Uncommon Freedom
Uncommon Freedom
Kevin Tinter
How Hard Work, Mentors and Faith Changed Everything for a Homeless Teen
55 minutes Posted Nov 4, 2025 at 9:00 am.
Meet Eric Jones And His Mission
Early Hardship: Shelter And Section 8
Middle Class Shift And Abuse At Home
Falling In With The Wrong Crowd
Hustling To Return To School
Eviction And Two Years In A Basement
Habitat Home And Tough High School
Kicked Out At 18 And Graduating
Drake University, Failure, And Pivot
Mentors, MLM, And Mindset Shifts
Garth’s Tough Love And Triple Jobs
Breaking Into Mortgages And Sales
Six Figures And Proof Of Progress
Launching The Jones Group
Effort, Fear, And Personal Agency
Redefining Success Through Faith
Restoring Hope And Paying It Forward
Inviting Men To Church And Baptisms
Using Business To Build Dignity
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Send us Fan Mail What does it take to rewrite a story that started with homelessness, instability, and a 0.3 GPA? We sit down with Eric Jones, a nationally licensed mortgage broker and founder of The Jones Group, to trace the choices, mentors, and mindset shifts that turned rock bottom into a mission to help families and veterans build a stable future through homeownership. Eric’s journey moves fast—from a shelter in Illinois to a middle class neighborhood shadowed by abuse, from getting kic...