florissant: The Challenges of Closing in Florissant, Colorado - 04/26/09 02:55 AM
Whenever I get a request to do a closing in Florissant, Colorado, I think of that saying: 'It's not just a job. It's an adventure.'
For starters, Florissant, Colorado isn't actually a city.  You won't find paved streets with traffic lights.  There are no neighborhoods with rows of houses and kids playing on the sidewalks, or people walking their dogs.
 
 
 
 
No. Florissant isn't a city.  It's wilderness.  Instead of streets, avenues, and boulevards, you have county roads.  And they aren't laid out in a grid.  They twist and wind.  As you may have guessed, not all of the … (0 comments)

florissant: A 'Cool Hand Luke' moment: conflicting closing instructions - 04/25/09 12:33 AM
I have come to accept that not everything in this business makes sense.  So it comes as no surprise to me when I see important instructions for the closing embedded several pages within the loan documents.
And I learned my lesson a long time ago that you are going to get conflicting instructions.  One company will tell you to do one thing, while another company will tell you to do just the opposite.
I'm doing a closing today in Florissant, Colorado.  The instructions that I received state that the signing should be done in BLUE ink only:

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florissant: Remote loan closing in Florissant, Colorado - 04/12/09 12:27 AM
I have a confession to make. A few years ago I had a closing assignment in Florissant, Colorado.  On the way there I took a wrong turn and had a hard time finding the borrower's home.  It didn't help that he lived far off the beaten path, and that there was no cell phone coverage so that I could call him and get directions.  I finally located him through trial and error. 
Actually, just about everyone in Florissant lives far off the beaten path.  Florissant, Colorado isn't a city.  It's more like an area.  Wilderness, to be exact.
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