<prompt> Human: First time poster on this subreddit : Im sorry if its a long post. I wanted to give as much helpful information as possible. Thanks!Im an engineering student currently working at a movie theater for minimum wage. My family is in a bit of a pickle recently. My dad is in Ecuador tending to my very ill grandmother has been there for about three months. Bills were paid through my parents income taxes until my dad could return and work once again. Unfortunately, the recent earthquake in Ecuador has kept my dad there for a bit longer than expected. I started the new job at the movie theater at minimum wage to help my mother with expenses and bills since my dad currently is dealing with pressing matters back in Ecuador.To wrap this up, our home has a large lawn, both front and back. Usually my parents would pay for others to come and cut our grass because our push lawn mowers break down quickly, and in between working and school, there always seems like a reason to not cut the grass. Recently the mowers we hired have slacked and stopped cutting our grass. Being in Florida, the grass grows quickly with the summer months.Long story short, I was thinking of financing a lawn mower under my name. I have yet to establish credit so I would think that the payments would be low, and would be a good way to build credit. Im sure that with my mother and I working, we can handle the payments, and once my father returns, all three of us could help to pay off the purchase fairly quickly. The mower in mind would be about 1000 or less.Does this seem like a good idea? Are there other things I should consider before financing it? Any feedback is appreciated since this would be my first big ticket purchase assuming I follow through.Edit: Changed budgetEdit2: Thanks for the feedback. I see now that I dont have a full grasp on the concept of credit.  <response>: this is a terrible idea. You could pay someone to cut it until your father comes home. Find more reliable landscapers. 