Press, Interviews and Honors

• Are We Connected: 5ive Questions with Rhonda Porter
• 2014 Outstanding Loan Originator – Business and Humanitarian Leadership Awards Gala – Washington Association of Mortgage Professionals (WAMP)
• 2014 WAMP Business and Humanitarian Leadership Awards – Media/Marketing Professional and Media Company for The Mortgage Porter
• 2014 Flat Coated Retriever Specialty – 4th Place in the 6-9 months Puppy Sweeps
• Natioanal Mortgage Professional: FFIEC Guidance and the Great Social Media Debate
• 2013 WAMP Business and Humanitarian Leadership Awards – nominee for Mortgage Professional and finalist for Media Professional
• Panelist at The Northwest Real Estate Summit and Mortgage Expo
• Yahoo! Homes: The perks and pitfalls of refinancing your home
• Speaker at 2013 Mortgage Tech Summit in Orange County
• Scotsman Guide Q&A: Rhonda Porter on how social media and blogging has helped her mortgage career. October 2012
• Panelist at Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC for class on Mortgage Origination – 2012
• Washington Association of Mortgage Professional (WAMP) 2012 Leadership Awards: Outstanding Mortgage Originator Finalist
• ELVISTRAVAGANZA! Bumbershoot event has West Seattle connections
• National Mortgage Professional: The 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals 2012
• Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch: Lenders Want to Know Everything
• Speaker at 2012 Mortgage Tech Summit in Scottsdale
• Canada’s The Globe and Mail: Obama Throws Lifeline to Homeowners
• Washington Association of Mortgage Professional (WAMP) 2011 Top Lender: Mortgage Master Service Corportation
• Washington Association of Mortgage Professional (WAMP) 2011 Leadership Awards: Outstanding Mortgage Originator Finalist
• Scotsman Guide: Is social media the answer to the marketing question?
• Associated Press and Seattle PI: Rates for 30 Year Near Record Low
• Inman News: Market turmoil has homebuyers on edge
• National Mortgage Professional: The 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals – 2011
• Speaker at Denver’s Mortgage Tech Summit
• Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch: Mortgage Fees on the Rise Again
• Seattle Magazine’s 2010 Top 100 – 5 Star Mortgage Professional
• NPR:  Home Loan Blues: Refinancing Isn’t So Easy
• Panelist at Lusk Center for Real Estate at USC for class on Mortgage Origination
• National Mortgage Professional: The 25 Most Connected Mortgage Professionals 2010
• The Associated Press – House OK’s plan for higher gov’t mortgage fees
• eBook: Real Estate Blog Blazers by Ricardo Bueno
• Inman News: Real Estate’s 50 Most Influential Online 2009
• National Mortgage Professional – You don’t have to be Kim Kardashian to use Twitter
• 2009 Jim Fitzgerald Distinguished Service Award from the Washington Association of Mortgage Professionals
• Panelist at 2009 RE Blogworld Convention and Expo
• Panelist at Active Rain’s 2009 Seattle Raincamp
• Agent Genius 15 Mortgage People to Learn from on Twitter
• Speaker at 2009 Mortgage Girlfriends Mastermind Retreat
• Seattle Weekly’s Best  Seattle of 2009: Best Tweeting Mortgage Broker
• Seattle PI – Another hurdle for home buyers?
• Seattle PI – Faulty appraisals may be adding to real estate woes
• Holden Lewis of Bankrate: Why and What Now?
• CNBC: Making Your Way through the Mortgage Market
• Seattle Metropolitan Magazine: When Does it Make Sense to Refi?
• MSN Real Estate: Top 5 things homebuyers and sellers should do now –
• Seattle PI: More Rush to Refinance Mortgage
• 2008 Magnificent 7 Consumer Articles
• Sweet Digs Seattle: The 4-1-1 on Mortgages in Today’s Market
• Seattle PI: Debate over real estate goes online
• Dave Savage of The Mortgage Coach
• New York Times: The Affluent, Too, Couldn’t Resist Adjustable Rates
• Sweet Digs Seattle Interview: Is it Time to Refinance Your Home?
• The 2007 Magnificent 7 Winners
• Cicerone’s Top 20 Bloggers of 2007
• Inman News Blog: Steppin’ out (of the blog)
• Top Women Bloggers in Real Estate Speak Out!
• Top 12 Women Real Estate Bloggers – 2007 Edition
• Lucid Ninja: Blogger Spotlight: Rhonda Porter
• Jeff Chasin: Learn from Rhonda Porter, Morgan Brown & Brian Brady
• Blown Mortgage: Rhonda Porter Interview
• Inman News…Mortgages are not sexy party conversation
• Interview by KOMO-4 on MILA’s Closure & Subprime Mortgages
• 1997 Seattle King County Association of Realtors Affiliate of the Year finalist

Editors Note: I am in the process of removing links that are no longer valid and it’s a bit of a chore. It’s a little sad seeing articles that no longer exist… I totally know how that feels from Rain City Guide going dark.