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The joy of homeownership.


I am a 28-year-old, African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race.  female subscriber to BLACK ENTERPRISE. I have a moderate income and recently became a first-time homeowner. The home buying process was very enjoyable for me. Thanks to your magazine and the CDCLI (Community Development Corporation of Long Island), I was able to purchase a co-op in Jamaica Jamaica (jəmā`kə), independent state within the Commonwealth (2005 est. pop. 2,732,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti.  Estates, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, for $75,000. I was given a $5,000 grant to put toward my down payment as well as an additional closing cost assistance loan. I am truly grateful for the experience and wanted to thank BLACK ENTERPRISE and the CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice.

CDC - Control Data Corporation
 for their expertise and diligence in preparing me for this process.

Rena'e S. Grant

New York, NY

rgrant@bio.org
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Title Annotation:Letters
Author:Grant, Rena'e S.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Letter to the editor
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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