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Win Big in Mortgages If you want to really make an impression with your clients and make the most income and closings possible in the business, you need my book and workbook. my book Mortgage - Ocracy will open your eyes to the real mortgage world and help you achieve great heights in your journe...

Win Big in Mortgages If you want to really make an impression with your clients and make the most income and closings possible in the business, you need my book and workbook. my book Mortgage - Ocracy will open your eyes to the real mortgage world and help you achieve great heights in your journe...

If you want to really make an impression with your clients and make the most income and closings possible in the business, you need my book and workbook. my book Mortgage - Ocracy will open your eyes to the real mortgage world and help you achieve great heights in your journey as a mortgage proff...

     DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED       I often wonder if the mortgage industry is really a career worth continuing. Over the years, I have experienced tremendous success in the mortgage industry, not only with my income, but with my social skills, ability to overcome problems and do it s...

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee August 7, 2007 A meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee was held in the offices of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday August 7, 2007 at 8:30 a.m. Present: Mr. Bernanke, ChairmanMr. Geithner, Vice ...

IN MY MANY YEARS OF BROKERING MORTGAGES, I HAVE COME ACROSS SO MANY SOLUTIONS, INFORMATION AND TECHNIQUES THAT I THOUGHT IT MAY HELP HOMEOWNERS AND MORTGAGE PROFFESSIONALS IF I WERE TO PUT IT IN WRITTING. SO LAST YEAR, I TOOK 3 MONTHS OFF FROM MY JOB IN THE MORTGAGE BUSINESS AND WROTE A 175 PAGE ...

I have found a very unique way of marketing for mortgages. Its called a dollar letter. I find a neighborhood that I want to target for refinances. I write down the street addresses and hen write a short note, attach a crisp one dollar bill to the bottom of the page and mail the letter out. I do 1...

The prime rate is actually the rate that the federal reserve charges its member banks to lende money over night. It has nothing to do with what the lender posta as the prime rate for its loans to borrowers. The prime rate may play a roll in effecting what the lender rate is but that is it. There ...

The recent turmoil in the mortgage industry has proved to be an educational experience for all of us. I think that so many mortgage professionals have gotten used to order taking and have lost focus on what matters the most, the client. I am sure that you will see many collegues and alot of compe...