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Five gates
Know what comes next
Each stage has a checklist, evidence requirement, and decision point.
- Readiness and cash flow
- Credit and documentation
- Financing and assistance
- Search and inspection
- Close and stabilize
Published facts remain sourced; every unfinished model, scenario, or recommendation is explicitly labeled.
How facts and examples are separated ↗Own / Guided pathway
First House
A staged path from readiness and credit through financing, property selection, closing, and the first year of ownership.
HMDA and ACS context is real; lender, grant, rate, and affordability examples are placeholders until verified for the user’s location and date.
02
Local truth
Housing is place-specific
Production recommendations will require current state and local program rules, eligibility, rates, and licensed-provider verification.
- Program geography
- Income limits
- Property requirements
- Effective dates
Authenticity contract
Structure can be complete before claims are real.
Where genuine evidence exists, the site publishes it with source, vintage, identifier, and limitation. Where a marketplace, review, recommendation, partnership, price, benefit, event, or score lacks real-world support, the interface remains a clearly labeled example.
Audit genuine datasets ↗Read the commercial firewall ↗