Inside EFI
A series examining the high-rolling, high-interest, high-risk, hard money business, and a close-up look at the primary players in the once multi-million-dollar Paso Robles firm that headed for big trouble. The downward spiral of Paso Robles’ Estate Financial Inc. (EFI) .
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PDFINSIDE EFI: Under The Microscope
Part 3: The good times are gone (Editors’ note: This is the third and final article in a series examining the high-rolling, multi-million-dollar Paso Robles financial lender, EFI, and its current problems.) By DANIEL BLACKBURN One of the down sides of divorce is its very public nature, proceedings often revealing things about people they’d rather keep secret. Had it not been for the bitter... (Continue Reading)
INSIDE EFI: The Long Fall
Part 2: Maybe money does grow on trees By DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editors' note: This is the second in a series examining the high-rolling, multi-million-dollar Paso Robles financial lender, EFI, and the fascinating reasons for its current critical condition.) When Karen Guth angrily ordered the locks changed on the office housing Paso Robles’ Estate Financial Inc. (EFI) in February 2003, banishing her then-husband and... (Continue Reading)
INSIDE EFI: An Investors Nightmare
Part 1: Divorce sparks nasty public war By DANIEL BLACKBURN (Editors’ note: This is the first in a series examining the high-rolling, high-interest, high-risk, hard money business, and a close-up look at the primary players in one multi-million-dollar Paso Robles firm that may be headed for big trouble.) The downward spiral in which Paso Robles’ Estate Financial Inc. (EFI) now finds itself probably... (Continue Reading)
