I bought my first town-home in 1975.  I love real estate.  Real estate and real estate financing fascinate me.  I built my second home in 1978 and was exposed to the raw beginnings of real estate improvements.  I had moved in to a very family orientated neighborhood, and was just awed by the many different types of homes and families. 

I started selling real estate in the 80s.  The company I went to work for was owned by a bank and we were also trained to do mortgages.  I then worked for a different bank in their commercial real estate development office.  They were heavily involved in real estate acquisitions, development, and marketing, construction, sales and financing.  The bank closed in the midst of the Resolution Trust Corporation takeover in 1989-1990.  I then, partnered up with a gentleman who owned a real estate and mortgage company for a few years.  I was then, offered an account executive position and had been working in the wholesale mortgage industry for 5 years. 

I had accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior when I was 17.  At 27, I was baptized in water.  I love the Lord with all my heart.  I was praying in 1996 and telling God how unhappy I was working in the real estate and mortgage industry.   I had started looking around and had interviewed with different companies, nothing clicked.  I looked back on my life and saw a trend.  I was always involved in different aspects of the real estate and mortgage industry.  It wasnt the industry I was having problems with;   it was the people in the industry. 

Oh sure, I ran across a lot of Christians, and even a few faithful ones.  I also dealt with a lot of folks who were not Christians and they were proud of not being a Christian.  They wore their faith like a threat or a challenge or even an insult.  They were insulted if you were not of their faith and they looked down on everyone.  We are all equal in my book.  I despise lying and cheating, bait and switch, over-charging, and stretching the truth.     My mother is a devout Christian and her faith is an unwavering rock:  a badge;   a badge of courage and honor.  My faith is not a secret, a threat, or a challenge.  It just is.  I am that I am.    

I started asking God if I could work for him, somehow, some way, even if I had to scrub floors.  I loved Him and I knew He loved me.  I knew I wasnt worthy to work for Him, but then who is?  The thought overwhelmed me to start a Christian company.  I prayed about it and God filled me with an astounding, yes, Yes, YES, absolutely!  I was eligible, and passed the Arizona mortgage broker test and the Arizona real estate broker test.  The name Christian Mortgage was available and was not shown as having ever been used.  The name Christian Real estate had been used, but the man who had it had passed on, and the name was available.  Halleluiah&

It was 1997 and I was 37 and I was baptized in the Holy Spirit.  Wow, it was beyond amazing!  The Lord told me I needed an adjustment!!!  I was more than willing and happy, to give God what I saw, as my successes, but until I could give Him, what I saw, as my failures, this wasnt going to work.  This is the walk I am now walking.  I now realize, God decides; what is a success, and what is a failure, NOT ME.  My job is to give my testimony and to give Him everything!!!  Yes, I also do real estate and mortgages, too, in His Name, everything, in His Name.  Its all His anyway, always has been and always will be.  Why did it take me so long to figure that out?  

I love people who love God and those that dont, too.  But, the ones who love God lift me up and its so awesome! My cup is not half empty, its not half full.  My cup has to be over-flowing!  How can God bless others through me?  If my cup over-flows, I have plenty to share.  I cant share what I dont have.   Amen and Praise God.  God bless you.