Articles

I have a few dozen articles scattered about the blogosphere and the Net in general.  They fall loosely into two categories: general financial stuff (the first group below) and mortgage-specific stuff (everything else).

General Newspaper Articles

• Provo Daily Herald: Singin’ in the Rain Dec. 17, 2008
• Provo Daily Herald: Singin’ in the Rain Nov. 19, 2008
• Provo Daily Herald: Singin’ in the Rain Nov. 26, 2008
• Provo Daily Herald: Singin’ in the Rain Dec. 3, 2008
• Provo Daily Herald: Singin’ in the Rain Dec. 10, 2008

Scotsman Guide Articles

• HVCC Fact and Fiction, September 2009
• Baby Steps to Being the Best, October 2009
• Build Business by Helping Others, April 2010
• Master the Six Channels of Marketing, September 2010
• Nonqualifying Borrowers Await Your Help, February 2011
• Build Partnerships to Build Business, April 2011
• What Makes a Professional, July 2011
• An Officer and an Originator, October 2011
• Six Ways to Make the New Year a Hit, December 2011

The Niche Report Articles

• Rate Pimping over Twitter: Not a Long-term Successful Strategy, July 2011
• You and Technology, September 2011
• How to Regulate an Industry to Death, October 2011

Keeping Up with The Jones (column), from The Niche Report

• Expansion in a Declining Market, November 2011
• Stop Looking for Borrowers that Fit Your Products, December 2011
• You are Your Brand, January 2012
• Advice for LOs: What do Real Estate Agents Think of You, February 2012
• Fix that Business Card, March 2012
• Don’t Let Technology Ruin You, April 2012
• A Great Crew Makes the Voyage Successful, June 2012
• How To Strangle What You Mean to Save, June 2012
• What is Marketing Depth?, July 2012
• Stacking Goodwill, July 2012
• Backed Into A Corner: How Are You Going to Come Out Fighting?, August, 2012
• A Regulation We Could Actually Use, August, 2012
• What’s Up With REALTORS? Should We Start a Group Called LENDORS?, October, 2012
• Three Lessons I Learned While Upgrading My OS System, December, 2012

Zillow.com Mortgages Unzipped Articles

• Welcome
• Hey, Here’s an Idea!
• RateWatch: Blackjack, Fed Style
• Why is My Appraisal Taking So Long?
• Man, Was THAT Prediction Wrong!
• Fed Phases Out…oh, Never Mind.
• Sustainable? Depends on What You Mean.
• Back to the Future, or What Marathons and Mortgages Have in Common
• But My Rate Was Locked, Wasn’t It?
• Smart Mortgage Shopper (Part 1)
• Refinance Closing Costs Don’t Matter
• Lock Today, or Bet on the Fed?
• The Other QEII (Hint, It’s Not a Ship)
• Foreclosure Moratorium – How Deep Are the Answers
• More Bad News on Loan Modifications
• To Refi or Not – One Simple Test
• I’m From the Government, and I’m Here to Help
• Borrower, Employ Thyself – But First…
• And Now for Something Slightly Different