When I was nine, my dad had a heart attack. He was a plumber — blue-collar, the only paycheck in our house — and in the ’80s there was no backup plan. He was out of work for four months. My parents had built our home themselves, and we loved it. But four months with no income, and the only way through was to tap the equity in that house. So we sold it. We gave it away. We moved to a neighborhood we could afford and rented. I changed schools. I lost my friends. Everything changed.
We didn’t want to leave. We had no choice.
If Mainstay had existed then, my family could have sold the house, taken the equity we needed to get through those four months, and stayed. Same home. Same school. Same friends. A hard season instead of a different life.
That’s the whole point of this company. Life happens to good people — a health scare, a divorce, debt that piled up fast. You shouldn’t have to lose your home and your community to get through it. Mainstay lets you unlock your equity, clear your mortgage, and stay right where you are.
— The Mainstay team