Rachel Khoury's Blog

This Day in History July 1st   1903 English aviator, Amy Johnson is born.  Johnson lived to become one of the world's greatest pioneers in aviation; she set numerous long distance records, married a Scottish pilot, and served in World War II.   1916 Roland Robert Stanford Tuck, a WWII British Ace...

       With growing disbelief in the possible positive outcomes of private money, it may be necessary to debunk a few common misconceptions in the hope of providing for a better understanding of such loans.   Hard money is a perfectly legal practice; because the investors on these loans are often...

       Meet Simon, officially the Liquid Assets Manager for Tailwinds Mortgage.  (Get it?  Because he lives in water?)  He's a "Dumbo Betta" which is evidently quite rare; we picked him up from PetSmart a couple weeks ago, just in time for Betta Fish Awareness Day on June 22nd.  So far, it seems...

       I love myself a standard transmission.  Little is better than the overwhelming satisfaction of being at a red light when your favorite song comes on: your left foot is feathering ever so sensitively, your right foot is anxiously poised over the accelerator pedal.  Oh! what a rush when that...

       The United States Supreme Court is a group of highly powerful people; yet are also highly misunderstood.  One point most often forgotten when discussing such a body is that there are no requirements to be part of it, other than a Presidential appointment.  Each justice is expected to be ap...

     I recently read somewhere that the modern definition of a mortgage came along in the 1930's; evidently, when they were first introduced, it was quite difficult to achieve such a loan, so the homeownership rate during that time was low, at 40%, according to this article.  While this may be tr...

"I can fly.  I'm a pilot."        Many may recognize these famous words from the movie, Independence Day, but how often to they get to be heard, every day?  Yes.  I toss them around all day, every day.  I even spouted the quote to the vending machine repaire guy.  Most receipients of such words s...

       One simple (yet immensely important) English lesson from school has stuck with me throughout my entire career and constantly plays in the back of my mind in speaking and in writing, Rhetorical Appeals.  Understand the three basic points and you will find your writing to be of much greater ...

       I have been fortunate enough to see incredible parts of this world including most of the US, Hawaii, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Scotland, and Ireland.  They have each left their unique stamp on what beauty means to me though not one is even worthy of comparison...

       Rates are seen advertised everywhere from TV commercials to city buses; the average person will likely encounter more interest rate scenarios in one day than they can count on both hands.  Total immersion in this environment could easily be blamed for the trend which seems to be most prev...