Peachtree – A Home Buying Seminar has been rescheduled to 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at Educate 4 Success, 315 Family Church Road, to help local residents understand everything involved in becoming a homeowner.
Registration is free. The seminar will feature speakers Steven Aft, Dr. Jeana Conley, Taylor Gremli, Dr. Sue Lynn Ledford and Gina Sanders.
Other professionals will also be in attendance from Clay and Graham counties. Dinner will be provided, and there will be opportunities to ask questions and share concerns in a no-pressure environment.
“This event is for anyone interested who is at any stage of planning or hoping to one day own a home,” Ledford said. “It is also for those who could potentially be landlords to know how to navigate the process of owning rental property; they can serve an important role in aiding folks to move forward with ownership.”
The seminar was scheduled to take place on June 30. However, it was canceled due to the fatal shooting of a Cherokee County law enforcement officer nearby.
Mary Jo Dyre, marketing director for Steven Aft State Farm in Murphy, attended The Home Continuum and saw how their goal to make home buying more accessible related to their goal of helping the community through the Extra Mile Scholarship and Shoe Fund.
“There are hard-working people who feel like they can’t buy a home, and we need to help,” she said.
Aft, owner of Steven Aft State Farm, will be the insurance and wealth planning representative on the panel.
“Buying a home isn’t just about getting the keys; it’s about protecting your future,” he said.
Conley will be facilitator of the seminar and a strategy coordinator. She has 32 years of experience in education, including eight as superintendent of Cherokee County Schools.
“I’ll guide participants through our comprehensive home buying workbook and help to break down what can feel like an overwhelming process into manageable, actionable steps,” she said.
Gremli – owner of Gremli Group, Allen Tate Realtors in Murphy – will be the panel’s real estate representative. She aims to provide attendees with a start-to-finish guideline for buying a home.
“There’s so much conspiracy and misinformation surrounding real estate and home buying. I hope that I’m able to provide information and education that will help people to realize this is an attainable goal, it and can be easier than they think,” she said.
Ledford, executive director at Four Square Community Action based in Andrews, will serve as a community housing advocate on the panel. Four Square’s mission is “Opening doors for vulnerable individuals and families by providing advocacy, services, and resources to increase self-sufficiency.”
The goals of Four Square Community Action and the Home Buying Seminar are similar in that they both aim to turn the hopes of families into reality by offering education and resources.
Sanders, a mortgage loan originator at Mortgage Financial Group, will be the panel’s mortgage representative. Her goal is to help educate on different loan options, prepare finances and credit, what lenders look for, and address common myths about loans and getting a mortgage that might prevent people from buying a home.
Dyre hopes this will be the first of many events.
“We hope to be able to commit to doing more than one of these home buying seminars each year, and would love to hold seminars in the surrounding counties to make attendance easier in the future,” she said.
Details: Visit foursquarecommunityactioninc.com.