[Person 1]:This
is John and Maria, they are the happy new owners of a home in Killeen, Texas.
And, they’re a little bit shy right now, so uh, go ahead and tell us a little
bit about your experience and how you guys feel right now.
[Person 2]:I
really didn’t think we were gonna be able to find a home, being so young.
[Person 3]:Yeah,
me, me just turning 22, not being exactly financially stable, when we first met
we didn’t think getting out of an apartment would be a viable option, but now
we have our first home and we’re getting ready to move in.
[P2]:Yep.
Especially being in the military too.
[P1]:Cool, so
what are your plans for your home in terms of decorating and uh, paint and
stuff like that?
[Person 1]:Hello, my name is Lara with Home Freedom
Properties, I’m sitting here with Miles and his wife is a little bit camera
shy, so she’s not on camera right now. But, and this is your daughter, what was
her name?
[Person 2]:Miley.
[P1]:I
see … Miles just bought a great home. It’s definitely, he’s the envy of many
other home – of many other potential homeowners that we’ve spoken with who were
– kept calling us after they already tied the home up and said is that home,
over there in the Bridgewood subdivision, is that one still available? No, I’m
sorry, it’s already been taken, so. Anyway, you guys have been living in there
for about a month or so.
[P2]:Yes we have.
[P1]:Do you wanna share a little bit about your
experience or how you’re feeling right now? Or what you’ve done to the home?
Anything like that?
[P2]:Um, overall the experience has been great.
I mean, you have been nothing but an absolute help to us from Day 1, when we
first all initially started ... You helped us in every aspect … thank you so
much for everything.
[P1]:Thank you.
[P2]:And the home is, it’s a wonderful home. The
family is real happy, my wife, she was really excited initially. She did a whole bunch of nice things to it.
And she’s my woman and I wanna thank her for doing all that stuff. She’s
thanked me, but basically it’s a wonderful home; it’s a beautiful home. We’re
fortunate, we’re so lucky, we’re blessed. And, we’ve been looking for a couple
years.
[P1]:Really?
[P2]:We decided to wait and once we figured out
we’d be staying here, we said, you know what? Let’s go ahead and make it happen,
and good thing we waited like she all wanted to do and we ended up with a
really, really nice and wonderful home.
[P1]:Great.
[P2]:Like I said, that’s tribute to you and your
company.
[P1]:Oh.
[P2]:Couldn’t do it without you.
[P1]:Well thank you very much. I do appreciate
those kind words. And I’m really happy you guys are happy. Now let’s see, you
guys have done interior paint.
[P2]:Yes, we painted the whole inside, upstairs,
downstairs, in the living room it was carpet and we changed it, we went ahead
and put hardwood flooring down and um, that’s about it so far. We changed the
light fixtures on the outside. Um, and plan to do a privacy fence, here
probably the early part of next year.
[P1]: Oh, okay, great do a privacy fence. Sounds good! Well I’m really excited
to see what the house looks like. I was gonna stop by earlier today, but his
little girl here – it’s, here it is a little less than a week from Christmas
and she’s got a little bit of a fever so I’m trying to keep, keep from getting
her cooties, so. Oh, I’m sorry sweetie. I’m sure Santa will bring you the gift
of health here next week.
[P2]:(laughing)
[P1]:She’s gonna, she’s gonna cough right in my
face just to get back at me, I know it! But, uh anyway, well congratulations
you guys, I’m really happy we were able to help you guys out.
[P2]:Oh, thank you so much again, Lara. Thank
you for everything.
[Person 1]:Hey there, my name is Lara, I’m with Home Freedom Properties.
I’m sitting here wish Isabel and Columbus, um.
[Person 2]:Hi.
[P1]:And
they just purchased a wonderful home on a golf course and they’re very excited
about it. So, I just wanted to hear a little bit, um, about their story and how
they feel about how things went and how they feel about the future. And, you
guys can just tell me kinda how you feel or you can look at the camera,
whatever you prefer.
[P3]:Uh,
we’ve been looking for a place for our own for about 4 years now. Uh, we tried
to go and get a loan through a bank and uh, our credit score wasn’t high
enough, we still was workin hard. We came across uh, the ad Miss Lara had on
the website, the Freedom website and seen some stuff and looked at the options.
And uh, we tried it out and we qualified for it. And uh, it’s a happy time. Um,
future looks bright, we’re gonna fix the house up and uh, I’m just excited
about doing it. I’m tired of paying rent for something that’s not, that’s not
gonna ever be mine. And we was able to get something that’s uh, affordable and
a chance to own something.
[P2]:And
Miss Lara made it real easy. She uh, walked us through every step of the way
and uh, we really appreciate all that she’s done to help us um, achieve our
goal. And uh, we look forward to continue working with her and um, we would
recommend Miss Lara to assist you and obtain your first home.
[P1]:Oh,
thank you so much you guys. That’s really sweet. Were you gonna say something
else?
[P3]:I
appreciate it. I appreciate you.
[P2]:He even mentioned 4 years ago, that we did
get in contact with her ...
[P1]:Oh
yeah, that was another thing. And I don’t think it was 4 years ago. It
might have been 2 or 3 years ago.
[P3]:It might have been 2 or 3, yeah.
[P1]:Yeah, its funny. When Columbus and I
finally got to meet – and we actually met just less than a week ago.
[Person 1]: Hey, my name is Lara with Home Freedom Properties. I’m sitting
here with Lesley and we’re in Killeen and she just got a great home. It’s got a
lot of wood flooring; it’s got some ceramic tile, a fireplace. Um, just enough
space for you to –
[Person 2]:Yes, perfect.
[P1]:--
get a nice fresh little start, and um, if you’d like you can go ahead and share
a few words about, you know, whatever you’d like to talk about … what is your
favorite thing about the home? Or what are some of your –
[P2]:The
floors.
[P1]:--
favorite things?
[P2]:The
floors; the hardwood floors, definitely. Um, the big yard and the fact that you
guys put a fence up for me, when I
asked.
[P1]:--
um, let’s see, what else could I ask you? Did you think that you would be able
to purchase a home?
[P2]:No,
had no idea, nope. Was really surprised and VERY grateful actually.
[P1]:Did
you, um, what were some of your favorite things about the process, about
working with us?
[P2]:That
it was quick, that you were able to work around my schedule, obviously, and
come down here when I need to, which was really good. Thank you again, it was
just very personable too.
[P1]:Cool.
Very good, well I’m very glad we were able to help you out, congratulations.
[Person
1]:So Lucinda, you just purchased
your own home. You are officially a homeowner. How do you feel? How was the
process? And how are you feeling now?
[Person
2]:I feel really great and I’m
very happy with yall’s help and
everything and I just really appreciate everything, thank you.
