James Edward Blythe
(Please call me Jim)
I have over 40 years in real estate and realty finance. For the last ten years I have been helping seniors as a Certified Senior Advisor and one of my tools is the reverse mortgage program.
I enjoy volunteering with Heroes House TX, a non-profit providing apartment homes for homeless veterans, and am a radio talk show host Saturday mornings for Veterans Impact Show from 9:30-10:30am on Facebook Live talking about veterans financial and housing issues.
Biographic Details
Career
Education
Graduate University Of Texas at Austin 1973: Bachelor of Arts, Finance
Navy Combat Veteran
Three tours Vietnam with VA-163 and HC-1 on aircraft carriers USS Oriskany and USS Hancock 1967-69 – Armed Forces Radio on the Oriskany as Big Jim Edwards 1967-68
Real Estate
- Texas Real Estate Broker 1973 – 2010 (did not renew)
- Certified Real Estate Instructor since 1994
- Author: “Commercial Side of Town” newspaper column, The Real Estate News
- Mortgage Loan Officer since 1994
I am glad to help anytime. Please do not hesitate to call, text, or email me.
Realty Finance
- Reverse Mortgage Loan Officer, Fairway Independent Mortgage Company, 2021 – present;
Name: James (Jim) Blythe Mortgage loan officer, Fairway Independent Mortgage
NMLS 311548: Fairway NMLS 2289
Address: 1417 E. I – 30 Suite 5, Garland Texas 75043
TEXAS CONSUMER COMPLAINT & RECOVERY FUND NOTICE: Fairway independent mortgage corporation is licensed under the laws of the state of texas and by state law is subject To regulatory oversight by the department of savings and mortgage lending. Consumers wishing to file a complaint Against a mortgage banker or a licensed mortgage banker residential mortgage loan originator should complete And send a complaint form to the texas department of savings and mortgage lending, 2601 north lamar, suite 201, Austin, texas 78705. Complaint forms and instructions may be obtained from the department’s website at www.sml.texas.gov. A toll-free consumer hotline is available at 1-877-276-5550. The department maintains a recovery Fund to make payments of certain actual out-of-pocket damages sustained by borrowers caused by acts of licensed Mortgage banker residential mortgage loan originators. A written application for reimbursement from the recovery Fund must be filed with and investigated by the department prior to the payment of a claim. For more information About the recovery fund, please consult the department’s webiste at www.sml.texas.gov
- Reverse Mortgage Specialist, HomeBridge Financial, 2004 – 2021
- Certified Senior Advisor since 2007
- Started local DFW CSA Leaders Network Jan 2014 (Visit the CSA Dallas Facebook for more information)
Talk Show Host Since 2015
- Veterans Impact Show, Saturdays LIVE on Facebook at 9:30am
- Alliance 4 The Brave
- Real Estate Mortgage Hour: KRLD, KLIF, KVCE, now KBDT in Dallas, Texas
Teacher
Texas Youth Commission half-way house for boys, Dallas, TX, 1997 – 2014
Author
- “Where is the Gold in the Golden Years” articles for MatureVisions Magazine, 2011 – 2013
- Planning to Change, © 2011, 2014
- Challenges of Change, © 2017 (available in paperback and on Kindle).
- “Commercial Side of Town” newspaper column, The Real Estate News
Awards
- Senior Spirit Award, 31Aug15 Conference in San Diego
- First AWESOME Award Winner from AAG, 21Sept15
Interests
Announcer
Announcer of half-time shows while at Bryan Adams High School ’63-’65 and Southern Methodist University road games ’65 – ’66
Volunteer
- Board Member for Heroes House TX (Jan 2015 – Jan 2021)
- President of Volunteers for Bank of Texas (Jan 2008 – Jan 2009)
Student
Dallas Theological Seminary, 2013 to 2015 pursuing a Masters in Christian Leadership
Testimony
Watch Jim’s testimony from the Full Gospel Businessmen’s luncheon, November 2019