Living Life In OUr Zone
Find Your Zone is so much more than a company motto here at the Z Group. It's the mantra that embodies the passion we maintain in both life and work, setting out to be the best we possibly can.
Finding your Zone should be meaningful and individual to any person - it's whatever fosters a love of life and adventure that ignites your inner fire. For founder Jim Smith, his Zone led him to create a company that allows him and his employees to enjoy and thrive at what they do.
We'll let you in on a little secret: the Z in our company name is representative of this Zone. It signifies our company-wide passion to have top tier customer service for our clients and partners; to deliver the best-in-class products; to create the perfect solution to fit our client's particular process. We have a variety of "off the shelf" products that typically fit what our clients are looking for, but pride ourselves on developing and crafting new products to give our clients exactly what they are envisioning.
Meet our Leadership
Jim Smith, CMB - Founder & CEO
Jim Smith, CMB founded the Z Group Solutions LLC with the vision of providing complete end to end Mortgage Solutions to both Investors and Mortgage Servicers. Over the last 25 years, Mr. Smith has been providing customized solutions to clients. As co-founder of the largest Home Retention Services provider in the U.S., he designed and fulfilled solutions in excess of two million loan modifications.
Mr. Smith holds the distinguished Certified Mortgage Bankers (CMB) designation. The CMB designation is the industry standard for professional success. It symbolizes respect, credibility, ethics, and achievement within real estate finance.
Besides being passionate about the lending industry, Mr. Smith is an avid athlete competing in running and cycling events. He also holds a 7th Degree Black Belt Master Instructors Certificate in Taekwon Do.