{"id":12,"date":"2025-09-04T22:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.betterlifebooksinc.com\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:22:13","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/new.betterlifebooksinc.com\/index.php\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12\" class=\"elementor elementor-12\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3edd60f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3edd60f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4075ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e4075ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Author<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfaa56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5cfaa56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01d8e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c01d8e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Joan Phillips was born in Portland, Oregon but has spent most of her life in California, where she earned her bachelors degree with an emphasis in business. She has worked in the real estate financial industry for well over a decade.<br \/><br \/>She began her career in the industry as an Escrow Assistant, and was promoted to full Escrow Officer in less than 6 months.\u00a0Because her escrow responsibilities included notary signing services, Joan quickly secured her California State Notary Public License. After serving several years as an\u00a0Escrow Officer while preforming notary signing services on the side, she decided to start her own business as a\u00a0Notary Public Signing Agent.\u00a0In less than 2 months she had created a successful and profitable loan signing business.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>As a Notary Public Signing Agent, Joan enjoyed the benefits of\u00a0an increased income,\u00a0fewer work hours, and less stress.\u00a0 In addition to holding her California State Notary Public License, Joan\u00a0went on to earn her\u00a0California Real Estate\u00a0Sales Person\u2019s License. While\u00a0continuing to offer notary signing services as a Loan Signing Agent,\u00a0she also began to work as a Real Estate Agent and Loan Officer. Joan is currently a Real Estate Broker specializing in Mortgage Mediation.\u00a0She has also\u00a0studied and trained as a Real Estate Appraiser and is close to receiving her full licensing appointment.<br \/><br \/>There are few people who have such a broad working knowledge of the real estate financial industry as Joan Phillips. From Escrow Officer, to Mobile Notary, to Real Estate Broker, to Loan Officer, to Appraiser, Joan has continuously increased her knowledge of the industry.<br \/><br \/>Her many years of experience as an Escrow Officer and Loan Signing Agent make her highly qualified to train in the area of loan document signing, and she knows first hand the actions an aspiring Notary Signing Agent must take to become truly successful.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98a0b79 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98a0b79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-180d5d0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"180d5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac6d53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ac6d53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6152d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b6152d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contact Information<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8876d07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8876d07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fb637c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fb637c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div align=\"center\"><strong>Better Life Books, Inc.<\/strong><\/div><div align=\"center\">1286 University Ave. Suite 729<\/div><div align=\"center\">San Diego, CA\u00a0 92103<\/div><div align=\"center\">Customer Service: 619-846-5141<\/div><div align=\"center\">e-mail: info@BetterLifeBooksInc.com<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4034e19 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4034e19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c908bef elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c908bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Author Joan Phillips was born in Portland, Oregon but has spent most of her life in California, where she earned her bachelors degree with an emphasis in business. 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