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Phoenix, Arizona · Homebuyer education & foreclosure counseling

Next turn: a place of your own.

You don't need the whole map yet. Just the next turn. Workshops, coaching and counseling are laid out the way this city is — one corner at a time, in the order that fits your situation.

Start anywhere. You can change direction at the next corner.

Homebuyer workshops Financial coaching Foreclosure prevention Credit counseling Down payment guidance Lender referrals

Six services, one route. Start with the one that matches today.

Opened mail and a mortgage statement on a kitchen table in morning light
The first turn, when payments are behind
Mile 01 The corner to take first
Foreclosure prevention

Behind on the mortgage? Take this turn first.

If a payment is late or a notice has arrived, everything else on this map can wait. Foreclosure prevention counseling is where we read the paperwork with you, look at the timeline and mark the exits.

  • 01A counselor goes through your loan, your statements and the dates on the letters with you.
  • 02You leave knowing which call to make next, and in what order.
  • 03If it turns out nothing is behind yet, you can step straight onto the main route.
Mile 02 Six corners
Every service is a corner

Each corner points to the next.

Nothing here is a package you have to buy into. Walk the corners in whatever order fits, and skip the ones you've already handled. Each one tells you where to go if it isn't your situation.

A homebuyer workshop in progress in a community room
A workshop room, mid-question
01 Homebuyer workshops

The whole purchase in order — budget, credit, loan, offer, keys — in one sitting.

Take this corner if

You're at the start and want the sequence before you talk to anyone.

Otherwise

You already know the sequence — skip to credit counseling, the next corner.

02 Financial coaching

Your income, your outgoings and a target you can actually keep, on one page.

Take this corner if

You want a monthly plan built around what you already earn.

Otherwise

The budget is fine and the score is the problem — take credit counseling.

03 Credit counseling

What's on the report, why it's there, and what actually moves it.

Take this corner if

A lender has already pulled your credit and the answer came back no, or not yet.

Otherwise

The report is in good shape — down payment guidance is one turn on.

04 Down payment guidance

The figure you need at the table, and where it can realistically come from.

Take this corner if

You know roughly what you can afford but not how to reach the number in front of it.

Otherwise

You're ready to be handed to a person — lender referrals comes next.

05 Lender referrals

Introductions to lenders who work with first-time buyers.

Take this corner if

You want to be pre-approved and you'd rather talk to a person than fill in a form.

Otherwise

The numbers aren't down yet — back up one corner to financial coaching.

06 Foreclosure prevention

The corner that comes before the rest of the map, not after it.

Take this corner if

A payment is late, a notice has arrived, or there's a date you're counting down to.

Otherwise

Nothing is behind and you're planning ahead — rejoin the route at financial coaching.

Mile 03 Merging the corners
Route to keys

Five turns, in order.

The corners aren't six separate errands. Most people walk them in this order, and skip whichever one they've already handled.

  1. 01

    Pick your corner

    A workshop if you want the whole route explained at once, a one-to-one if you'd rather start with your own file on the table.

  2. 02

    Put the numbers down

    Financial coaching turns your income, outgoings and target into one page you can keep working from.

  3. 03

    Clear what blocks the file

    Credit counseling handles the report: what's on it, what's wrong on it, and what to do about it first.

  4. 04

    Find the money at the table

    Down payment guidance works out the figure you need and the places it can realistically come from.

  5. 05

    Meet the lender and go

    Lender referrals hands you to people who work with first-time buyers, and you take it from there.

A tree-lined residential street in Phoenix in late afternoon light
The end of the route, in Phoenix
Step zero

If you're behind on payments, the route changes. Take the foreclosure prevention corner first, then rejoin at step two.

Mile 04 Your next turn
Enroll

Two directions from here.

Both start the same way: you pick a time, you show up, and someone works through it with you. Bring what you have — if something's missing, that's where we start.

Book a workshop

Group setting. The whole route, in order, with time set aside for your questions.

Book a workshop
Book a one-to-one

You and a counselor, your file in front of both of you. Slower, more specific, entirely about your situation.

Book a one-to-one

Not sure which turn to take? Start with a workshop. You can always switch at the next corner.

Two people reviewing a budget sheet across a small table in a counseling office
A one-to-one session, underway