Marcy J. Ford Takes The USFN Steering Wheel
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Last month, Marcy J. Ford began a two-year term as president of the USFN, a 50-state trade association serving...
Robert Klein Takes On The Community Blight Crisis
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Rome, we've been told, was not built in a day - and the excessive level of community blight that...
Cory Fritzler Shines A Light On Florida’s Housing Market
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The past few years have not been easy for real estate professionals in Florida, but it appears that the...
Jerry Barbalatt Details The Challenges Of Financial Literacy
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Financial literacy has taken on a new importance in the aftermath of the 2008 crash. However, a pair of...
Rakesh Malhotra Addresses The Workplace Bullying Crisis
PERSON OF THE WEEK: This week, many office workers will be eager to leave work for the Thanksgiving break - if only to...
Kent Griswold Celebrates The Tiny House Movement
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In May 2007, Kent Griswold launched the Tiny House Blog, with the goal of highlighting different options for homeowners...
Mark Greco: Wholesale, HARP 3.0 And Housing Recovery
PERSON OF THE WEEK: To borrow a line from Bob Dylan, the times they are a-changin' - and it is a-changin' dramatically in...
Peta Lindsay: Another Presidential Candidate
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Next week, Americans will be able to vote in the presidential election. However, there are other choices on the...
Lorne DuFour: The Mortgage Servicing Code Talkers
PERSON OF THE WEEK: If you think that the only governmental burden carried by mortgage servicers comes out of Washington, think again. There...
Tyler Sherman On Ensuring Data Quality
PERSON OF THE WEEK: There seems to be an endless amount of talk on the need for quality control in mortgage banking. However,...
Bobby Welch Forecasts Mortgage Banking’s Near-Term Future
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The past few years in mortgage banking have been, for lack of a better word, tumultuous. But not everyone...
Patricia Raymo: The Secret Of Mortgage Banking Success Is…
PERSON OF THE WEEK: In 1988, Leif Thomsen founded Mortgage Master in the basement of his home in Walpole, Mass. The company is...
Peter Weddle: Reviving Economic Strength Through Intelligent Education
PERSON OF THE WEEK: This year's election has raised a great deal of talk on how to get the U.S. economy back on...
Stephany Sofos: Greetings From The Aloha State!
PERSON OF THE WEEK: After nearly four decades in Hawaii's real estate sector, appraiser and broker Stephany Sofos is something of a legend...
J. Allan McCarthy: Building A Better Corporate Team
PERSON OF THE WEEK: The baseball legend Babe Ruth once remarked, 'The way a team plays as a whole determines its success.' In...
Scott Hall: Community Banks And Today’s Mortgage Market
PERSON OF THE WEEK: As the mortgage banking industry continues to be reshaped in a tumultuous manner, community banks are finding themselves in...
V. Michael Santoro And John S. Rizzo: Protecting Your Business Reputation Online
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Among the assorted tomfoolery floating around cyberspace is a quote that reads, 'Don't believe everything you read on the...
Gabriel Diani: Screams, Laughs, Real Estate
PERSON OF THE WEEK: For many real estate finance professionals, there is no need to pay to see a horror movie - the...
Phil Huff On The State Of Appraisal Data
PERSON OF THE WEEK: Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, when once queried about data technologies, said, 'Data is a...
Scott Goldstein Connects The Data Dots
PERSON OF THE WEEK: An intelligent use of data can prove to be the difference between an industry leader and an also-ran. To...