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I don't know all your situation, but you probably won't get a house right away.
Reach out to your nearby alumni (both those from your chapter, as well as those
from other chapters.) Your national headquarters can give you a list.
Have a simple barbecue, or picnic, and invite them, so they can get to know them.
Keep in touch with them - an e-mail newsletter is cheap (free) and a printed one is not that expensive to mail.
Over time, have get togethers - like Monday Night Football at a sports bar. Sometimes they will
give you your own room. My nearby sports bar is run by an ATO alumnus and he knows exactly what I'm doing.
After they get to know you, and see you are going to last, ask them to help you down the path to owning your own house. Of course, your national will have staff who can advise you.
Sometimes you just get lucky, but you have to make your own luck. In a year, or so, you can organize an "official house finding committee". And if another fraternity or sorority makes a house available, either rental or ownership, you will be ready to jump.
In those situations, you will probably have competition, but the winner in that situation is usually the best prepared and organized.
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