In January 2008, Chris started Charis Financial (pronounced Care – Is) to fulfill an overwhelming need in the real estate industry: Struggling homeowners wanted advice and to make a plan to minimize financial fallout during the Great Recession. The Charis team fought an uphill battle from the beginning, with no road map of what banks intended to do.

By the summer of 2009, Charis was helping 15 families per month avoid foreclosure; another year later and that number doubled. Around the same time, Chris was invited to write a Q&A column for the OC Register on a semi-monthly basis, to which he happily accepted. The whole Charis team were all former mortgage professionals. But, by 2010, agents from all over Southern California were asking his advice on how to list, offer, market, and advise on their real estate transactions. Soon after, Charis Financial, Inc. became Charis Real Estate.

Chris has served the community for over 25 years in real estate and mortgage based ventures. There has always been a desire for service excellence by this team, and in 2012, Charis Loans was started to help homeowners reenter the mortgage market. Since its founding, Charis Loans has helped thousands of people with their mortgage.

Charis is the word for “Grace” in Biblical Greek. The idea and concept of “Charis” isn’t just to treat others how you want to be treated; it’s to love others as you love yourself. Truth, clarity, and performance is a requirement of every conversation and transaction that Chris and his team is a part of. This should be the expectation of anyone looking for assistance in real estate.