Who Is Pathfinder Mortgage and Investments?
George Pihakis II was raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa where he was president of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and graduated in 1974 with a B.S. degree in marketing. Following graduation, he spent the next 20 years in the Financial Services Industry of which 7+ years were spent as a stock broker; at Dean Witter Reynolds and at Robinson Humphries, both in Birmingham; and then after moving to Florida in 1982, at Dean Witter Reynolds in their Galt Ocean Mile office in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. In 1985, he moved to Orlando, Florida and began working with his family in their life insurance business, Southern Security Life Insurance Company, where he was Vice President and a top producer each year.
In 1994, George formed Pathfinder Mortgage and Investments, Inc. to invest in real estate mortgages. He is President and CEO, and his vision for Pathfinder Mortgage and Investments, Inc. is to provide clients with innovative and customized solutions to achieve liquidity and achieve their financial goals. With each client, his focus has and will always be on building lasting client relationships thru integrity. He likes the challenge of problem solving so that each client's needs are satisfied.
What's Unique About Pathfinder?
- We purchase owner financing, also known as "Seller Carry-back Mortgages," primarily in the State of Florida. Over 98% of our business since I began Pathfinder in 1994 has been in the State of Florida.
- Although we do from time to time sell Notes, the primary function of Pathfinder is to purchase these loans for our own account. The vast majority of our competition is acting as an intermediary to broker the Notes, interjecting a middleman into the picture. Logically, Pathfinder offers the most competitive price.
- Pathfinder will buy non-performing notes (loans in default) in the State of Florida only.