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Pre-Purchase Counseling

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We offer pre-purchase counseling to help prepare homebuyers for homeownership. Our counselors assist clients with:

  • Setting goals
  • Budgeting
  • Determining affordability
  • Applying for down payment assistance
  • Qualifying for a mortgage
  • Avoiding homebuying pitfalls

For more information call ESOP at (216) 361-0718, email us at ESOPreceptionist@benrose.org or fill out the below form.

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Homebuyer Education

Our FREE HUD-approved homebuyer education class can teach you the important basics of the home buying process. We will provide you with the knowledge you’ll need to secure an affordable mortgage and buy the right house for you.

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Elizabeth Sanchez

Homeownership Manager

Contact: esopreceptionist@benrose.org | (216) 373-1823

Elizabeth Sanchez is a HUD-Certified Housing Counselor and is the Homeownership Manager for Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), a subsidiary of Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. She works in collaboration with the Branches Real Estate team to help new buyers prepare for homeownership. She also provides homeownership education and counseling for people all stages of life from buying or selling their first homes or transitioning out of their last homes.

Elizabeth Sanchez is a HUD-Certified Housing Counselor and is the Homeownership Manager for Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), a subsidiary of Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging. She works in collaboration with the Branches Real Estate team to help new buyers prepare for homeownership. She also provides homeownership education and counseling for people all stages of life from buying or selling their first homes or transitioning out of their last homes.

Elizabeth is bilingual, and regularly hosts housing and aging-in-place trainings in Spanish and English. Our goal is to ensure successful, sustainable homeownership for people of all income levels and backgrounds. As an educated consumer, they will have the tools, capacity and options to make good choices about whether and what to buy.

Prior to joining ESOP, Elizabeth worked as the Homeownership Program Manager for the Famicos Foundation, and as a Homebuyer Development Manager for Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, bringing over 18 years' experience providing financial counseling and homebuyer education.