All is well... it is business as usual back in the Indigo Bunker. The Sox play for a playoff spot, the dow is set to open a little higher today and we will work something out. I think the biggest failure has been the lack of ability to sell this to the American people, and we don't want to be s
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09/30/2008
It is what all the mortgage champions are eating for breakfast. I love pizza, and I really like Chili. I really like it for breakfast it is a super food. No, I am not going to break into the "beans the magical fruit" song. Well, for one my chili does not have beans. It has corn, and turkey, I
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09/29/2008
I was excite to hear this on the news this morning on WIMS am 1420. A new bus service linking, one of the best cities in Northwest Indiana, Valparaiso to Downtown Chicago. This will be a great service to the whole community and it shows what can happen when people work together to achieve a co
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09/26/2008
No, I am not talking about The Old Cholesterol Buffet or the King Buffet that seems to spring up everywhere, but Warren Buffet, the mogul of Kansas or whatever he is called in his hometown. Well, he has given a shot of confidence to Wall Street by investing $5 billion in Goldman Sachs. We are st
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09/24/2008
Are you ready for some mucho ice carnage this year. On Yahoo! today much of Northwest Indiana was mentioned today as we are in for an salt shortage. I am sure we will have plenty for the margaritas (oh thank God), but we will have to contend with the dreaded salt/sand mixture that the rest of t
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09/23/2008
Hey, everyone, I just wanted to share a Mad Mortgage Machine Minute with everyone. We have a nice bounce off of the 25-day moving average. We are 44bps at this point in the day. Oil is down under $108/barrel and stocks look to open higher. Here watch this quick video from deep down in the Mad
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09/23/2008
Saturday, while I was out running a few errands. I came across a Realtors sign that had a call capture # on it. I called it to see who or what it might say. And, I got a "that extension does not exist" recording. So, today, I drove by the same place as I was out hitting a few places to market
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09/22/2008
We are taking a beating this morning on mortgage bond market. If you are one of those joe average loan officers that follows the 10 year T-bill. Well, just don't read this as it more than likely will be over your head and you are not smart enough to get this. We were down nearly 59bps this morn
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09/22/2008
Thank God, I love the sounds of crickets or I would be torching my house with the flood waters slowing receding here in Northwest Indiana. I am hearing crickets emerge in my basement and give me constant song of chirping. Well, it seems that our gov't has added insurance to its areas of experti
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09/17/2008
Well, I am here in NW Indiana and I am battling the Battle of the Wet Basement. It is touch and go since Saturday morning, the worst of it seemed to come last night as the rain stopped and waters kept rising. Gosh, I need a Johnny Cash song here right now, "how high is the water poppa; 2 feet hi
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09/15/2008
