Navy veteran. Cancer survivor. Sexual trauma survivor. Homeless veteran. All of these words identify life experiences for Franklin, but they do not define him. What words best define Franklin are fighter and survivor. Franklin suffered frequent abuse as a child. Abuse continued when he joined the Navy, where he suffered military sexual trauma that led […]
Tag Archives: Veteran’s Stories
11
Mar
Mar
A local veteran was looking for a home loan on a newly constructed manufactured home project. He had up to 5 percent down. He also has acceptable income, debt ratios, and credit. The project total cost was $300,000, including land, the new home, and improvements. A 95 percent conventional manufactured home loan would require 5 […]
11
Mar
Mar
After my U.S. Army training accident in July 1994, I had six months of rehabilitation as a paraplegic at the Seattle VA on the Spinal Cord Injury Unit. The rehab was top-notch, and I learned many ways to navigate my new world from a wheelchair. Once I was home, I didn’t really know the direction […]
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Jan
Jan
A veteran found a home that he loved and planned to use his VA benefit to purchase it. Although he loved the house, he discovered during the home inspection that the furnace was about to fail. He considered backing out of the transaction because he knew that he could not afford the $8,000 or so […]