florida mortgages: What Are "Fannie Mae Guidelines"? - 07/29/08 02:01 PM
When I used to attend church regularly, as opposed to irregularly, I noticed we developed our own little language that didn't really mean anything to those who attend church rarely or never. Likewise, some years ago, I worked for a headhunter agency and each niche of employment had its own buzz (4 comments)
florida mortgages: What Does "Sub-Prime" Really Mean? - 12/09/07 12:47 PM
Attention earth: Ken Cook has a sub-prime loan on his primary residence. -------------------->Have you ever noticed how words change meaning over time? Have you ever noticed how the wrong word gets used for the wrong thing and sticks? Take the word "random" for example. In the new vernacular random is used (8 comments)
florida mortgages: The GFE - What Exactly Is It And When Is It Valid? - 09/21/07 08:02 AM
Touchy one for you here! From time to time we get a call and out of the blue a new caller will ask us to send them a GFE - Good Faith Estimate (of Settlement Charges). A recent caller begin to turn rude and unruly and demanded to speak with me (3 comments)
florida mortgages: "Only When We Are No Longer Afraid Do We Begin To Live" - Thompson - 09/13/07 08:07 PM
It is easy to take control of a person, or a country, when they are weakened by fear. From the sound of my phone and from reading ML Implode I would say at least our industry is somewhat paralyzed by fear. Oddly enough when our phone rings we are still able (2 comments)
florida mortgages: Spend, Buy And Purchase For Tomorrow We Die! - 09/13/07 12:51 AM
"Times has been (sic) good" and I will testify to it. Truly, deals fell out of the trees from about 2002 until mid to late 2006. "Hello sir/ma'am, please breathe on this mirror and if we see some fog ... sign here and get the keys."How do we survive on this (15 comments)