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As Mad Mortgage World continues in its quest for global domination (we’d settle for Ohio though) we are constantly on the look out for new material. So as Mortgage 2.0 (the podcast being released soon) gears up we want to know: What do you want to know about?

What is your burning question?

Do you want to know how to get an agent to subscribe to your blog? Tell us.

Do you want to know how to build referral partners with Cheetos and Coffee? We can show you.

Do you want to know more about RSS, Blogs, Podcasts, Facebook, Friendfeed, etc and their integration into a loan origination business? Your wish is our command.

So, I guess what I am tryinbg to say is: I need to know what you want to know!

Leave a comment below and let the games begin!

Comment below! We want to know your thoughts!

A special thanks to everyone that participated and listened in on this great call!

 

 

As most of you know I have been at Inman Connect all week long. I have seen some incredible content and met some incredible people. Instead of my normal “how-to” marketing type posts I would like to begin a conversation that I hope will continue for some time.

The theme of this week is “the future.” There is some frustration over the state of the housing market but, the overwhelming atmosphere here is one of possibility as new tools and “best practices” are shown to eager conference goers.

While agent after agent walked by me today I became increasingly agitated at the incredibly positive conversations centered around the content presented this week.

Why?

There is an incredible amount of innovation and possibility in the Real Estate industry that seems to higlight the lack of innovation in the Mortgage Industry.

i sat down in a corner of one of the conference areas and pondered the implications this held for the Mortgage Industry. After a few moments and participating in a conversation with the other originators here, I have decided to host a discussion of the future of the Mortgage Industry here.

Over the next few weeks I will begin releasing conference calls with some of the incredible people I met here such as:

• Jeff Corbett, Author, The XBroker Blog
• Rudolph Bachraty III, Social Media Guru, Trulia
• Ben Martin, Director of Communications & New Media, Virginia Association of REALTORS
• Nicole Nicolay, Co-Founder, Effektive Solutions, MyTechOpinion
• More to come but, you get the picture!

Each of those conversations will be centered around innovative ideas and best practices for the Mortgage Industry today. The goal of these conversations will be to spark new ideas for mortgage originators everywhere.

I hope you will actively join me in these conversations.

Please let me know what questions you may have for any of these individuals by using the comment section below. Who else would you like to hear from? What else can we do to push innovation in the mortgage industry?

Let the conversation begin.

Ok, so after much debate I have decided to go to Inman Connect. I have @JasonSandquist to thank for the ticket! I have 3 kids at home, 2 of which are potty training! My incredible wife, however, has made it known that I “need to be there.”

I am also extremely stoked about REbarcamp on the 22nd.

Are you going? If so I want to connect with you! I will have some audio/video equipment with me and will be looking to score numerous interviews and reactions so I can post them in the Real Estate 2.0 podcast!

So, I ask again, are you going? If so, please let me know below! If you want to assist me with interviews and after session reactions, I would welcome the help!

I consider myself a fairly busy guy.  Between my normal daily appointments, classes that I teach, small businesses I run, being married, and what little social life I have left, I always have time to return the calls and emails I receive throughout the day.  I try to get back to people within an hour. That was always my general rule when in the mortgage business, and it’s still my general rule today.

I also consider myself a fairly impatient guy.  Maybe it’s just me, but I figure if I can get back to people quickly, anyone should be able to.  Especially in this “wired” world we live in.  If they don’t, it’s their loss, and I move on.

Such was the case yesterday when a friend of mine called me and left me a voicemail.  Apparently, the house he and his wife have been renting for years is being sold out from under them.  They received a note on the door saying you have 30 days to get out!

He knows I’m pretty well connected in the Real Estate market, even though his specific area of interest isn’t my territory, and asks if I would refer him to a Realtor in that area.  I happen to know two agents in this area that he’s looking, so I decided I would email the both of them and give my friend a choice.  They’re both good people, decent producing agents, and I figured they would take good care of him.   

The email went something like this:

Hey XXXXX,

A good friend of mine is looking to buy a house in the next 30 days in your area.  I don’t have your business card handy, so can you email me your contact info so I can forward it to him please?  He’s being kicked out of his current rental, and needs to get things going pretty quickly.

Thanks,
Jeff

That was sent Monday at 3:30pm.  Today (Tuesday) at 10:15am I finally got a response from one of the agents.  Tick Tock –Too Late.

Is 19 hours too long to wait, or am I just way too impatient?

*As of writing this post a full 24+ hours later, I still have not heard back from agent #2.

Mortgage Leadership RV Ramble!

I cannot contain my excitement! I must share this with you!

We will spend an action packed 10 days/9 nights traveling around West Texas in an RV!

Events Includes:

• Drunken Speeches / Presentations
  
• State of the Art Technology Instruction – with such techno gadgets as: typewriter, fax machine, lithograph, and more!
  
• Continuing Education for Every State – how to use windows to forge your borrower’s signature, Pay Option Arm pays you 4%!, and your favorite the Millionaire Fraud Officer
  
• Professional Designation Training – you earn your NFC (nobody f*cking cares), your IROSC (I Ripped off a Senior Citizen)
  
• Broad Tax Planning Training – Evasion 101, Evasion 201, Soap Techniques for prison
  
• Mini Trade Show – all the best! Loan Toolbox, Loan Toolbox, and Loan Toolbox – we aren’t missing anyone are we?
  
• Fabulous Cocktail Parties & Happy Hours – did we mention cheap strippers with blackened teeth?
  
• Power Packed Presentations from some of the industry’s best!
  
  • Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide, no, wait, Bank of America – “How to bribe a Senator”
    
  • Eckhart Tolle – “Just Breathe and this Will Go Away”
    
  • Alan Greenspan – “I Told You So”
    

Don’t wait - send in 17 proofs of purchase of cheap Scotch (any brand) and get your ticket for only $1.99!

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! – If you sign up now you will get a DVD box set from last year! Presentations Include:

• Money, There is Money Everywhere
• Just Tell Them it’s Always a Good Time to Buy!
• 10 Lies to Tell Every Underwriter
• And many, many more…

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*NOTE* You might be an idiot if you sign-up. We are not responsible for your lack of common sense should you spend any amount of money on this.

I just released my first post on Lenderama. Hop over there and let me know what you think. Watch for the follow up to that post “for Lender’s eyes only” on Wednesday 6/25!

Click here to see the post!

As most of you know I am an avid ProBlogger reader.(by the way - Darren had a healthy baby boy recently! Congrats!)  He recently had bloggers submit a story about their tipping point.

“We use the phrase “Tipping Point” to indicate when our fortunes seemed to transform, that instant when everything changes for the better (or worse).” ProBlogger

I want to know about your “tipping point.” When did it all come together for you? What was the “final straw?”

Imagine hearing any of these on closing day…

Top 5 Phrases Real Estate Agents Dread on Closing Day

1. “The Wire is… Missing…”
2. “That’s Not What My Lender Told Me…”
3. “The Lender is on the Line… There is a Problem…”
4. “They’re Not Coming.”
5. “What Closing!?”

Am I missing any? Let me know below!