I am not a crook and it really isn’t that bad…

I am proud to be a mortgage broker, but I have noticed that at cocktail parties now I get one of two reactions from people when I tell them I am a mortgage broker. 
The first is like I just told them I am a porn star or a convicted child molestor.  I can see that [...]

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When Rational Consumers Make Irrational Decisions

I am sure you have seen it by now, but there is a Coffee Calculator that was flying all over the web a few weeks ago that shows how much money you would have if you invested the money you spend on coffee at Starbucks. The website is hilarious and quite frankly as a [...]

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Uniquely Chicago

Moving to a new city can be a challenge.  I moved to Chicago seven years ago to attend business school at Northwestern.  I never paid rent anywhere else until then except Atlanta where I was born and raised.  Even though I spent weeks working in countless cities living out of a hotel room, actually moving [...]

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Fish and Flush

Now I have seen it all.  You know you want one!  I just want to know who would be crazy enough to put this in their house.  Honestly, depending on the personality of the homeowner, I could see this in  a powder room.  I wonder if People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has anything to [...]

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Mortgage Gangsters

The internet is amazing.  You can find almost anything.  The internet darling of 2006 was none other than www.youtube.com.  A collection of homemade videos from average joes.  Youtube has everything on it.  Bad recitals.  Jackass impersonators.  Commercials.  Music videos.  You name it, someone has made a video about it.  Seriously, who woulda thunk? 
Being the mortgage junkie that I am, [...]

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