The team at HubSpot go beyond creative to come up with this hilarious video:

“Me-Me so nurtured”, lol!

Let’s end the week on a humorous note. This article was brought to my attention by an industry friend and you may in fact have already come across it too, but if you hadn’t here it is. It concerns a lawsuit against a mortgage brokerage company called  HTFC where the company was being sued for improperly selling loans.

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I have been feeling the Holiday spirit lately and in the spirit of the Holidays I have put together my own top 5 list of funny Holiday related photos.
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Can some tell me what all this crap is? I have come across it a number of times and just passed it off as spam, network marketing BS. Is it though? What is this mlm leads crap all over YouTube? You got love the title to the YouTube video too.  “The Pursuit of Happiness FREE MLM LEADS”. Oh, yes the pursuit of happiness and once you have received Free MLM leads, you have really completed your pursuit. lol Does anyone have any experience with the company?

This one is classic too . Good speaker, but WTF? Check the page out, it is completely stuffed with keywords and spam. Has anyone heard of CashOMat? It seems to be another MLM type of lead company, not sure though.

I was just curious if any of the readers have had a direct experience with either of these two guys or companies.

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Hey everyone! Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. I think there all a ton of different things we can all be thankful for here are just a few; mortgage leads, LMS, the LeadCritic blog and of course still being in business.

On a serious note, I would like to thank you all for being readers of the blog. This blog was started with no real expectations other than to vent and talk about the industry and it has continued to grow and grow.. So, again, a big thanks to all of you. I am truly greaful for each one of you.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am going to start capping the week off with a few post that I found interesting. They may or may not have anything to do with mortgage leads or real estate, specifically, but I think they may all be applicable to everyone.

• Joel Burslem over at the Future of Real Estate discusses Googles OpenSocial and how it may apply to real estate professionals.
• Owen Raun of Online Mortgage Blog had an excellent interview with LendingTree COO, Bob Harris.
• One of the biggest hurdles I have and I think most have in marketing is coming up with good content for all situations and Brian Eisenberg at Grokdotcom puts together an excellent cheat sheet to help us all out.
• One more from Brian. He discusses building online credibility, which if you didn’t realize, we all need to do! In the post he asks “Is Trump a Guru?”.

Have good weekend everyone and GO CHARGERS!

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In the past few weeks we have seen a few websites that have stepped out of the industry norm, SmartHippo and Mortgage Marvel. These sites have taken the long thought out approach of improving the consumers experience and spent many days and months developing their ideas.

I recently came across two more websites that look to make imprints on our industry.  The original concepts and unique uses of brand marketing really set these two websites apart from any other in the industry. It will be very interesting to watch the further development and success of these two sites.

With out further a due I give the future of the industry:

Website #1 

Website #2 

What do think?

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Okay, so as you know the forum is down, is not active and I lost all the GREAT info and discussion that was in the forum. Now, I was planning on bringing the forum back because I think it was a great place for lead buyers to discuss the issues of the day, however I am wondering what you all think. Should I bring back the forum?

I would like to get your view on this so I created a little poll. What ever the outcome of the poll is will be the deciding factor if I bring back the forum or not.

Hi, I would like to introduce myself as Silence Dogood! Yes, I am obviously the namesake of the slightly prudish widow of Poor Richard’s Almanac. I felt obligated, having observed this market for numerous years, to wade in where there lacked a fair representation of the fairer (and notably smarter) sex and an advocate for the poor and downtrodden Internet consumer.

Enough introduction. You will grow to know, love, and perhaps even fear my pen a bit in the coming months. Therefore, I think it is only fair to warn those who will come under my wrath and those who will receive my fair praise…This is my mantra:

“I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary consumer thrashing and unlimited power to lead providers”

And since a proper lady does not herself wade into the muck and mire of Internet consumer lead “gin” feel free to reveal those who deserve the mighty pen: telldogood [at] gmail

-Silence Dogood

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
Benjamin Franklin

I just received this from a friend and thought I would pass on the important news:

· Borrower’s must have no previous bankruptcies in their family history going back

· A minimum of 25 years self-employment history now required for all NIV Programs

· All non-arm’s length transaction borrowers (mortgage, real estate professionals,

Without getting too political on this blog, if our current international diplomacy doesn’t encourage you to vote for the democratic party maybe this video will.