About Us
The Story of DownHome Loan Manager » the Software
DownHome Loan Manager (DLM) is a loan-tracking software tool designed expressly for community lenders. Originally developed in 1995 for a community lending agency in Washington State, DLM reflects in every particular our commitment to serving the needs of alternative financing practitioners.
Since DLM's introduction, its core features have been progressively enhanced to keep pace with the growing demands of the field and of our users. In addition, we have developed add-on modules that address highly specialized needs, e.g., reporting directly to the CDFI, to credit bureaus, to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and to Telework and AFP for our assistive technology clients. Click here to see the full list of add-on modules.
The Story of DownHome Solutions » the Company
DownHome Solutions was founded in early 1998, building upon the success of DownHome Loan Manager©, its established core product. The mission of DownHome Solutions is to provide effective software tools and technical support for organizations engaged in community lending and development.
DownHome Solutions is owned by Erik Wogstad, its President, and Marjorie Skotheim, its Vice President. Erik Wogstad has an extensive background in community organizing, non-profit management, fundraising, microlending, and database design and development. His experience includes five years working for a community lending agency that operated loan programs through the SBA, USDA, EDA, and private funding sources. Prior to DownHome Solutions, Marjorie Skotheim worked in the fields of public relations, political organizing and non-profit management.
In addition to its own staff, DownHome Solutions has forged relationships with independent developers with whom it contracts for additional database design, software programming, and web development.
We Keep Growing
Since its original release, DownHome Loan Manager© has been constantly enhanced through program updates and new features. Since introducing version 1.0 in 1997, DownHome Loan Manager has gone through two full version releases, version 2.0 in 2000, and version 3.0 in the fall of 2002. Along the way, we've provided incremental updates and patches to our customers as well.
Separate add-on components have also been introduced, such as the Client Manager module, an Escrow module, Capital Manager module, etc. (For a detailed list, click on Add-On Modules.)
Our Commitment to You » The Customer
DownHome Solutions is dedicated to providing the best possible software solutions at a reasonable cost for our not-for-profit customers. In very large measure, our success today in reaching new customers has come from the enthusiastic endorsement of some of our earliest clients. To you, we owe a special debt of gratitude. We thank you for being willing to support a young company in the first place, and then to tell others about your experience with us. We will do our utmost to keep your loyalty and trust -- by continuing to give you the attention and service you have come to expect from us.
DownHome Solutions offers full support for its software through a standard technical support contract that covers technical support on demand and automatic software upgrades as they are released. To meet the special needs of our customers, DownHome Solutions also offers custom program design services to augment or modify DownHome Loan Manager© components. Custom work is quoted on a project-by-project basis.