09/09/2026
ARE YOU TIRED OF PAYING SOMEONE ELSE’S MORTGAGE?
A 3-bedroom site-built rental in the Trenton/Bell area can easily run around $1,800/month
Now look at this:
A home priced at $274,900
3.5% down = $9,625 (and there are down-payment assistant programs available!)
Estimated principal & interest = approximately $1,686/month
That’s about $114 LESS than $1,800 in rent — and instead of paying your landlord’s mortgage, you’re investing in a BRAND-NEW home of your own.
If you’re renting and wondering whether buying might actually be within reach, let’s run the numbers.
You may be closer than you think.
(Payment example based on a 30-year loan at 6.55%. Principal and interest only. Does not include taxes, homeowners insurance, mortgage insurance, closing costs or other lender fees. Rates and qualification vary.)
Gwen Smith, REALTOR®
United Country Smith and Associates
(352)598-1136
Realtor in Trenton, FL but serving
all of north central Florida.
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