Today we’d like to introduce you to Ebone Jones-Stevens.
Hi Ebone, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
How did EXEED Financial become, you ask? EXEED Financial birthed from me being able to achieve one of the most amazing goals I’ve honestly felt like would just be a dream, which is homeownership. You see, I’ve never known much about credit and the importance of it, so that word was always foreign to me. I’ve made horrible decisions by taking out loans, etc, purposely not paying them back but at the same knowing one day I wanted to buy my family a house. Back then, I didn’t put the two together that with the power of good to excellent credit and a few other factors, I’d be able to accomplish my dream goal! Around the time COVID kicked off, I can remember riding in the car with my oldest child (La’Daijah) looking at homes because places were closed due to the pandemic. There was a specific house I noticed stood out to her and I asked, “You like that house, don’t you?” She looked at me and shook her head yes with a smirk on her face, and I knew right then change was coming for my family and I. I began to work on my credit report on my own, taking the necessary steps to also establish positive credit while tackling down my negative items. During this process, I learned a whole lot, and is still continuing to do so! Eight months later, my family and I closed on our newly built home. Shortly after closing on my home, I received the necessary certifications I would need to service others whose where I once was when it comes to wanting more but making poor decisions due to the lack of knowledge of just how important credit is.
Two years later EXEED Financial has expanded tremendously! Not only do we assist with personal credit restoration counseling but also Establishing business credit, financial budgeting assistance, and tax preparation. I have been blessed to witness any of my clients purchase homes dream cars and even get approved for major high credit limit credit cards. Our slogan here at EXEED is “Let’s Go Beyond Financial Freedom“ and we make sure to prepare our clients for just that!
EXEED Financial has even hosted encouraging events such as Business Brunch, Homebuyers Class, Credit with the Kiddos to make our children aware of the importance of credit and much more! I had the pleasure to appear on local new stations to speak of services with WTOC The Business Break as well as WSAV The Bridge. EXEED Financial has also collabed with our local radio station, E93, giving Financial Minute tips.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back, would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
If I can be 100% honest, there has not always been a smooth road. However, the rewarding of my hard work paying off by being a part of my clients’ blessings makes it all worth it. There are days where I need a breather or just time to recharge because I’m still human, you know? That’s more so on the mental aspect, but even physically, it can become a lot at times where there’s to work be done. One thing I can say, though is that it does get easier once you find your system in what works best for you to stay afloat. The road hasn’t been smooth be I’ve been steady paving the way.
As you know, we’re big fans of EXEED Financial LLC. For our readers who might not be as familiar, what can you tell them about the brand?
EXEED Financial can be trusted for a diverse of services. Credit restoration counseling assistance, Business credit establishment, financial budgeting assistance, and tax preparation. I’m a Board-Certified Consultant and able to assist not only with increasing your credit scores but also advisement on how to establish “positive credit.” I believe that that’s a trade setting me apart from others is that we give our clients homework to complete while working with them. That consist of me pulling up their credit report, analyzing it, and being able to tell them exactly what can be done on their end to better help their scores. Not only does this strategy allow them an increase in scores, but also the knowledge on how to maintain their own credit scores moving forward! Recognizing and improving this technique has made me very proud each time I see how successful the outcomes are…
We’d love to hear about how you think about risk-taking.
I believe that with life in general comes risk taking rather it’s leaving a job for better opportunities elsewhere, making health decisions, etc. I especially believe in risk-taking for business owners/entrepreneurs. As a business owner, any everything I do I believe there’s a risk behind it, and I hoping for it to be more so good! Risk-taking is a part of believing yourself that no matter what you can hold your head up high proud to say you’ve did it and depending on how it turns out, that you’ve also accomplished it. Progression in life is about taking that chance, so I’ll encourage anyone to just do it.
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