Feb. 12: Retail mgt. job; Non-QM, fee collection cybersecurity tools; Insider’s thoughts on CFPB nominee; LD’s case ends; Brian Hale interview; FHA changes

With the whirlwind of Trump Administration news (Jonathan McKernan to lead the CFPB, playing hardball in Gaza, ending penny production, pardoning former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, freeing Mark Fogel, firing the head of government ethics, beginning the gargantuan task of cutting government spending, trying to rename of the Gulf of Mexico, ramping up deportations, to name a few), it is good to keep an eye on residential lending. I received this note. “Rob, stick to mortgages and keep politics and regulatory changes out of your Commentary.”