We dropped my daughter off at college this week. Leading up to this moment I’ve been a mess. Wondering if as parents we taught her enough, how much I will miss her joy and laughter and funniness and hugs and does she have enough insight to make the right choices…

I’ve been hustling a lot lately as it relates to my job.  Lots of follow up required for current loans, lots of follow up required for clients out looking at homes, and lots of follow up with future clients who are interested in potentially purchasing a home. Hustle has always…

Our region has been pretty busy as of late. This is a good thing of course, but with that increased business it can have some drawbacks.  Most Loan Officers in our region share a Loan Officer Assistant. This LOA helps take the loan from being under contract to putting it into…

Recently I was getting ready to submit a loan file to underwriting for a client who had gone under contract, and I was reviewing it with my shared assistant.  We had already collected most of the documents needed and were getting close to being done and ready to submit.  While…

I won a loan from a competitor recently that turned out to be very difficult.   The competitor had  changing the parameters needed from the buyer and also continually raised the cash he needed to close to where it finally got to a very for uncomfortable level for him.  He lost…

“The lips of the righteous nourish many,  but fools die for lack of sense.” Prov 10:21 Be careful who you are taking advice from at work.   They may be trying to sabotage or ruin what you are doing! Have some “sense”!

Well my sweet daughter graduated from high school this week. Her years in High School weren’t the best, but then again they weren’t the worst. She made it through studying and debate clubs and 3 years on the dance team (2 years as captain) and proms and everything in between. …

I had 4 different clients who decided to use someone else besides me for their home loan in recent weeks.  Now losing a client every now and then is a normal part of the business when you are a Mortgage Advisor, but these 4 ended up stinging a bit more…

My daughter found out last week that she made the college dance team at the college she will be attending this Fall!  This is a big deal, because it is extremely competitive trying to make a college dance line – but especially this one!  She has been dancing all of…

I’ve been somewhat busy the past couple of weeks at work.  Nothing out of the ordinary, but I have several new clients, clients that are in the middle of closing on their homes, and several that are out looking for a home.  Some of them have very unique loan situations…