Steve Lines: Arizona Mortgage Expert
Throughout my lending career, I have been known for my knowledge, experience, honesty and integrity. I hold my mortgage and accounting experience in high regard.
I have been involved in the real estate finance industry since 1996 when I took my first job as a loan officer. I worked through college as a loan officer for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in their Spanish-Speaking FHA and VA division where I consistently ranked in the top 10% in monthly originations. This experience provided a sound base of FHA lending knowledge.
Upon graduation from college at Arizona State University, I began working as an auditor for Ernst & Young, one of the “Big 4″ accounting firms. While there, I had a multitude of matchless accounting experiences. I was exposed to the operations of a variety of companies in different industries, both private and public, and I enjoyed the opportunity to contribute to the audits of many other companies in numerous ways.
While at Ernst & Young, I had the opportunity to obtain my mortgage broker’s license through the Arizona State Banking Department (now the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions). Initially, this was done as a way to create a passive revenue stream in order to supplement my income. I started my small mortgage brokerage, consisting of two employees working from their homes, while continuing to work for Ernst & Young. After a few months, the brokerage became more successful and consequently demanded more of my time and responsibility. As such, I made the decision in the fall of 2002 to leave Ernst & Young and run the mortgage brokerage full time. Within three years, I had opened multiple offices and recruited dozens of loan officers. On top of maintaining the company’s residential and commercial loan origination operations and my personal client relationships, I handled all of our compliance and accounting.
Since that time, I have brought my team of loan officers to Academy Mortgage, a company that has built a rock-solid reputation as a service-oriented mortgage banking firm specializing in FHA lending for over 20 years.As mentioned above, I am fluent in Spanish and enjoy working with many Spanish-Speaking customers.
Steve Lines
Authorized FHA Loan Consultant and Co-Branch Manager
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480-329-3346 (mobile)
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