Publisher information
About USDA.properties
USDA.properties is an independent educational resource built to help home buyers understand USDA Rural Development location rules, income limits, property considerations, and the questions to take to an approved lender.
What we are building
USDA financing can be unusually useful and unusually easy to misunderstand. A promising home may fall outside an eligible boundary; household income and qualifying income are not always the same calculation; and a property or borrower must still satisfy program and lender requirements.
Our goal is to turn those moving parts into a practical sequence: check the location, understand the income test, evaluate the property, and prepare the borrower file. The free address checker, educational guides, and USDA Home Buyer Playbook are designed around that sequence.
Publisher and author
Dylan Vigliotti
Dylan Vigliotti is the founder, publisher, writer, and reviewer behind USDA.properties. He created the resource to make publicly available USDA program information easier for buyers to navigate and apply. We do not claim that Dylan is a USDA employee, loan officer, attorney, housing counselor, appraiser, or other licensed adviser.
Where a decision requires professional judgment or an official determination, the site directs readers to USDA Rural Development, an approved lender, or an appropriately qualified professional.
How we work
- We prefer USDA Rural Development and other primary government sources.
- We label the site’s independent status prominently.
- We separate general education from official eligibility and underwriting decisions.
- We disclose commercial relationships and correct material errors.
- We review time-sensitive claims when program publications change.
Read our editorial standards and sources and methodology for the details.