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Protect My Home

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Hello Friends –

            I find myself in a difficult situation, and therefore I have created this GoFundMe page. Over the last 3 years I have had a hard time paying my property taxes on my home and now I am trying to avoid potentially losing my home ownership to a tax lien. Property values in the Denver metropolitan area have been skyrocketing and they have more than doubled in my area in less than 10 years. As many of you know, I have a spinal cord injury and at times my SCI can make life very challenging because of chronic pain and other health and mobility issues.  As a single father, it has taken a great deal of energy and effort to raise my teenage son and support him as he begins to make his way through this world as a young adult. I have Social Security disability income and I earn some additional money with copywriting and web design projects, but my income meets my basic expenses, with little marginal earnings. Currently, I owe $6,971 in property taxes, including the accrued interest. I am hoping to pay this amount off before the end of November so that I can keep myself from being in a vulnerable position that could jeopardize my home. My goal with this GoFundMe campaign is to raise $8,000 to cover these expenses.

            I have tried several times to obtain financing for my property taxes from my banker, US Bank. However, they have been unwilling (or perhaps unable due to their regulations) to provide a loan to me based on the equity in my home without including my personal credit card debt along with the outstanding property taxes that are owed. That presents a problem for me, because the monthly payments and terms for that kind of loan are beyond the range of my regular monthly income. So unfortunately, while the property value of my house and the homes in my Montclair neighborhood have increased dramatically since I bought this house in 2007, I have been unable to draw on about $348,771 of home ownership equity (according to Zillow.com) to cover about the $6,971 in outstanding property taxes.

            I am currently working with a new nonprofit organization, the I Want to Walk Foundation; I am building their website and helping with their involvement in the disabled community. The organization is being formed to raise $20 million or more to fund groundbreaking research for a cure for spinal cord injuries. Many people are not aware of this, but scientists and medical researchers have been developing very creative and effective approaches to healing spinal cord injuries over the last 30 years, some of which will be ready for human trials within the next year. I have been asked to be a part of the I Want to Walk Board working in a paid position where I can continue to help with the communications work of this organization. I am profoundly grateful for this work and I would like to finish the website by early December. It is my sincere hope that this work will end up helping hundreds of thousands of people all around the world who suffer from SCIs. If there is one goal and dream in this world I can be excited about, it is this prospect of my own SCI healing and the healing of many others. With this work and other projects I am developing, I feel very optimistic about the future and I can say there are beautiful things on the horizon.

            Thank you for taking the time to consider this GoFundMe campaign – I deeply appreciate any support you may be able to provide. If you have additional questions about my situation, please feel free to contact me via email message here or send me your email address or phone number. I will be more than happy to speak with you directly. Once again, thank you for your time and consideration. I am hoping that this GoFundMe page will help me create bridge to a better and more sustainable position regarding my home.  Thank you for your help!
 
            Warm regards,                       James Ainsworth
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  • DEAN T LEWALLEN
    • $250
    • 4 yrs
  • Marcella High
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • Dana Murray
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Marilyn Craig
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • John M Zook
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
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James Ainsworth
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Denver, CO

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