How do you like this eye opener: “The value of the property being appraised should be adjusted downward if the ethnic composition of the neighborhood to which it belonged was...

In 1983 there was a Cabbage Patch Doll shortage. In 1996 there was a lack of Tickle Me Elmo dolls, leading to stampedes. Really? Do you think we’ll see that...

In industry news, the big are getting bigger and CrossCountry has stepped in to buy Two Harbors (much more below). But on a more micro-level, Lenders, which include loan officers...

“I told my wife I wanted to be cremated. She made me an appointment for Tuesday.” There is plenty of humor between men and women, and also some things that...

What’s new out there? Well, United Airlines is talking about having couches in the air . There’s always something new in compliance, and there are firms that specialize in it...

I’ve been doing some flying recently, and have not seen the terrible security lines that the press has mentioned. Then I found out why . And there’s this perspective ....

Sometimes life comes down to a coin toss . Here in Virginia Beach, at the Southern Trust Mortgage Sales Summit, a conversation topic is originators not leaving their business to...

I head to Virginia today for a Southern Trust Mortgage Sales Summit. With 9 million people, Virginia’s population has been steadily increasing, unlike… Japan. Japan’s economy is stagnant and its...

Here we are, heading into the spring planting season, and U.S. fertilizer prices have doubled. In fact, with the Iranian War, the price of oil has moved higher, and while...

On this date, six years ago, Netflix released “Tiger King.” Say what you will about “watching a train wreck” or asking, “Is this the height of our civilization?”, we watched...