancy laws?
Some areas like SAN ANTONIO do not allow more than 6 unrelated occupants to live in a single family home. If you are in an area like this, it might make sense to focus on Three-Bedroom homes.
3) Do they limit outsourced care?
PENNSYLVANIA is the only place I’m aware of with laws like this, but you cannot used outsourced licensed care for more than three occupants in a home. So the obvious answer to this is limit the amount of tenants that need licensed care! You can focus on functioning adults to avoid this altogether.
4) Is there any additional “Registration” required?
In places like PHOENIX and possibly LOUISVILLE (not sure of the outcome on this one) they want “boarding homes” to be “registered”. This involves minimal paperwork, small fees, and they struggle with enforcement since this can be contested with Federal law.
Click on any of the states or cities above to see examples and if you know of any in your area please send to me!

Now 3 and 4 could probably be contested under the Fair Housing Act, but they are not extremely restrictive.

The main point is….

A GROUP HOME LICENSE IS NOT REQUIRED!

Follow the same rules any other housing provider needs to follow (AKA Landlord), do not perform care that requires a license you don’t have, don’t advertise that you do if you don’t, and keep up with your home just like anybody else is required to!

The difference….YOUR home will be generating THOUSANDS per month in income while helping out those who are in need!

Sign up for your FREE 10 PART COURSE today and get started NOW, even if you don’t have a Group Home License!

 

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Can You Get Paid For Being a Caregiver?

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Did you know that the average assisted living Caregiver  is paid $4,500 per month per bed??

THIS IS BIG MONEY! However, we don’t personally go after this market. Why? There are a number of reasons…

One of them is that there are only a small number of people out there that have $4,500 or more to shell out to a Caregiver to help their loved ones. That’s over $54,000 per year! Plus to collect the full $4500 ticket you need to be providing the care yourself or with your staff, and you need to be a licensed facility. This process will take about 6-12 months of full time effort to get through, and THOUSANDS of dollars. So do you have to turn these folks away if you are not licensed?? NO! Keep reading for our secret 🙂

We target the “affordable” space!


We charge anywhere from $550 – $1,500 per month per bed. Do the math on a 4-6 bedroom home with TWO beds per room!  Affordable DOES NOT equal “not profitable”

We do this because after people “hit the trail” and begin searching around they quickly realize there are very few affordable Caregiver options! They breathe a sigh of RELIEF when they find our WEBSITE (CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THE SAME ONE!)

Think about it, if you went to google, called 20 locations with Caregivers and each place cost between $2,500 and $6,500….and then you found one for $675 wouldn’t you be stoked??

We are able to provide quality, affordable housing in an all-bills paid environment like we teach in our FREE 10 PART COURSE by following all the simple rules we outline to my coaching clients. We also implement a few secret government programs where we can!

Here is a list of some of the secret government programs we use to help keep our profits sky-high!

PACE – Programs of All-Inclusive Care For The Elderly

This program is meant to keep medicaid and Medicare eligible people out of nursing facilities. Think in-home care, ADL care, chaperoned transportation and more. It is available in 32 states (also called LIFE in some states – Living Independence For The Elderly)

JACC

One of our FREE 10 PART COURSE clients in New Jersey told us about a program they use called JACC (Jersey Assistance For Community Caregiving). Basically the state gives people 60 or older access to a free caregiver!!

Veteran-Directed Care

This program is available in about 1/3rd of VA medical centers. The client gets roughly $2,000 per month to pay a professional or or family member or friend (YOUR GROUP HOME!) to help them out with a wide-variety of needs! This program is available in 38 states. We highly recommend this program to our FREE 10 PART COURSE students focused on disabled veterans

Volunteers

People WANT TO HELP! Local universities, nurses in training or colleges that have social work programs! Enlist these folks to help!

Meals on Wheels

Call them! They will come over, help your people and bring food!


Crowdfunding

Listen to our MOST RECENT PODCAST HERE or wherever podcasts are streamed under “Group Home Riches”. In episode #6 we speak to one of our FREE 10 PART COURSE that was short on start up costs BUT LARGE with hustle! He found a motivated seller of a home and used a creative strategy to acquire the property with very little money up front, then pitched his idea to local construction companies, food vendors, and even Home Depot to help out with his first home….he even made the local news! Look you are solving a HUGE problem and if people see that you are the real deal, they will be happy to help! Don’t take our word for it…go listen for yourselves!
Home Health 🙂

This is Our secret sauce! Build relationships with multiple home health companies in your area! They will do the heavy lifting for you (no pun intended) and they will make plenty of money in the process. Trust me, they want access to your Group Home!! This is how you can accommodate tenants that require licensed care, without going through the licensing process yourself!

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You Need a Business Plan For Your Transitional Home

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There are many misconceptions about what is needed to open your first Transitional Home.

Before we get into that…let’s first handle some common misconceptions and go over what is NOT necessary for your…

You DON’T need any of the following for your Transitional Home:

  • A License
  • A lot of Money
  • A Big Commercial Building
  • Good Credit
  • Employees
  • A Non-Profit
  • Political Connections
  • A Government Grant
  • Permission From The Government
  • Expensive Upgrades to Your Home

Really all you need is a home, some furniture, some hustle, and a PLAN for your Transitional Housing Business to set yourself up for success. You could find a home and get it ready on your own, but without a plan you are setting yourself up for failure. In order to be successful…

You do NEED to know the following:

  • How To Acquire a Property With Little to NO MONEY down
  • How to Find Organizations That Will Ring Your Phone Off the Hook With Tenant Referrals
  • How to Find Tenants on Government Assistance For Housing
  • How to Get a Guaranteed Payment Every Month and STOP Chasing Tenants Down For Your Rent
  • How to Operate Similar to a Hotel and Avoid the Eviction Process
  • How to Set Up an Email Marketing Campaign
  • What Effective Marketing Material Looks Like For This Type of Business
  • How to Put Business Systems in Place to Make Your Life MUCH Easier
  • What a REAL Business Plan Looks Like So You Can Take Your Business to the Next Level!
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What’s in it for you to run one of these homes? Why wouldn’t you just provide housing to a traditional renter? Watch this video to see the amazing outcome this business model will have on your community AND your wallet:

 

The Group Home That Saves Lives

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Want To Start a Sober Living Group Home?

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We recently highlighted an article that disparaged unlicensed Group Homes. In it, they wrote of one owner in particular that overcrowded his homes, encouraged his tenants not to take their prescribed medication and took advantage of his tenants.

There was no mention of the countless other Sober Living Homes in the area that provided great service and helped the community!

Today I want to highlight an article showing the positive, life changing effects that a Group Home can have on it’s tenants. Probably some of the reasons that brought YOU to us in the first place!

From the article above:

“That is what the non-profit house has done for the last 45 years. It has welcomed the addicted, the scared and the lost. The historic two-story white house in the Highland neighborhood has helped thousands of women not only find freedom from their addictions but gain control of their lives.”
“Oakwood achieves this by starting with the basics, which means following the rules, that the residents are expected to follow. There are a lot and they are not easy, especially for those who have lived their lives in the chaos of addiction.”
“We were all in the same boat, we were all learning to live sober,” Richie (tenant) said.”
“Little by little, she was discovering who she was without the drugs. She knew her daughter needed her more than ever and realized what she had been missing out on by not taking responsibility.”
“Since Ritchie left in October of 2016, her life has been a series of accomplishments, proving that it has been the right path. She has an apartment where she lives with her daughter.”

In addition to the Grants, Donations, and revenue from their banquets, the Oakwood home also charges each tenant $80/week.

They do not release how much they receive from Grants, Charity etc. but my guess is that is much more than the revenue charged to their guests.

The home has been open for 45 years, has a non-profit set up, and most likely has a ton of connections in the area.

You do not need that to get started!

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Find Out What License You Need To Start a Sober Living Group Home

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TRICK QUESTION

THERE ISN’T A LICENSE REQUIRED TO START A GROUP HOME!

 

The above article writes about Sober Living Home operators in a negative light…the angle that most press takes unfortunately…but it highlights some of the issues that we write about a lot.

There will ALWAYS be some back and forth between businesses and the Government. In every industry…not just housing. The Government is always going to want more power, regulations and the revenue that comes with that…and businesses are going to want more freedom. Group Homes are no different.

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Is there an argument to require every single person that wants to rent out rooms to people to have a license? Sure!

To add to that argument, “Group Homes” could be dealing with people trying to get off drugs, transitioning out of homelessness, coming out of prison….can there be some issues??

Of Course!!

To counter that…

There can be with apartments too...And licensed homes…And hospitals…and on and on

The articles take a greedy Group Home owner that puts his residents in overcrowded homes, living in squalor, not providing the care that was advertised and getting rich while doing it.

Guess what?

THIS IS ILLEGAL ALREADY. And should be! Any one that doesn’t keep their property up to code or advertises falsely deserves to be shut down!

Is requiring every home to be “licensed” going to guarantee a living situation where nothing goes wrong or everybody that gets involved provides tremendous service?

I could go pick awful stories about LICENSED homes all day.

No matter where you stand on the issue of whether or not Group Homes should be licensed or not, it is important that you receive accurate information!

We get so many people that think a license is REQUIRED. IT IS NOT. Take a look at some of these quotes from an editor that is NOT a fan of unlicensed Group Homes….

“Operators face few legal requirements, which allows pretty much anyone to open up a sober home.”
“It’s difficult to regulate sober homes, and that’s partly because of existing federal antidiscrimination rules.”
“Residents of these houses, as a group of disabled people living together, are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.”
“Under state law, sober homes are not considered treatment facilities and thus are not subject to licensing requirements.”
“The LUCRATIVE BUSINESS of so-called sober homes — where individuals recovering from substance-use disorder live in a supportive residence free of drugs and alcohol — has come under increased scrutiny across the nation.”


A couple highlights….you are protected by FEDERAL LAW which trumps state law, and it is a lucrative business!

So do you want to start a business by housing people trying to become sober? Or any other segment of the population? Or just a general home for people looking for affordable housing or a Group Home environment?

START NOW! There’s nothing holding you back!

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Government Programs To House Veterans in Your Group Home

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Can you imagine bringing in $1500 -$3000 per Group Home bedroom while helping to solve a huge national crisis at the same time?

That’s exactly what Joann West does with her Group Home, read about her and the Medical Foster Home Program below:

“The $20.7 million-per-year program provides housing and care for more than 1,000 veterans in 42 states and Puerto Rico, serving as an alternative to nursing home care for those who cannot live safely on their own. Veterans pay their caregivers $1,500 to $3,000 a month, depending on location, saving the government about $10,000 a month in nursing home care. It has been difficult to scale up, though, because the VA accepts only foster homes that meet strict qualifications.
For the veterans, it’s a chance to live in a home setting with caregivers who treat them like family. For the Department of Veterans Affairs, the program provides an option for meeting its legal obligation to care for ailing, aging patients at significantly reduced costs, since the veterans pay room and board directly to their caregivers.”

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Read Full Article Here and More info on the program HERE
Another program is the HUD-VASH program..
“Veterans are using 138 of the 190 vouchers. Twenty-four veterans in Boise have vouchers, but can’t find apartments. The veterans are living in shelters, on the streets, or “couch surfing,” staying with friends until something opens up, said Anna Johnson-Whitehead, health care for homeless veterans program manager at the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Twenty-eight more “open” vouchers are available for veterans to use.”
THIS IS WHY YOU ARE NEEDED!!
Read more about the HUD-VASH program HERE
These are just 2 programs where the Government is doling out MILLIONS to help house veterans. But many vets do not qualify for these VA benefits…and your home might not either.

There are still a ton of other programs, charities, and non-profits out there…as well as vets struggling to live off of SSI.

Follow the marketing techniques in our FREE 10 PART COURSE (CLICK TO SIGN UP TODAY) to fill your home, then scale! It’s really that simple..not EASY..but simple!

You don’t need a license, permission from the Government, a ton of employees, or a lot of money…in fact…we can show you how to start with NO MONEY of your own!

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