Home of my dreams and I have a 540 score. Get Financed

I found the home of my dreams. I have a good stable job, but my bad credit history score is 540. The few lenders and brokers I have contacted, treat me like I have a disease because I don’t have a 800 bad credit history score! I don’t believe that every person with a home has perfect bad credit history ( give me a break! ) There has got to be someone out there who can help me (either up my score, or work with me with the score I