A home today.
A legacy tomorrow.
Financial education for buyers, veterans, and the families building wealth through real estate.
Financial education for the biggest decision of your life.
We teach the full homeownership playbook — the buying process, today's market, financing options, and how one well-chosen home becomes the cornerstone of long-term wealth. Free workshops for first-time buyers, veterans, and investors.
One mission. Three formats.
The Home Buyer Workshop LIVE
A private 45-minute webinar on the real home-buying process — and how your home becomes the cornerstone of long-term freedom. Next live session: Wednesday, May 7th at 6:00 PM.
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The VA Home Buyer Workshop
Your hard-earned entitlements deserve a clear playbook. Zero down, competitive rates, and the benefits most lenders never explain — taught by specialists who know the VA process.
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Community College Series
Free, open-to-the-public seminars at College of the Sequoias, Lemoore College, and partner venues across the Central Valley. Real speakers, real Q&A, real answers.
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The VA Home Buyer Workshop.
You earned the benefits. We'll make sure you know how to use them.
The VA Home Buyer Workshop is a dedicated seminar for active-duty, veteran, and surviving-spouse buyers. We walk you through the VA loan process from entitlement to closing — and the real-world moves most lenders never mention.
A welcome from VAHBW.
Matt & Lis on what we built the Veterans Home Buyer Workshop to answer — and who it's for.
Different starting points. Same destination.
Whichever path you're on, the goal is the same — a home that builds a life.
Veterans
Leverage your hard-earned entitlements.
Zero down payment options, competitive rates, and benefits only available to those who served. We show you how to actually use them.
First-Time Buyers
Break the process into plain English.
Pre-approval, offers, inspections, appraisals, closing — the overwhelming sequence becomes a clear, paced playbook.
Real Estate Investors
Turn a home into cash flow.
Rental properties, fix-and-flips, passive investment options. Identify profitable opportunities, understand financing, manage a growing portfolio.
The people who got rich from real estate agree.
Real estate investing, even on a very small scale, remains a tried and true means of building wealth.Robert Kiyosaki · Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Don't wait to buy real estate. Buy real estate and wait.Will Rogers
Ninety percent of all millionaires became so through owning real estate.Andrew Carnegie
The best investment on Earth is earth.Louis Glickman
What we cover on stage.
Every workshop goes deeper than "how to get a mortgage." Here's a sample of what our industry experts bring to each event.
The Buying Process, Start to Finish
What actually happens between "I want to buy" and "here are your keys." Every milestone, every document, every decision point.
Today's Market — Real vs. Hype
Make decisions based on facts, not headlines. What the Central Valley market is actually doing, right now, on the block you're shopping.
Financing & Down-Payment Options
Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, down-payment assistance, first-time programs most buyers never hear about. What fits your situation.
Buying for Dual Purpose
A home that can become a future rental — long-term, mid-term, or short-term. How to pick one house that pays for the next.
ADU Conversion
Add a backyard home or accessory dwelling unit. Our ADU specialists cover design, permits, trusted builders, and the ROI math.
Assisted Living Guidance
Our coaches help families navigate the complex process of finding the right senior living solution when a home needs a transition plan.
The story behind the workshop.
Matt and Lis on the families behind the mission — and why the work matters.
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We do this because we genuinely care.
Anyone can open a door or write up a loan. Helping people feel confident, make smart moves, and build a better future — that's what actually matters to us.
We know what it feels like to want more for your family and not know where to start. That's why we're here — to break things down, share what works, and help you create income and freedom through real estate.
Meet Matt & Lis.
Matt Cattivera
Matt is the numbers person — a dedicated, sharp lender with 10+ years in the industry, drawn to the mortgage world from a very young age. He knows financing inside and out, builds the loan strategy that turns a "maybe" into a clean approval, and protects clients from costly missteps along the way.
Lis Mazza
Lis is the Realtor and broker — nine years in the business and she knows the local market like the back of her hand. A strong negotiator who's always willing to roll up her sleeves and go to bat for her clients.
Together, Matt & Lis bring something rare to the table — a lender and a Realtor working as one team to write stronger offers and build a strategy around what each client actually needs.
We help sellers too.
Same team, same care. If you're preparing to list, downsize, relocate, or trade up, we help homeowners price, prepare, and market with the calm professionalism you'd want for your own family.
Talk to us about sellingKnowledge that pays for itself.
Pick a workshop. Bring your questions. Walk out with a real plan.
All workshops are complimentary. No pressure, no hard sell — just the education we wish existed when we were starting.
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