In just my first year in the mortgage business, just a little after the turn of the century, me and the people I worked with killed over 133 trees. Usually, people are all “Loosey-Goosey” when they throw around numbers like that, fudging stats to prove whatever point...
There isn’t anything fun about applying for a mortgage – except for the part where you close and it’s over. The process is inefficient. The whole thing takes too damn long. And the amount of documentation they ask for could keep a small house warm in the middle of...
I will never choose a job where I’m going to have to do math. In 8th grade, that was a pretty non-negotiable part of my future. And look at me now, crunching mortgage numbers behind a desk for The Espinal Adler Team. That old/young me with a mullet would...
I high-fived Tony Robbins during the day and that night I was standing 6 or 7 feet away from a bloated, middle-aged Axl Rose who still knew how to put on an amazing show while performing with a quasi-version of Guns n’ Roses in Las Vegas. It was June 2014. I was at...
Let’s set the scene: You call a loan officer about a refinance; you got their name from a friend. The loan officer quotes a rate. It’s 2.75% for a 30-year fixed. You almost can’t believe your ears. Your inner Jack Nicholson speaks to you. “You want that...
Socialized Mortgage Finance is a phrase that is becoming more prolific in the secret underbelly of the mortgage industry where a thousand private conversations dictate the direction of the masses. In the wake ofCovid-19, as we slowly come out of isolation and into a...
