Well, this is the week that many have been waiting for: Fat Bear Week ! The nearly 600 mortgage folks here in Las Vegas at the ACUMA event...

“Why did the Dalai Lama go to Las Vegas? Because he loves Tibet.” Tomorrow I head to Las Vegas for the ACUMA event , and I highly doubt...

“Who was the first person that used technology? Moses. He had two tablets that were connected to the cloud.” Technology is a two-edged...

We’re all following Hurricane Helene and its impact on lives and housing stock in the news. Will Rogers famously said, “All I know is...

“My people skills are fine. It's my tolerance for idiots that needs work.” Fortunately, in our business we have very, very few of those,...

Today I leave Illinois, with the world’s largest corn maze , and head to Nebraska, with the world’s largest ball of stamps , things that...

Summer has officially come and gone; the autumn equinox was yesterday. Columbus Day, Halloween, Veteran’s Day, and Thanksgiving are in...

Unlike this zoo in China that tried to pass off painted dogs as pandas , the Fed is not trying to deceive anyone. (Bumbling thief video...

“Someone asked me if I had plans for the fall. It took me a moment to realize they meant ‘autumn’ and not the fall of civilization.” The...

“A Native American, pirate, and Frenchman walk into a bar. The bartender says, ‘Gentlemen, hau, arrrrrrr, oui, today?’” No one has to...

“Q: What does a dyslexic pirate say? A: RRRRRRA!” Humor aside, many in our industry have faced adversity, dyslexia and more, and I...

Does it give you a sense of permanency if you think about how you’re looking at the same moon as pirates did 300-400 years ago? There’s a...

The Pirate goes to the dermatologist and says, “Arrg, I got moles.” The dermatologist says, “Don’t worry, they’re benign.” The Pirate...

Did you know that “boughten” is a word? I didn’t until I challenged someone about it and then looked it up. It is! When was the last...

“I pay you to handle my loan and give me a good program with a competitive rate, not predict things you can’t.” At a recent event, a top...

“Honey, what did you do today?” “Well…” People do some cockamamie stuff against all odds. What are the odds of a lender or LO retaining...

When I board an airplane, it is to go from point A to point B, like today from Denver to San Francisco. As long as it’s on time and...

Every once in a while, a new loan program is “invented.” Lenders have to make sure they’re doing it correctly . (Don’t try this at home.)...

Forget ATR. What about ATN? The Ability to Nap. Here in Denver, at The Mortgage Collaborative event, napping is not on the agenda… Every...

There are plenty of sports nuts in real estate and lending, and when you combine the two, well, you’d think it would be a match made in...