Mortgage Executive Magazine ranked Jim Blackburn in the top 1% of all loan originators in the U.S. for the last 4 consecutive years in a row funding over $200 million. Jim has coached hundreds of first-time home-buyers including college graduates, active military personnel and veterans on the 4 Pillars of Home Ownership and got them into a home for their families. Jim has helped multiple self-employed borrowers with layers of financial complexity both in their personal and business portfolios to overcome the traditional mortgage obstacles. Jim has helped countless investors to grow their real estate portfolio one property at a time. Jim has partnered with dozens of local Realtors, Financial Advisors, & Insurance Agents across America to help Americans not only become homeowners but to pursue the real American dream of financial independence via strategic collaborative financial planning. Jim Blackburn is a native of Detroit, Michigan, veteran of Chicago, Illinois, and resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Jim works like a dog 6 days a week serving clients so that he can dedicate Sundays to his wife and best friend Olga, young daughter Olivia, and two Maine Coon Cats. In the daytime, you’ll find them swimming, fishing, canoeing, and boating through the canals of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and making music around bon fires in the evening. Jim and Olga are proud supporters of the Gianna House, an organization in Michigan that provides a safe residence as well as spiritual, educational, and parental resources to pregnant teens and their newborn infants. Jim has been assisting clients with their finances for nearly two decades. Jim prides himself in helping his clients not only to achieve the dream of homeownership, but also to understand how their mortgage choice integrates into their other financial goals like saving for retirement or children's college, accumulating investment real estate, and protecting their assets & income from life's risks.