Tabitha Mazzara is an outside-the-box mortgage industry thinker, whose sophisticated, holistic approach gets things done for high-net-worth borrowers other banks wave off as “too complicated,” while creating a home-like environment for her dedicated staff.
A self-described “mortgage brat,” Tabitha has achieved a venerable 35 years of success in this field in part by virtue of her extraordinarily diverse skill set. Over the course of her career, she has attained hands-on experience with nearly every aspect of mortgage lending: working in behind-the-scenes positions such as software consultant, customer-facing positions such as sales, as well as work in underwriting, operations, credit analysis, loan origination, and her current post as Director of Operations at MBANC.
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Tabitha told the Washington Post: "Most self-employed people and business owners write off a good amount of what they make simply because they can. But writing off so much in taxes reduces what they can count as income when applying for a home loan, so it is harder for them to qualify for a traditional mortgage loan. So they are in a “Catch-22.”
Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/19/how-qualify-mortgage-with-uneven-income/