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14 Million Jobless in America. How Do You Get Help?
Gruesome unemployment numbers (9.2%) reverberated across the country this week. Odds are good that you know one of the 14 million folks who aren't working. Here in Minnesota, our state shutdown just added 20,000 more people to the UE lines. And Treasury Secretary...
Simplicity in the Housing Crisis
When it comes to large, complex problems, the search for simplicity sometimes leads to the search for who's to blame. The housing crisis, now entering its fourth year, is no exception. Did homeowners use credit unwisely? Did the financial institutions make foolish...
Community Organizations Lead the Charge After Twisters
We see the photos and watch the videos, but in person, it's all different. Last week, two of us here at MortgageKeeper saw parts of our own city destroyed when an F2 tornado hit the north side of Minneapolis. Thousands of homes, apartment buildings, and businesses...
El Sueño Americano–The American Dream
Way back before getting tangled in the mortgage biz, I had a great summer job with the U.S. Census Bureau. My title? "Non-Response Follow-Up Enumerator." (Best job title ever!) I was assigned to Hispanic neighborhoods in Aurora, Illinois, to complete census forms for...
So How Many is 32 Million?
It's the total number of vending machines in the world. …the population of Uganda. …and, according to Harris Interactive, the number of US mortgage holders who are having difficulty making their payments. Even for those of us who make it our business to know about...
