First Time Homebuyer: Why Abigail Broke Her Lease and Bought in 90 Days - 439
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Abigail and her husband thought they needed $50,000 before they could even think about buying a home. But after reaching out for budgeting advice, they learned they were already closer to ownership than they imagined. With guidance from a Unicorn team, family gift funds, and smart loan planning, they closed on a $400,000 home in under 90 days. This episode details how early conversations and the right financial education can replace fear with facts — and get buyers into homes faster than they expect.
“We did have to break our lease in order to buy the house… it worked out so well.” - Abigail
Highlights
- What financial assumptions kept Abigail and her husband from realizing they were ready to buy?
- Why does using only one spouse’s income sometimes secure a better loan rate?
- How can breaking a lease early actually speed up your homeownership timeline?
- What loan and gift strategies helped Abigail cover her down payment without draining savings?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the show. We have another amazing first-time homebuyer success story today. It's an |
| 0:06.1 | interview with Abigail. She and her husband had 10 grand saved, and they were sure they needed more |
| 0:11.0 | money to buy a $400,000 house. So she asked me, do you have any advice on saving and budgeting? |
| 0:17.4 | I've been struggling to get my husband into the let's budget so we can buy a house |
| 0:21.3 | mindset. Well, as you're here in this interview, it turns out, they were asking about the wrong |
| 0:25.9 | mindset. They didn't need to budget to save for way more money before they could start their plans. |
| 0:31.6 | They were already in a place to start thinking about their buying options. They just needed |
| 0:36.5 | the right information of what they could do today to shift to this new buying options. They just needed the right information of what they could do |
| 0:38.5 | today to shift to this new buying mindset. I connected her with a local first-time home buyer specialist, |
| 0:44.8 | real estate realtor, a unicorn in an industry full of donkeys. And this is no joke, 90 days later, |
| 0:51.4 | they were handed the keys to a $400,000 home. The mindset shift that they needed |
| 0:55.9 | wasn't about how much money they needed to save and work on all their budgeting. They just needed |
| 1:00.8 | a guide to show them the affordable options that they actually had immediately. There are so many |
| 1:07.2 | incredible tips and lessons in this one. I seriously can't wait for you guys to hear this one. |
| 1:12.3 | And at the end of this interview, you're going to hear an astonishing example of the unicorn difference with a story about Chinese takeout. |
| 1:21.5 | Enjoy. |
| 1:22.8 | How to buy a home educates, protects, and connects first-time home buyers to qualify bedded realtors in their area, |
| 1:28.7 | whether you're looking for DIY information or step-by-step guidance. |
| 1:32.2 | How to buy a home is the number one resource for first-time home buyers. |
| 1:36.7 | Okay, everybody, we've got another exciting interview. |
| 1:39.3 | I'm not sure this might be my first interview for somewhere from Alabama, so I'm very excited about that. |
| 1:45.9 | This is Abigail. Abigail reached out to me on, let's see, June 8th of 2025 and was under |
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