April 2010
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Thought for the day.
Is Bubba ever going to get out of prison?
February 2010
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Will Your Son Wind Up In Prison?
This is a red flag check list for all you mothers and fathers out there. This might explain a lot!
I had the unfortunate experience of serving a little over a year in federal prison. I took notes and have come up with what I believe to be a pretty accurate profile of a would-be inmate.
His name is Bubba
This one can easily be avoided. There are literally tens of thousands of other names to...
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You Might Be A Criminal If...
The National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) compiled a list of behavioral red flags from almost 1,000 case studies. Their research indicates that, to varying degrees, these behaviors were present in the fraud cases that they studied. If you exhibit some or all of these behaviors, you just might be a would-be felon.
Use your best Jeff Foxworthy voice and say each one of these...
December 2009
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Fraud finds a home as the US fools itself - The National Newspaper: http://bit.ly/7Iu9SF - Best article on fraud !!!!!!
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Contributors to the Junk Mortgage Market
In James Doran’s article in this morning’s National he makes reference to the “worse than junk” [mortgage] loans that were taken out by people who couldn’t repay them. This portion of the article is worth expanding upon.
Some would have us believe that these loans existed because lenders’ loan programs allowed for practically anyone with a heart beat to get a loan. ...
But it was the best non-delivery pizza out there.
November 2009
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Appraiser - Mortgage Fraud
I received a phone call from Tom Balko in May of 2009. He had heard of me and my past association with mortgage fraud, and wanted to chit chat. I COMPLETELY understood.
Tom had just plead guilty and was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison for his involvement, as an appraiser, in a mortgage fraud scam. He was to report to the federal prison in Duluth, MN in June to begin his sentence.
We...
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What's My Passion
I recently read Gary Vaynerchuk’s book called Crush It, http://crushitbook.com It deals with how to really bust your butt on pulling all the social networking tools together to work for you. By “work for you” he means doing the thing that you’re passionate about.
The idea being - you have to be passionate about what you do or else it won’t be authentic, honest,...
“Everything that has happened in your life so far has led up to this moment -...”
– Jerome Mayne