lighter side of a mortgage broker: Want To Know How to Buy a House in Florida? - 03/13/08 08:56 AM
Want to know how to buy a house in Florida?  Please press play and continue to read while the music is being played.
Ok, so this post is going to be more of a vent but this is the harsh reality people. If you want to buy property now especially in Florida … (27 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Are You Stressed Out?? Relax and ............... - 02/20/08 08:29 AM
With Mortgage Rates on rise, Oil prices at over $100 barrel, Florida housing market labeled a "Declining Market", the US Dollar at all time low's it is enough to stress you out.  Lets face facts nothing we can do can change any of these facts.  All we can do is try … (10 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Common Sense in a Cigar Shop - 01/29/08 07:06 AM
As I take my daily break of being a Mortgage Broker in South Florida I sit in my local Cigar Shop (Gardens Cigars ) located in Palm Beach Gardens and notice people.  Cigar shops usually offer more than just Cigars and Tobacco they sometimes offer unique gifts, this Cigar Shop included.
Along … (14 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Spring Baseball & T-Ball is Back in Palm Beach Gardens - 01/22/08 08:39 AM
Spring Baseball & T-Ball is Back in Palm Beach Gardens
This past fall was my son's first season in Fall T-Ball in the Palm Beach GardensLeague. I also volunteered as a his coach. In the end I really don't know who had more fun my son or myself.  Watching these young boys … (11 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: It is a New Year and a New MEME - 01/08/08 09:22 AM
Imagine my surprise when I received an E-Mail from Karen Monsour inviting for a new MEME in 08.
I have done a couple of these posts before and now feel my life is an open book. So what can I list about myself that none of my readers don't know about me.  … (29 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Oil Hit $100 and What Are You Going To Do About It? Don't Sit Back - 01/03/08 09:16 AM
Before Reading this post I will warn you a head of time it is a political post and if you don't care for these type posts please move on but consider yourself warned.
Yesterday the price of Oil hit for the first time ever $100 a barrel. What are you or I … (30 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Get Your Nails Done and While You Wait You Can Get a Mortgage as Well - 12/13/07 09:09 AM
This post was was inspired after speaking with Jeff Belonger the other day.  I had called Jeff to ask him a FHA question (yes believe it or not I don't have every answer) and while we are on the phone I had to tell him about a woman I met recently.  … (27 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: What is Your Style? Classic or Modern - 12/07/07 08:30 AM
When dropping of my son at school I saw a gorgeous 10 year old BMW 7 serious. This car looked like it just left the dealers showroom.  After admiring this, in my eyes a work of art it made me realize something.  What is my style? Am I an old fuddy-duddy? … (38 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Port St. Lucie Builder is Helping People Pay Their Mortgage - 11/28/07 07:26 AM
In Port St. Lucie, Florida yesterday 18 homes where raided by the police as grow houses.  These poeple where school teachers and for the most part honorable people that got jammed up and could not pay their bills. In many cases the people would move out of the homes and the builder … (17 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Because of Active Rain I Look Good.... - 11/02/07 07:44 PM
When I joined Active Rain way back last November, I was lucky I knew how find a web site let a lone write a blog. SEO I had NO Clue what that is.  I kept reading about outside blogs and how people did this and how they did that to really get … (27 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Mortgage Broker Pay's Up....Miami is better than Florida State!!! - 10/21/07 02:41 PM
 
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Back in June Active Rain had a great party in Orlando where I met some amazing members of the Active Rain community.  A Couple that I met was Rick and Ines from Miami and as many of you know I am from Miami originally and went to Florida State for … (13 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: ATTN: Cigar Smokers in South Florida - 10/05/07 07:05 PM
Now that I have your attention.  Las Vegas and New York might have the "Great Smoke" but right here in West Palm Beach Smoke Inn has the event this Tuesday (10/9/2007).  Smoke Inn has 3 great Cigar Shops West Palm Beach, Port. ST. Lucie and  Jupter/Tequesta area.  Abe (the Owner) is … (4 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Nothing Beats a Great Cigar and Football! - 09/10/07 02:33 PM
It has been a long hot summer in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida but thank the Lord Football is Back!  As many of my readers know I enjoy smoking a good Cigar from Gardens Cigar located in Palm Beach Gardens.  Over the summer they had a change in ownership and sometimes change … (24 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: And I am the Bad One!.......... - 08/27/07 06:32 PM
                                                               
Over the weekend I received a phone call from a referral asking me if I was able to help them with a Construction Loan for his home.  Now living in Northern Palm Beach County for so many years I have built up a reputation as an honest and to the … (22 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Turn it Off Daddy..... - 08/11/07 07:44 AM
This past week in the Mortgage Industry has been a wild ride. With the closing of Home Banc, American Home Mortgage and who knows the status of CountryWide.  I have been glued to watching MSNBC which seems to have the doom and gloom worsen by the hour. (even though they might be right) … (38 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Yes Dorothy, The Mortgage Industry had a bad storm but........... - 08/07/07 09:27 AM

With all the craziness in the Mortgage Industry in the past week I believe many people are becoming caught up in the media frenzy.  Yes the industry is going through a correction stage right now where only the strong will survive.    
After seeing the movie "The Wizard of Oz" I belive we … (30 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: I Googled Myself this Morning and it was Amazing! - 08/04/07 07:57 AM
                                           I Googled Myself this Morning and it was amazing!
                                                     
                                            Ok get your head out of the gutter!!
While speaking with David Podgursky earlier in the week about Mortgages and SEO he asked me if I Google myself.  My first reaction was excuse me? "Is'nt that kinda of a personal question?"  He … (57 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: ATTENTION CIGAR SMOKERS! Know your rights! - 07/22/07 03:50 PM
                                                                   
While I was out today at my local Cigar Shop (Palm Beach Gardens Cigars) I learned about the new tax being brought up.  Are you aware that the US Government is trying to raise the tax on cigars as much as 20,000%.  This is not a typo 20,000%
Thats right the … (24 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Jupiter Florida Mortgage : Date Night - Lunch@ Dune Dog - 07/20/07 08:32 AM
Does a date always have to be for Dinner?  Well being a Single Father (I share custody) sometimes it is hard to get away at night for a dinner date.  Thankfully I am a Mortgage Broker and I work for myself so I set my own hours. 
After a few hours … (8 comments)

lighter side of a mortgage broker: Miniature Golf Birthday Present - 07/08/07 08:15 AM
So yesterday was the "Big" day for me, I turned 40 (see Midor Miller post).  My son was to eager to remind me that is was my Birthday and he had a great idea for my present.  (My son is 5) I asked him what his idea was for my present and … (23 comments)

 
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