Raffle Ended…

Here is Jacquie’s story…

My name is Jacquie, I’m a real woman from South Jersey. I own a beautiful home that I thought would be easy to sell, but then along came the credit crisis & mortgage meltdown & everything I  thought  I knew went out the window.

I’m relocating & under time constraints to sell my house, but the market is dead & my life’s on hold waiting for things to improve. Banks aren’t lending, home values are down & nothing’s moving, including me.

I’ve been responsible; planned for my future, lived on a budget & never mortgaged more than I could afford. I thought I covered all the bases, so at age 53, only 12 years from retirement,  this whole financial fiasco really took me by surprise.

I’m no big investor, but my needs aren’t great,  so I was close to being on track for retirement. What I didn’t understand was that all my hard work could be erased by dishonest mortgage brokers, bankrupt insurance companies & greedy hedge funds that I didn’t even know existed until it was too late!

In the 1st 10 months of 2008, my retirement savings lost 43%, my home lost value for no reason & everything cost more. I cut back on electric use & although my usage is way down, my bill is higher than it was before!  This crisis easily sets the average person back about 10 years, it’s like we never saved or planned at all!

Middle class America is the backbone of this country, but we’ve been ignored by Washington, so it’s up to us to protect the investment we’ve made in our homes, our good credit & our quality of life.

I’ve been searching like crazy to find a solution, then one night I was watching the news & there it was…

My goal; 3,500 of your $100 gifts + essays by Valentines Day 2009 & to sell this house for $1 free & clear to the winner of the essay contest! Please give a gift & submit your essay here today, your participation is the key.   Go to ownahomefor100.com for more detail!