Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

Follow me
By
Mortgage and Lending - Mortgage Magic

ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2011 

An old joke concluded "I'm from the  IRS. I'm here to help you."Today the joke to consumers is "We're the government. We're here to protect you." As well as being a business owner who finances mortgages I am also a consumer and I don't want any more government "help".Many years ago I managed a Th...
12/31/2011
I wish I had written this. Absolutely an excellent artilce about financial choices:Doug JonesMortgage MagicNMLS 286668no copyright infringement intended
12/29/2011
0 Comments
For 2012 I want a better Me. Years ago I took the Dale Carnegie Course and lived the basic rules but I want to improve and next year will focus on three of the basic ten rules; (1) Don't Criticize, Condemn or Complain (2) Show sincere Appreciation and (3) Smile. It makes me feel better when I am ...
12/28/2011
Recently President Obama made a comment about Mortgage Brokers being an entity that the public needs protection from and implied that the Mortgage Broker had a great responsibility in the financial crisis. We are on the list but no where near the top. This research was done by a non partisan econ...
12/22/2011
I like In and Out Burger because they are the only company that I can think of that really offers 'service with a smile'. What happened to service?  I remember pumping gas and washing windshields, checking the air pressure in the tires and checking the oil. Also we pumped the gas; we did not dare...
12/21/2011
At the start of any sports season people like to predict who will win the World Series or the Super Bowl. The predictions are sound in reasoning but mostly wrong. I am reading a trend that everyone is predicting 2012 will be a tough year in mortgages and real estate. I am more positive and expect...
12/21/2011
The numbers below are staggering. Supposing that the average loan amount nationwide is $300,000 then Bank of America has approximately 300,000 homes in some stage of foreclosure. J.P. Morgan has 183,000. Wells Fargo 125,000 and Citigroup 35,000. These numbers are Cities of people!    I saw part o...
12/21/2011
I stay out of politics and realize that President Obama will probably be here for a next term. He has done more to hurt my business than anyone I can remember. Barney Frank and Chris Dodd were more of a problem for borrowers than mortgage brokers. But here are Presidential Comments.. From Nationa...
12/16/2011
Ever stop and think about all the companies and people you worked with over the years? Sometimes I do and at the time I worked for them they were obviously so important in my life and now they  don't even exist. I started in finance with Beneficial Financial Services. They were so big during the ...
12/16/2011
Years ago I worked for a company called AVCO Financial Services. At one time with AVCO my job was marketing supervisor for the western states and on this particular day I was finishing a visit to a branch in Santa Paula, California.The branch managers had to do a lot of loan marketing. We did fin...
12/16/2011
Rainmaker
376,831

Doug Jones

Mortgage Broker - NMLS 286668
local_phone(408) 975-2400
smartphone(408) 209-6773
Contact The Author