Tune in tomorrow, Saturday June 28th at 10:30am CST or 1130am EST for the “Mad Mortgage Machine” radio show. This week, I will be answering a question that I received out of Highland, IN from a first time home buyer and her frustration with banks and other lending institutions. I, also, lay
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06/27/2008
I just got done doing my first ever radio show by myself for the "Mad Mortgage Machine" It was exhausting. I started and restarted a dozen times. I hate the way I sounded, did I repeat myself, did I say that twice or should I just scrap this whole thing. I will post it as soon as it goes thro
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06/25/2008
Good news today. New home sales came in as expected. Hey, we are not down for the month. We are pulling ourselves out of this hole that we find ourselves in. I have been seeing more action on the phones and closings. I am getting some great attention for my website. I was on the new show
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06/25/2008
I have never hidden the fact that I am Christian. I will tell you now that I am not perfect. So, if you expect me to be perfect, I am not, but if it had not been for this church. I am not sure where I would be. I had lived in Northern Illinois for 3 years after college and I was less than per
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06/22/2008
Well, we had some good news this week from FHA and HUD concering the relaxed guidelines concerning Flippep properties. You would have to wait 90 days after you bought the property to let someone with FHA financing to buy your home. Well, good news, that is gone for at least one year. Granted
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06/20/2008
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man who will make history."James Cash Penney (1875-1971)Founder of J.C. Penney stores I was going to wait till next week to do this but it was let out of the bag this morning on the air. I will be joining the on-air staff of WIMS 1420 as the
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06/19/2008
"You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you."George Lucas (1944 - )Creator of the epic "Star Wars" series This has been one of those weeks, I feel like I am hi
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06/18/2008
Well, we took some serious hits this week in the bond market. We have switched our focus from the FNMA 5.5 Bond to the FNMA 6.0 Bond that really is how much we fell this week. the talk about inflation and oil has hurt both the stock and the bond market. It was nice to see the Saudis come out a
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06/14/2008
Perceived Obsolescence Do you crave the latest greatest toy? Do you buy the newest phone every time a new one comes out for your carrier? What about your computer? Do you feel that every time you turn around you need to replace it since there is a better on the market? Oh, how about fashion?
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06/13/2008
Planned Obsolescence - "designed for the dump" Are you tired of things breaking down? Are you tired of having to replace things? Did you know that they are designed to break or not last as long as they could, and that there is a whole economic theory behind it? That if we have to replace the i
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06/13/2008