by Christopher Liechty | Nov 8, 2013 | Finance
Where loan origination is fragmented, payments get made to intermediaries for the services provided. In some cases, those payments are clearly disclosed to borrowers as fees on the loan. However, most of the time the cost of paying the intermediary is built into the...
by Christopher Liechty | Oct 24, 2013 | Finance
Admittedly, I love numbers. As a lender, numbers are the focal part of my daily work. A truly huge portion of my day is devoted to numbers. Numbers tell interesting stories, two of which I’d like to share with you. A Story of Scale We speak to contractors daily who...
by Brenda Greenwell | Oct 17, 2013 | General Topics
We’re at the Remodeling Show in Chicago this week. There’s been a lot of internal debate over the value of attending or exhibiting at a trade show, and we haven’t reached any conclusions. They’re expensive—that’s just reality. Months ago, when we started strategizing...
by Brenda Greenwell | Sep 24, 2013 | Home Improvement
As you’ve probably already noticed, baby boomers are starting to retire. As this comes to fruition they often: Move and sell their property, OR Stay but undergo remodel/repair Let’s focus on Option 1. Because older sellers tend to occupy their homes for a longer...
by Brenda Greenwell | Sep 21, 2013 | General Topics
It seems like everyone has a blog today. So why did we decide to be part of the background noise of the Internet? We built our blog because we want to engage, educate, and entertain our current and future contractor customers. We want to provide content of use and...
