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Don't mean to discourage you, but that is a very difficult road you are about to embark on. When my dad retired as a senior exec. he became the Director of a substance abuse facility. Not quite what your doing but similar.
Anyways, this is a non profit organization that staffs about 8 people and could hold a maximum of 15 guys for their 30 day cycle. Even with my dad's business contacts, celebrities he knew, people in the government etc,.fundraising was an incredibly huge challenge. I worked on a lot of stuff with him (volunteering) and everything imaginable to make a success of things. Door to door canvassing, flooding free sites, information sites, any site of relevance on the net to raise awareness, speaking to corporate sponsors, speaking to bar owners, business owners, local bands and dj's for cheap entertainment, radio, tv and on.
And this is a registered charity. Still hugely difficult.
For what it is worth, my advice would be to put the buying of the house on hold, incorporate a company name, see if a church or legion can loan a room once or twice a week then bring in people and do what you do to establish a reputation for your business (I'm assuming this is a recovery/support type thing you are doing) Atleast that way if it doesn't work you're not screwed and if it does, you'll have more clout with some track record behind you. And by the way, doing things this way doesn't mean you still can't hold fundraisers.
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