Before I start, there are 3 people I must give thanks to for saving my home and my life.
1. Sherizan (Sherry) Sonnek-Broker
28570 Marguerite Pkwy, Ste 208
Mission Viejo, CA 92692
Email: Sherry@mortgagelink1.com
2. John Allen at Chicago Title Company
16969 Karman Ave. Irvine, CA 92606
Without you Mr. Allen going the extra mile, none of this would have been possible, a special thanks to you.
3. Sophie Ngo Escrow officer...
To these three thank you from the bottom of my heart!
When I say my situation was dire, I mean DIRE. I'm a senior on social security and pension. I had an adjustable mortgage and every year it kept going up & up. I investigated in the Reverse Mortgage and found out more information.
I decided this is for me. I started working with a reverse mortgage company December 2018 because I knew I'd be of age in March 2019. I wanted to have everything ready and in order by March 2019.
Everything was going fine, until my deed reached the title department, I was told on the day of closing that there was an issue with my Title, we'll close on March 14, 2019.
At this time, I felt I should talk to the title department. This is when I found out that the issue, I was told about was a HUGE problem. My deed was recorded without the property description. All my eggs were in this one basket, now I'm in trouble. They're talking Probate. I didn't have the time or money for Probate, time had almost ran out for me.
After crying for 2 nights I called California's 211 information referral. They gave me several referrals; one was to Mortgage Link 1.
A broker by the name of Sherry Sonnek returned my call, my God I'm so glad she did. This woman worked and worked and worked some more to help me after she heard my story. Sherry prayed with me in my darkest hour. She lifted me up and said I'll help you and we'll work together. It was hard for me to believe her, because I had been through so much. Sherry said to trust her, and I did, but my ups & downs made it very hard to believe. Every time I received a call from Sherry my stomach would drop, I knew it, it had to be bad news; but NO. it was good news. This is where John Allen at Chicago Title comes in. John also went the extra mile by back tracking who paid the property taxes for the past 10 years, which was me. So, he decided to insure my Title as is. A big thank you John Allen at Chicago Title!
At this point, I was running out of money fast. Sherry just kept saying make sure you pay your mortgage on time. I told her: "Sherry, I'm already robbing Peter to pay Paul. Do I have to wait for the other Disciples to rob them too?"
20 days after I met Sherry Sonnek, I talked to Sophie Ngo the Escrow officer. 9 days later we closed and paid off my mortgage with a Reverse Mortgage and I received my funding.
Sherizan (Sherry) did in 29 days what the other company could not do in 90 days. Thanks everyone for my new life.
- Sheena Tankersley read more