My name is Nerissa Reaves. I was born in New Haven, Connecticut.
And although my parents taught me many things, the most important thing my father expressed to me was to ALWAYS take care of my credit. That was his gospel.
And things went well, at first.
After graduating from Spelman College in Atlanta and attending schools all over the world as both a student and a teacher, a critical problem became apparent to me.
There is a serious lack of financial education in our school systems.
Schools in the US of A just don’t seem to value the idea of teaching people how money, credit, lending and even trade lines can work together to build you up… or take you down.
After building and renovating businesses and properties including – but not limited to – a restaurant and even a bed and breakfast (all using my own credit by the way), disaster struck. I had a property in Connecticut that was hit by a con artist. A professional “squatter”. It was insane. And I probably would’ve listened to my intuition were it not for a single phrase she uttered near the end of my interview process with her: “God sent me to you, God sent me to this house- let’s pray.”
I said, “Well she’s a God loving woman, how wrong could it go…?”
