It’s a special What the Heck Wednesday today for two reasons. First, I’m sharing some serious money-saving info about a special offer from USAA. It’s an amazing deal for anyone looking to buy a home with a VA Loan! But what’s really fun about this particular WTHW is that it’s my first WTHW interviewing someone. Yep, I’m legit now! Or so I thought. This inaugural WTHW interview began when I heard that USAA is waiving the origination fee on VA purchase loans through USAA Bank. I thought it made sense to interview someone with knowledge about this opportunity, so I worked it out with USAA to talk with a member of their mortgage team, Travis Peace. Being the consummate professional that I am, I coordinated a method to record the interview and sent USAA all the details. Because of the platform, I insisted on using to record. There were a few hiccups getting online. But we got it all figured out and back on track quickly when I say we, I mean Travis. He was on track, me not so much. Since there was a delay in starting, I wanted to jump right into the interview as to not waste an extra moment of Travis’s time. I quickly explained how I was going to do the interview and then jumped right in. I hit record and started talking away about my special WTHW and then introduced Travis. With the intros done I started with my first question. Travis gave an awesome answer and I thought, “I’m so glad I decided to record this interview.” That’s when I looked down and realized I, in fact, was not recording the interview. My stomach dropped.  I was mortified I had to cut Travis off in mid-sentence and admit I had not been recording. If I’d been quicker on my feet, I would’ve said something like, “I didn’t like how I introduced you, let’s try that again.” But I did not. I could only laugh at myself and quickly admit my mistake. Thankfully Travis has a good sense of humor. What I did not have the courage to tell him was that only two weeks before, I had filmed a WTHW by myself and made the same mistake of not hitting record. Apparently, I didn’t learn my lesson the first time. The good news is, we started over, I pushed record that time and had a great interview. You can watch Travis and I discuss USAA’s special offer to waive origination fees on VA home loans through USAA bank here.

What The Heck is USAA’s Special Offer