Paula Vargas Featured in WILMA Magazine

Approaching Homeownership

Helping first-time homeowners, Spanish-speaking community

By SAMANTHA KUPIAINEN

Growing up, PAULA VARGAS dreamed of buying and owning houses. Born and raised in Colombia in South America, she would constantly tell her siblings and mom about how one day, she’d have a house and fill it with people. When Vargas was eleven years old, her parents decided to move her and her family to Wilmington thanks to a refugee program and sponsorship from First Presbyterian Church in downtown Wilmington.

Nineteen years later, Vargas is still in Wilmington, but now she’s helping others buy houses.

Vargas’s journey to real estate started back in 2019 when she was working as the manager of a pawn shop for seven years. After doing a little bit of research about the home-buying process, she discovered the real estate agent’s role in the process, then wasted no time in obtaining her real estate license in 2020. Today, she is a broker with Tidal Realty Partners under eXp Realty.

“The pawn business is very similar to real estate,” Vargas says. “You’re helping somebody overcome something. It’s either selling their merchandise or selling a house or purchasing something. I was the manager, and I had to make sure the money was right at the end of the day, I had to make sure we were purchasing the right number of items, and that we were paying the customer the right amount — not too much, not too little.”

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$399,000
Neighborhood: Forest Park
4
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
1,799
Sq.Ft.
1964
Year Built
1
Day on Site
100417466
MLS
$485,000
Neighborhood: Fairfield Park
3
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
2,063
Sq.Ft.
2004
Year Built
1
Day on Site
100417467
MLS
$1,095,000
Neighborhood: Autumn Hall
3
Beds
3
Baths
2,633
Sq.Ft.
2014
Year Built
1
Day on Site
100417596
MLS
2
Beds
2
Baths
950
Sq.Ft.
2023
Year Built
2
Days on Site
100417311
MLS
$449,900
Neighborhood: Independence East
3
Beds
3F11/2
Baths
2,203
Sq.Ft.
1987
Year Built
2
Days on Site
100406346
MLS
$269,500
Neighborhood: Brandywine
3
Beds
1F11/2
Baths
1,040
Sq.Ft.
1971
Year Built
2
Days on Site
100417435
MLS
$350,000
Neighborhood: Brooklyn
2
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
1,067
Sq.Ft.
2023
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417181
MLS
$335,900
Neighborhood: Alamosa Place
3
Beds
2
Baths
1,383
Sq.Ft.
1998
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417182
MLS
$399,000
Neighborhood: Echo Farms
2
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
1,684
Sq.Ft.
1988
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417198
MLS
3
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
1,884
Sq.Ft.
2024
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417209
MLS
$650,000
Neighborhood: Crosswinds
3
Beds
2F11/2
Baths
3,271
Sq.Ft.
2001
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417216
MLS
$350,000
Neighborhood: Farrington Farms
3
Beds
2
Baths
1,320
Sq.Ft.
2001
Year Built
3
Days on Site
100417234
MLS

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