Sally Palermo had always dreamed of becoming a certified solo skydiver, but the cost made it difficult to turn that dream into reality. “Through the training, jumps, certifications, the licensing, the gear, it costs thousands of dollars,” she says.
An offer for a personal loan through Mariner Finance had arrived in her mailbox, but she hadn’t acted on it.
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“One night, I felt this need to do something,” Sally recalls. “And just the thought of skydiving popped into my head. And it was enough of a thought for me to actually book it.”
She scheduled a tandem jump. Seven more tandem jumps followed in the same month.
“It was so exhilarating. I couldn’t get enough of it.”
Sally remembered the offer through Mariner Finance. Becoming a certified solo skydiver wasn’t going to happen on its own. There was training to pay for, licensing fees, and the cost of purchasing her own equipment if she wanted to keep at it.
“That’s when Mariner Finance’s helped me,” she says. “They made the whole loan process so simple and easy.”
Sally’s loan proceeds covered both her training and equipment.
Today, Sally is a regular at Skydive Sussex with her own license, her own logbook, and gear she chose herself.
“It’s so hard to put into words how much skydiving has changed my life, changed me as a person,” she says. “I’ve become more confident. Fearless.”
The loan made the dream possible.
“I can’t ask anything more from myself than what I’ve accomplished so far.”
About Sally
Sally Palermo used the personal loan through Mariner Finance to help fund her training, licensing, and equipment that took her from her first tandem jump to certified solo skydiver. She credits the sport and the loan that helped make it possible with reshaping her sense of what she’s capable of.
At Mariner Finance, we’re proud to be part of stories like Sally’s.
Real customers. Real dreams.
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