Free Grant Secrets Questions and Answers - Government
Grants, Info, Guides
Although the following questions are centered
around real estate and goverment housing
grants they also apply to all other kinds of
money available from Government sources including
low interest loans, direct payments, loan guarantees,
and something really special called “loans
you don’t have to pay back”. Only
the government would invent such an animal!
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Matthew Lesko
Q: How May People Get Government Grants?
A: 30 Million People A
Year Get Grants
It’s easy to think that “grants such
as real
estate grants are for other people”.
I used to think that too. I grew up in the
small town of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,
and I used to think that anyone who got free government
grant money was either real rich and knew someone,
or real poor and embarrassed. After 25 years of
studying these programs I now know better. I personally
got grants for business and to go to graduate school.
My teenage sons even got a $10,000 grant to work
on an anti-smoking project. I received government
grants to put my kids through college and I make
a good amount of money. My wife and sister have
received hundreds of thousands of dollars
in government money in the form of government contracts
for their home-based businesses. Grants are for
people who know about the programs -- rich, poor,
young or old. All Americans are eligible for something,
but they just don’t know where the grants are.
Q: Can You Apply To More Than One Money Program
For The Same Project?
A: Sure. What’s the worst
that can happen to you? Everyone gives
you the money you ask for? That’s a very
nice problem to have. There may be some programs
that will restrict you from applying to other
programs. But they are rare, so don’t worry
about that until someone tells you should. Life
is a numbers game - the more programs you
apply to the higher your chances are of getting
the money. For a listing of over 15,000 sources
of grants and other government money programs
see howtogetagrant.com/grgrant10.
Q: What Do You Say When The Government Answers
The Phone?
A: This was a real concern of
a number of people in the audience at a speech
I gave in New York recently. They were worried
that they would not have the exact questions to
ask when they called a government office for help.
The answer is, IT DOESN’T MATTER. The more
honest you are the better. It’s okay
to say, “Hey, I found your office in a book
and I’m wondering if you can help. I’m
trying to start a business and I need all the help
I can get.” They will get the idea. Try to
be as open as possible. They only thing you should not do
is call and only ask for MONEY. Ask for help. See
what they have to offer and how you can use it.
Don’t Say The Word “Grant” when
you contact a government agency looking for money.
It is a limiting word when talking with bureaucrats.
They may look at a list of programs and tell
you that they don’t have any programs for “grants” when
in fact they may have programs with the word “direct
payments”, “loans you don’t
have to pay back” or other monies that
are like grants in that you do not have to pay
them back but are not called “grants”.
You’ll miss out. So just ask for information
on all their financial aid programs. Take the
list, go through it, then call them back and
tell them the programs you are interested in.
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