I wrote an article, titled, "Home loan modification, is it possible?" It expressed my disappointment about the home loan modification process and it was a little scary to put out there because it was opinionated. I continue to get calls and emails from people looking for help. I followed that article with a series of resources to get help for home loan modifications in Sacramento, CA.
Yesterday, I recieved a phone call from Walt Gray, of KCRA channel 3 News station here in Sacramento, CA.
It was a complete shock and surprise. As soon as he said, "Hi Chrystina, this is Walt Gray and I'd like to ask you some questions about home loan modifications." He kept talking but I couldn't focus on what he was saying. I went blank. My mind became distracted and I was thinking, "Is this a joke?"
I had to stop him and tell him that I didn't really hear anything after he said his name. He laughed and said, "Okay, we'll back up." Then he proceeded to tell me that he was on his way to interview the Mayor of Loomis and wanted to know if he could stop by my office after and interview me for the segment on the six o'clock news that evening.
Wow! He read my blog! He said he liked my article and wanted to know if I would be available to meet him at my office in an HOUR. Well, this was a day that I was working off site at my home office. It had been a hectic morning and I had just gotten off the phone with a client who is getting ready to buy a home and was about to run direct underwriting and I was not "put together" with make up and hair and dress PLUS I wasn't sure if I wanted to go on camera. It was all happening so fast and so unexpected.
Hey! I'm a woman and it takes me longer to get ready for something like that! I require make up!
This was a huge opportunity. If I couldn't do the interview, I knew someone who could. I told Walt to plan on being at my office with the news crew and I would have someone there for him to interview. I immediately called my business partner, Mark Teran, and he was at the office! Big relief! So, all of a sudden, Mark was going to be on the news. He was stunned too. In fact, at first, he wondered if it was real. Would they show up?
Well, they did show up and we made the six o'clock news. Here it is.
Just goes to show the power of writing articles about what we are passionate about. And, even if it seems like nobody is reading because you may not get a lot of comments, you'd be surprised at who IS reading.
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