Karen Mountain

I love to shop. That’s always been a true statement about me. I used to be a buyer for a big department store in Chicago and bought women’s clothes.When I moved to California, I got my dream job as Director of the Personal Shopping Department for I.Magnin, a very classy store. I shopped for my clients all day!

How does my love of shopping help you?

As your home mortgage expert, shopping is a skill, as well as a talent. What you’re shopping for really doesn’t matter, the skill set is the same. Listening to your clients, knowing the marketplace, and matching your client’s needs with the market’s offerings.Now I shop for home loans and I love it! What I do for my clients can affect their lives in a big way by saving them thousands of dollars, or getting their loan closed, and their dream house realized, when no one thought it could happen. Those are important events that make my home loan clients – and me – very happy! And that’s why my mortgage clients stick with me.

Now what do I do when I’m not shopping for the best rates and terms for you? Hopefully I’m out riding my big dressage horse, Beltane, a very tall Oldenburg/Thoroughbred cross.When I’m not riding, I might be out working on my roses. Shopping again, I kept finding more roses I liked – there are so many. So 56 rosebushes later, I have a lot of pruning to do.

Travel is big on my list, and I’ve been a lot of places, and plan on going to many more. Portugal, Iceland, and Greece are next on my list, not necessarily in that order. Reading, golf and occasional poker games take up the rest of my spare time. And, if I didn’t mention it, shopping!