Mortgage Magic, Wand Not Necessary
Monday, May 01
Back in 2000, a little-known Irish quartet had a sleeper hit on the airwaves here in the United States called “Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of.” (Check it out on YouTube, if you’re curious.) It’s a catchy tune about one friend trying to tell another that just dwelling on something isn’t ...
Every Story Needs an Editor
Monday, April 24
Context and perspective! Those are two concepts that are more and more important by the day as we now live in a time when it’s so incredibly easy to take things out of context and see them solely through someone else’s perspective. Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all political on you – I’ll lea...
Take a New York Minute and Consider
Monday, April 17
We have a man who works in our office – we’ll call him Rex – who lived in New York City in the late 1980s. This was a time before Times Square was populated by the Lego and M&M stores and taking the subway to The Bronx to watch a Yankees game was a bit like walking through the woods with not...
A Tale of Two City Homes
Monday, April 10
Even though I’ve sort of borrowed the title from a 19th-century classic of literature as my own title, I’d like to tell you about another book I recently read. I’ll sum up the basic premise of the book with a quote from the author in an interview he gave to The Huffington Post: “If your emotion...
Change: the Only Sure Thing
Monday, April 03
Which headline is better for grabbing your attention and prompting you to read the article to which it’s attached: “Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, But Read on to See if This Even Applies to You” or “Credit Reports to Exclude Certain Negative Information, Boosting FICO Sco...
Spring Break Quiz 2017
Monday, March 27
Depending on where you live, you may have already had Spring Break, you may be just starting it, or you may still be waiting for it to begin. Whatever your situation, you probably have your mind on things that are more closely related to applying sunscreen than applying for a loan - I get that. S...