Barbara Belland
Writer
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While working as CEO of HOME LOANS, A Div. of The Greater Pacific Northwest LLC, Barbara taught the following classes for The American College of Real Estate and Appraisal; Finance, Contracts, Law, Property Manageent, Agency, Real Estate Practices, and Brokerage. She also developed and taught the following seminars: 1031 exchanges, Mortgage Fraud and a "Cram" class which prepared students for National and State exams in Oregon and Washington. When she wasn't teaching at the college she was often working as a substitute teacher for Dan Lumley at Portland Community College.
Barbara was named “Broker of the Year” by the Oregon Assoc. of Mortgage Brokers and her business life included the following:
Director and Chair of the Clackamas County Economic Development Commission
Chair and Member of Redland, Viola, Fischer’s Mill Community Planning Organization
Member of the Education/Training subcommittee for the Oregon Association of Mortgage Brokers (OAMB), now known as the Oregon Assoc. of Mortgage Professionals
Director of the OAMB
Member, Sunnyside Neo-Traditional Village Green Steering Committee
Member of the Clackamas County Partnership Development Committee, an education subcommittee of the Children and Youth Coordinating Council
Director and Chair, Rose City of Oregon Federal Credit Union
After twenty years in business she followed her passion and headed back to school where she was awarded an MFA in Nonfiction Writing.
Her memoir, And They All Came Marching Home, is due out soon. Click on the tab above to see a short excerpt.
While working as CEO of HOME LOANS, A Div. of The Greater Pacific Northwest LLC, Barbara taught the following classes for The American College of Real Estate and Appraisal; Finance, Contracts, Law, Property Manageent, Agency, Real Estate Practices, and Brokerage. She also developed and taught the following seminars: 1031 exchanges, Mortgage Fraud and a "Cram" class which prepared students for National and State exams in Oregon and Washington. When she wasn't teaching at the college she was often working as a substitute teacher for Dan Lumley at Portland Community College.
Barbara was named “Broker of the Year” by the Oregon Assoc. of Mortgage Brokers and her business life included the following:
Director and Chair of the Clackamas County Economic Development Commission
Chair and Member of Redland, Viola, Fischer’s Mill Community Planning Organization
Member of the Education/Training subcommittee for the Oregon Association of Mortgage Brokers (OAMB), now known as the Oregon Assoc. of Mortgage Professionals
Director of the OAMB
Member, Sunnyside Neo-Traditional Village Green Steering Committee
Member of the Clackamas County Partnership Development Committee, an education subcommittee of the Children and Youth Coordinating Council
Director and Chair, Rose City of Oregon Federal Credit Union
After twenty years in business she followed her passion and headed back to school where she was awarded an MFA in Nonfiction Writing.
Her memoir, And They All Came Marching Home, is due out soon. Click on the tab above to see a short excerpt.
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