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By Ed Hoffman Last week, I attended an annual conference for loan originators known as the Mastermind Summit. Rather than inform us on the latest and greatest news or bore us with updates to industry policy, this summit is designed to help mortgage professionals like me deal with the chaos …
Read More »It’s Hardly Fair
By Ed Hoffman The overcrowded Republican presidential field has officially hit the point of otherworldly, with three more candidates entering the field in the last week, at least two more expected to announce this week, and up to another half dozen entering before the summer’s end. I’m not even sure …
Read More »Don’t Miss Your Chance
By Ed Hoffman One of the most oft-cited reasons people will use when defending their support of Hillary Clinton is that she is a trailblazer – a woman who shattered some mythical glass ceiling you didn’t even know existed (at least I didn’t). That’s why I found it refreshing to …
Read More »Enough is Enough
By Ed Hoffman In the wake of the Amtrak train derailment last week that killed eight people and injured more than 200, Democrats have followed the lead of the White House by spreading the message that the reason for this tragedy was a lack of infrastructure and transit funding. On …
Read More »Following Their Lead
By Ed Hoffman Last week, the feds announced that America’s unemployment rate was 5.4 percent, which is the lowest it has been since 2008. Good news? Of course – if it were 100 percent true, which I’m not sure it is. I’m not throwing a wild conspiracy theory at you, …
Read More »Let’s See What Happens
By Ed Hoffman If you watched the Sunday news shows this week, you would think that the only thing going on in the country is the unrest in Baltimore. It’s newsworthy, yes – but what I want to know is, is all this news coverage helping? The Baltimore prosecutor tasked …
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