<prompt> Human: This is my first time posting here and Ill try to be as clear as possible. I currently rent an apartment, but the neighborhood is up and coming so once my lease is up, according to other residents, they will most likely raise my rent substantially, like as much as 16. Currently I pay 1209 and that is literally the cap of my budget. Any more and I cant afford rent. I live in Atlanta, GA and would like to buy a condo in the city. With a casual Zillow search, there are options, but there is no way I can get together a down payment. In this housing market, is there even a way to buy with no down payment? My lease isnt up till next year so I have some time to save, but I can barely put 100 away every month, if that. I have never even looked at owning before, and I know after the housing bubble popped its super difficult to get a mortgage with nothing down. I should state that I do have very good credit, so hopefully that works to my advantage?Am I going on a futile journey? Should I just cut my losses and move to another apartment? I would really like to own, but I really dont want to sacrifice location. It has to be within the city, close by everything: Downtown, Midtown etc.I am looking at consulting a realator, especially about condo rent to own options, but I just was wondering if there is something else I could do.I hope that was clear. Thank you for any help!EDIT: Thanks for the advice! Im going to look at moving to a cheaper place when my lease is up so I can save.  <response>: If you can barely save 100month what are you going to do when you need to fix something? 