Quotes of the Day

Stay up to date on industry and company news. Leverage your team for ideas. Review your customer files so that you can build on any information you already have and avoid unnecessary repetition. [2003] - Linda Richardson

Residual income is income from a business, such as a network marketing business or a franchise business you own but someone else runs. [2002] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Portfolio loans may be slightly higher in rate and shorter in term, or they may involve a balloon payment (most likely through a refinance). None of the "big banks" will do portfolio lending. Instead, you'll want to focus your search on small, local community banks. Look for banks that have a maximum of 20 different branches. Credit unions might also be a good source of portfolio lending. Portfolio lenders will not be labeled as such. You'll simply need to call them up and find out. Ask to speak with the loan officer, because the teller will likely have no idea how to help you. [2015] - Brandon Turner

Once I responded to an initial message, it took an average of twenty-two hours for a woman to get back to me. With so many forms of instant communication--Facebook, text messaging, IM--that twenty-two hours was enough time to make me wonder what she was doing but not enough time for me to lose interest. [2013] - Amy Webb

Don’t go long EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and AUD/USD at the same time, because that is really just one big “short the USD” trade. [2010] - Ed Ponsi