Over the course of my career I have been in more sales meetings than I can remember.  Some have been productive. Many have not been.  My current weekly sales meeting is actually very helpful. We talk about some of the struggles and successes we all are facing with different clients and…

“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I thes 5:11 (NIV) Have you given anyone an encouraging word today?  It’s way too easy for us to lift someone else’s day up.  Let’s be that person and be encouraging to someone today!

Being in the Mortgage business in the current economic climate continues to be difficult. With interest rates hovering around 7% and inflation not quite under control, folks continue to put off purchasing a new home.  Nevertheless,  there are still opportunities to help people with their home loan as I have noticed…

Being a loan officer in the mortgage business means it is every man for himself.  Most loan officers work on 100% commission (gulp) and each lead, client or loan opportunity is the difference in whether there will be food on the table or not. So it is not uncommon for each…

The other day, I was feeling somewhat down.  It wasn’t bad, and you probably wouldn’t have even realized it if you were around me – but I was.  Then out of the blue, an old friend that I hadn’t heard from in awhile sent me an encouraging message about me writing…