Working with a Local Lender vs. an Online Lender for your Mortgage

Drunk Racoon has regrets using an online lender for his mortgageLast week I had fun creating a spoof where I’m consoling a drunk racoon, Rocky. Rocky has the blues because he decided to chase a low rate with an online lender and now his home purchase transaction is on a rocky road. All joking aside, I actually have saved several purchases where clients who first opted for an online lender with a slightly lower rate discovered that the loan officer and their lender could not close their transaction. It’s easy to promise a low mortgage rate but that low rate doesn’t matter at all if your transaction doesn’t close. [Read more…]

Get Yours Today! The Mortgage Porter Collectable Action Figure

It’s Friday, so let’s have some fun! I asked AI to help recreate me as a glamourous action figure, Rhonda – The Mortgage Porter.

Rhonda Porter The Mortgage Porter

Full disclosure, I asked ChatGPT to write a post to compliment the doll it created for me. Here it is!

Meet Barbie’s Mortgage Maven: Rhonda Porter, The Mortgage Porter! 💁🏼‍♀️💼🏡 [Read more…]

Arts in the Park in Puyallup

Yesterday I had the opportunity to participate at Arts in the Park at the Pioneer Park Pavilion in Puyallup. This was my first time demonstrating and being on the other side of the booth at an art fair. I really had a great time.

Rhonda Porter sharing her artwork in Puyallup [Read more…]

30 Years in the Real Estate Industry

Rhonda Porter with Chuck Knox Seattle SeahawksIt’s taking me a couple days to write this post because it’s hard for me to fathom that this month marks my 30th year in the real estate industry. Thirty years ago, I was hired to be a doc puller at Safeco Title Insurance Company. I was promoted to Customer Service and promoted again to work in the title units. This picture of me is from a calendar that Chicago Title created to promote “Unit 5”. And yes, that is Chuck Knox, Coach of the Seattle Seahawks, and my hair was as big as the shoulder pads!

I worked at a couple title companies over the years…the last one was my favorite, Washington Title Company. I was one of the first people recruited to launch Washington Title. It was a great time to be a “title rep” and I worked with a great team.

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Friday Funny

I can’t remember the last time I shared a “Friday funny”… I’m sure it was well before HUD-1’s awful attempt of the 2010 Good Faith Estimate, Dodd-Frank or HVCC regulations.  This was circling around our office and I just had to share this!

mortgage humor

Happy Friday!