When I first started flipping homes in the Seattle area, competition was scarce. If I targeted a few properties to bid on at auction, I knew I was buying one of them. Well, things have changed. Thanks to all the HGTV shows and so-called real estate “gurus” out there, many Boeing, Amazon, and Microsoft employees, etc. [...]
Name: Rob Hartley Title: Director of IT Years at Rain City: 1 Can you describe what you do at Rain City Capital? Force change on everyone. (A friend claimed my job is to reconfigure companies—sometimes continuously.) How did you end up coming here to reconfigure Rain City? A recruiter found me, and after a few interviews, [...]
Name: Tim Stoves Title: Construction Relationship Manager Years at Rain City: 3 Can you describe what you do at Rain City Capital? I process the loan advances for our construction and renovation clients while monitoring the progress of the projects. How or why did you come to work for Rain City? At the time [...]
Name: Lisa Schellhas Title: Underwriting Manager Years at Rain City: 4 Can you describe what you do at Rain City Capital? I underwrite the loans, which means the loans come to me after they’ve been processed and I review and approve them. There’s a lot of other stuff that goes into that, but it would take [...]
Rain City is continuously searching for its next $100 Mission partner, and we wanted to talk more about what the $100 Mission is: who we're looking for and what kind work we do. And so with the help of Giving to Fly's Jenna Powell and Kelly Gies, check out our new video highlighting the $100 Mission:
Name: Meredith Zimmerman Title: QC & Recording Specialist (soon to be Loan Processor) Years at Rain City: six months Can you describe what you do at Rain City Capital? I do the recording of our deeds for Oregon and Washington. I review everyone's loan documents to ensure all the information is correct. I put the [...]
You’re listening to a guru pitch you on his program for wealth, dreaming of millions in the bank. You leave the seminar pumped up, pockets a little lighter due to the cost of the weekend training, but ready to take on the world. Except it's not that easy. Here's one thing no guru will tell you: [...]
Name: Valerie Wells Title(s): "Coordinator of Chaos" (Fred's title for Valerie on her first business card), Production Manager, Loan Processing Supervisor Years at Rain City: 5 Can you describe what you do at Rain City Capital? I'm worried that describing all the things I do might take up a whole page. I'll just say that Fred used to call [...]
A few months ago, at the end of Rain City's Monday morning check-in, Fred asked our office, "Does anyone know our mission statement?" Most of the office had a vague idea (and the marketing department wasn't allowed to answer). After some close guesses, Fred went over to the white board and wrote it down: Real and [...]
Hard money lending hasn't always had the best reputation. But at Rain City, we're real people who just want to help investors Make It Happen. Once a month, we'll post a feature about a Rain City employee, so you can meet staff you might not normally interact with. Starting us off, the first person most people talk [...]
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