I wrote a blog about illegals and loan fraud and got a comment from a well intentioned writer that I just can't forget. I don't think the writer did anything but express the frustration we all feel, when we group people by heredity instead of their personal choices.

The comment: "It is amazing that many of todays top LO's are hispanic - I wonder how many of them belong in jail."

What's so "amazing?" Do you know how many Americans are Hispanic? Most LO's are licensed and often insured or bonded, I'm sure very few are illegals. I'll bet between us we can't find one that isn't fluent in English, but in fact I know one or two that don't speak Spanish, at least not well.

My family is almost entirely French, but even Jacques who arrived here in 1608 wrote about himself in both French and English as being an American. For the record I don't speak French, but my maternal Grandfather did, until he married my Grandmother.

I do symthise with your frustration. That's the problem with hyphenating identities. I'm an American not a French-American! We Americans come in all shades of mankind, we come in two standard genders and several we invented. For those of us in the people business and real estate in all forms is the people business, it makes life fascinating!

As to "how many of them {Hispanic LO's} belong in jail" I suspect it's a lower percentage than the rest of us! I've got no facts, but two reasons for this assumption! 1. Hispanic LO's have to be careful because of bigoted assumptions. 2. LO's that speak Spanish are probably better at spotting these illegal invaders than the rest of us.

America has proven that it's nurture not nature that determine a person's success in life. Every race in the world has succeed in America. The amazing thing is how many people who are born here or come here chose not to participate! But, it's there choice. Viva La Difference!

Bill

William J Archambault Jr

The Real Estate Investment Institute