If you are anonymous you cannot network and build relationships with realtors and bankers. 

My banker could only do 5yr fixed with 20yr amm.....I'm going to avoid rentals until I have some large cash reserves that are collecting dust in my savings account...

Call BAnker.

However, Frank was known to kick the banker lobbyists out of his office when this bill was being considered.

You are a "banker" - make certain you in no way use your fiduciary capacity to "make this deal" happen - You know about the $8K - do not imply nor in any way not disclose the $8K - you can get in very big trouble for that.

Best to not even go there these days anyway(lease option that is).You will be looking at getting over 4 mortgages so consider the hurdles you may encounter with certain banks.Best to find an experienced banker and spend some time with him/her and learn what their particular priorities are.

Hello everyone...My family & I previously move from Las Vegas a few weeks ago...to the Chicago, IL area... and WoW...i thought that Vegas have the foreclosures...oh my goodness...there are tons here. ...I've previ...

My mortgage banker told me each of us could have 10 mortgages at a time.

The American Banker's Association has educational courses for employees, most banks require advancing through the ABA courses to advance as well.

That is a reflection of the lousy health-care system in America, and not the borrowers’ ability to be a homeowner.”What is notable (considering the great divide between political parties in Washington) is that the loan was created by an unlikely partnership between liberal-leaning Marks — a housing advocate known for getting arrested for nonviolently harassing bankers at their own homes on behalf of homeowners facing foreclosure — and two resident scholars with the conservative Washington think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI).Edward Pinto, co-director and chief risk officer of the International Center of Housing Risk at AEI and a former official at the mortgage financing giant Fannie Mae, and Marks originally met while participating together on a panel at a housing conference in Washington in 2008.According to Pinto, Marks, in his signature style, “lit into” him regarding the failure of the banking system to protect homeowners against foreclosure and short sales.