Grant Bellis has over\u00a036 years of lending experience with over 6500 real estate transactions. Grant has been listed\u00a0in the top 1% of producing mortgage loan officers in the nation for the past 5 years in Mortgage Executive Magazine.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was also voted #1 loan officer by The Pantagraph\u2019s Readers\u2019 Choice in 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2020.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0He does both purchases and refinances. With the variety of loan programs offered (Conventional, VA, FHA and USDA), Grant can find a program to meet your individual needs.<\/p>\n Ninety nine percent of his business is a result of referrals from REALTORS\u00ae and past customers. Chances are that someone you know has been a client of his.<\/p>\n In 2020, he helped\u00a056 families with down payment assistance for a total of\u00a0over $291,500\u00a0in grant money!<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are a 1st<\/sup>\u00a0Time home buyer or a Veteran, you may qualify for the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) program. \u00a0Eligible home buyers may receive an annual Federal income tax credit (maximum of $2,000) on the interest paid on the mortgage loan for the primary residence.\u00a0 That\u2019s thousands of dollars over the life of your loan!\u00a0 I\u2019d love to walk you through how this program works and determine if you qualify!<\/p>\n The favorite part of my job is the job itself.\u00a0 I love helping people achieve the American Dream of homeownership.\u00a0 Seeing and hearing the excitement of my clients after they have the keys to their new home in their hand is priceless.<\/p>\n I really love spending time with my family and friends at my two favorite places.\u00a0 Cape Coral Florida and Lake of the Ozarks.\u00a0 There are so many fun things to do at both places.\u00a0<\/p>\n The best advice I ever received was from a friend of mine when the day I made the decision to go into the mortgage business back in 1992. (I was living in a mobile home at the time.) \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n He said \u201cDo you really think you will fail at this?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I said \u201cI hope not and I am not afraid to work.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n He asked \u201cWhat is the worst thing that could happen?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I said \u201cI guess I move back home to my parents basement and live off of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He asked \u201cDo you think that will happen?\u201d I said \u201cNo\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n He said \u201cWelcome to the mortgage business!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n To this day I am so thankful for that nudge in this direction.\u00a0 Opportunity doesn\u2019t always knock at the most opportune times.\u00a0 You just have to be willing to answer the door and see where it takes you.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6714,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"loan_officers_locations":[46,47],"reviews":[],"acf":{"job_title":"Senior Loan Officer","nmls#":"638036","address":"502 North Hershey Road","address_2":"Bloomington, IL 61704","phone":"309-664-7070","cell":"309-275-5626","email":"gbellis@fsmloans.biz","custom_link_for_button":"https:\/\/apply.fsmloans.biz\/#\/signup?referrerId=gbellis%40fsmloans.biz&loanType=MORTGAGE","embed_code_for_reviews":"