I sent an email to the Loan Officer who contacted me last week wanting advice on how to create a referral business with a link to the post about him. His reply is worthy of a new post… [Read more…]
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Confessions of a former Predatory Lender
September 15, 2007 by 2 Comments
I recently received an email from a Loan Originator who wanted some advice on how to develop a “referral-based business”. Having a referral based business means that you have provided such a high level of service to your clients that they feel compelled or at least comfortable in recommending you to the people they care about. My business is dependent upon referrals from my clients and professional relationships. [Read more…]
Please don’t keep me a secret!
September 4, 2007 by Leave a Comment
One of my past clients contacted me about refinancing their existing mortgage. In a nutshell, I advised them to consider not refinancing their mortgage at this time. They replied something to effect of:
“Not many loan officers would recommend “not refinancing”. We appreciate your advice and we’ll keep you our little secret.”
There’s No Love for the Subprime Borrower
August 20, 2007 by 2 Comments
I hope you’ll enjoy reading an earlier post of mine that I featured at Rain City Guide. This article was originally written by me on February 13, 2007. Recently FOX News contacted me about it wanting to speak with some of my successful clients who were once considered “subprime”. It’s too bad I had a real short notice and could not help them out. The “successful subprime” borrowers outweigh the others by far. Without further ado… [Read more…]
My Recent Interview by Todd Carpenter
August 1, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Last week Todd Carpenter, who is indeed one of the lending pioneers of blogging, interviewed me at REMBEX Blog Fiesta. I am very flattered to be interviewed by Todd and to be associated with the great real estate bloggers he’s featuring on his site. The interview is more about why I blog…Todd’s introduction sums it up:
“Rhonda Porter is an example of why I think traditional media has seen it’s best days. As a mortgage professional, there’s nothing more annoying than watching the nightly news stumble through a story about the industry. It seems like they never get a story completely right. An industry expert can offer insight and understanding for a particular niche that no general reporter could ever hope to. For this reason, I believe an Army of Davids like The Mortgage Porter will eventually change the way most people get their news.”
