Author of "The Mortgage Game"
How To Be Charitable To Your Neighbor “Being a charitable person is easy. Be charitable.” Yesterday, on October 2nd at sundown, began the celebration of Hajj, an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca and one of pillars of Islam. Today at sundown is the start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. To mark … Continue reading “Good News From Dr. Manny”
There Is a Way to Become Better Forty years ago, when I became a mortgage broker and together with my wife Elfa founded Pacific Bay Financial Corporation in 1985, I had to learn a lot. I never sold anything before and, therefore, in addition to learning mortgage business, I had to become the company owner, … Continue reading “The Good News with Manny”
Laughter and “The Silent Killer” Have you heard about Dr. Steven Gundry, the Founder of Center for Restorative Medicine? His new book, “The Energy Paradox” is going to be available this coming March. A friend sent me a note recently, from Dr. Gundry, which I am going to quote. “In the United States, heart … Continue reading “Fridays with Manny”
Fridays With Manny It is a common practice to start the New Year with something new; new expectations, new resolutions. In our family, one of the traditions is to wear new clothes on December 31st. It can be something as small as underwear, socks or a shirt. And of course there can be more … Continue reading “Fridays With Manny”
What To Do With A Tattoo “Certain things in life are easy to get, but not so easy to get rid of.” Recently, we were at the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater to see a performance by the internationally known Israeli dance company, Batsheva, who was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Their choreography is … Continue reading “What To Do With A Tattoo”
Do You Know How To Read? “The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the more you understand that you know very little.” Of course you know how to read, otherwise you would not be reading this “Good News From Dr. Manny”. We are all very busy and many of those … Continue reading “Do You Know How To Read?”
What’s New for Wednesday? *Interest rates are subject to change without notice and do not constitute a commitment to make any loan at any specific rate. Before securing this loan, our agents Peter and Dwight had been working with the client for 5 months. It was a complicated transaction involving analyzing the … Continue reading “Today’s Market Special”
“Focus on the results. Even when you want to create a photo image that is out of focus, the result is what you focus on.“ Wonders of nature The word “photography” has two parts: photo, which means light, and graph, which means to draw (i.e. to draw with light). The word “mortgage” also consists of … Continue reading “What Photography and the Mortgage Business Have in Common”
I Know That I Do Not Know I am paraphrasing the Greek philosopher Socrates, who lived in c. 470-399 BC. According to his pupil Plato, who recorded his teacher’s sayings, Socrates created the Socratic Paradox by declaring “I know that I know nothing.” My original intention was to title this story, “How do you … Continue reading “I Know That I Do Not Know”
What IS GIGO? Many years ago, I attended a seminar where I first heard the phrase, “Garbage In, Garbage Out” – GIGO (pronounced GEE IY GEE OH). The presenter shared his views with us. For example, if you are getting exposed to negative information all the time, you express yourself in a negative way. … Continue reading “What Is GIGO?”