I have never lived in rent in the US for a single day.” 🏠❌ And for some reason this irritates those who have been paying someone else's mortgage for 20 years... 💸 Here is my story - and why I believe that it can be different. 🔑🇺🇸 --- Probably 40% of my clients are families who came to the US just 1-2 years ago, many under the U4U program. And I am sincerely happy to be their guide to a new life: to tell them how the market works, to explain processes, to support and help them settle in. 🤝 --- I myself moved to the US 4 years ago, a couple of months before the war began. But I started preparing back in 2014, living in Odessa, where I worked as a real estate lawyer ⚖️. While still in Ukraine, I studied in detail how real estate works in the US, found a good deal and remotely bought a house in Inman, South Carolina — not for cash, but smart: according to the subject to strategy, where the previous owner's mortgage remained. It was this house that I moved into right after moving — and later successfully refinanced it. 🏠 --- Yes, it's true — I never lived in rent in the US for a single day. Straight into my own house. Without the "instructive stage of renting". And this still surprises and even irritates some people: > "He doesn't know anything about life in the US!" "It's funny — straight into a house, without living there, without feeling it..." "How can he teach others if he's only been in the country for 4 years?!" But I'll say it straight: America is a country of opportunity. If you study, think, act — you can avoid unnecessary circles. I didn't miss the rent by accident — I consciously chose a different path. Now I help others follow this path — confidently, with calculation and strategy. 🚀 --- After moving, I went into the auto business, while helping friends and family who had also emigrated. After 1–2 years, almost all of them bought their own homes. And then I realized: I can help not only my own, but everyone who is just starting out. I got a realtor license and began to accompany and help — from the first steps to the keys to their first home. 🔑 --- Recently, together with Marina Markelova, we closed a particularly warm deal: A family from Odessa, who moved 6 months ago, did not want to pay $2,000 for rent. On the 8th month in the USA, they already moved into their own house in Boiling Springs, paying only $7,000. The rate is 5.5%, the payment is less than $1,500. This was possible thanks to our well-coordinated teamwork, professional work, as well as the great desire and faith of our clients! Now they pay for their own. And this is a real victory. 🏆 --- But in the process of work I increasingly hear from the “old-timers”: > “They’ll get their fill…” “Their houses will soon go up for auction…” “People have been living in rent for 20 years, and these ones — bought them in the 8th month? Don’t make people laugh…” “He hasn’t lived in rent for a single day — what does he even know?” Often such words are heard from people who have 2-3 houses for rent. 🏘️ And perhaps it’s not that “newbies don’t understand anything”… But that newbies are increasingly making a conscious choice — to buy, and not to rent from them. And that means — they stop being tenants for 10, 15, 20 years in advance. And this is what really irritates: not because they are “young and naive”, but because the usual model is changing - where you rent out, and others pay for your mortgage your whole life. --- But let's be honest: before, there really wasn't such accessible information. There were no YouTube, Telegram channels, stories, realtors from their environment who explain everything in their native language. People didn't know where to start - and out of ignorance, they lived in rent for 10, 20, 30 years. Today, everything is different. Our diaspora is developing. 🌍 We share experiences, support each other, become guides. As I myself am - the one who has gone through the path, helped himself and his people, and now I lead those who need support. --- If you have just moved and dream of a home - I am here to help. Because I have walked this path myself - not by a template, but with understanding, strategy and focus. And I know exactly where confidence begins - in this country and in yourself. 🗝️ --- 📲 Write or call: 864-606-0272 — Sincerely, Roman Sidyuk Realtor | Success Properties South Carolina I help buy without wasting years on rent.