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On May 20th I posted about an FHA 203K REHAB loan we did for Jason Werner and Kristina Dresher.
Kristina had maintained a blog for the many months leading up to the time she discovered us. She just emailed us her latest post and it's very gratifying.
I'll paste it here below, along with the link so you can check out the entire ordeal they experienced before finding us.
Thanks, Kristina! You've made our day!
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So CAl funding
More than just a shout out...
For those of you who have followed along, been a part of or just got curious how this whole deal was gonna go, thanks. Your thoughts, interest, love and generosity have been such a huge comfort to the Dresher/Werner Project.
We have just passed the one year mark on our project and for the past 7 months the house has sat looking _almost_ done. We, like so many others, were faced with the reality of a cruddy economy, banks so tight it was hard to get a phone call much less money and Bay Area job layoffs. (layoffs we managed to duck) For that whole period of time we were in desperate need of someone, anyone, to go to bat for us and get those last few dollars needed to complete the house.
If you have followed the blog, you would have seen our plea for help back in November. We were at our wits end. No hope I sight. So many poured out with offers of help but the one key piece was the loan. We were so sure we were going to be living in tents in the yard when an email came though. Dallas, my former boss’s wife, says, “Hey, I think I know someone who can help…” Boy did she.
One call, just one, to Jon Sheehan at Southern California Funding was all it took. He called me back after reading our story and said, “I know I can help you out.” Not “let me try” or “we will see”. Jon knew.
We, on the other hand, we just were not sure. We had been burned a few times by now. So, a trip to Temecula and we were on our way. Jon and his team went so far beyond every other lender we had talked to, finance companies we contacted and even our own bank. They knew from day one how to make it work. Never once did they let the state of the economy get them down. Our situation was not an easy one. House half done and no CO made finding a product that would work for us a real tough thing. But, Jon did it. Well, Jon and a whole lot of others over there.
So, Jon, Nicole, Kelly, & everyone, thank you. You stuck by us not matter how crappy the lender got. You never bailed on us when docs needed to be sent in over and over. You kept me calm and informed. You made sure the lender did not forget about our file when it really seemed like they wanted to. And in the end, those last hurdles seemed a little less ominous thanks to you. I can say, confidently, that the fourth times a charm. Cause that is how many times it took us to find a company and people that could make things happen for us. And you did.
Construction started a few weeks ago. Finally.
If anyone out there is in need of some help, I am confident Jon and his team can help you out, point you in the right direction or make sense of all the crap out there. Give him a call: 951.676.9640; Jon’s cell 949-584-5644; Ken’s cell 951-760-3833.
http://www.2124republic.org/RepublicRemodel/SoCalFunding.html
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