Speechless Sundays - Happy Shoppers
Larry Bettag - Regional Vice President, Midwest Region Illinois FHA Specialist 630-417-7172   

I hate Cliche - But This is the Feel Good Story of the Year!
Rarely do you come across a real life version of It's a Wonderful Life.  But here it goes.  My little brother, Dr. Eric Bettag, a surgeon with a cult following, was injured, paralyzed, in a car accident a little over two years ago when some 18 year old kid, dropped his compact discs under the dash board on the passenger's side of his picku up truck and blew through a red light while retreiving the discs.  The result.... Dr. Bettag gets T-boned and g

Speechless Sundays - Enough Said - Dad's Treasures
Larry Bettag - Regional Vice President, Midwest Region Illinois FHA Specialist 630-417-7172   

Why Don't Lender "Partners" help Build Realtor's Business?
I run a region, run a branch and yes, I originate loans as well.  I spend a lot of time recruiting on top of that.  I'm amazed at what I hear from lenders.  Realtors want loan officers to help them build their business.  They don't want them to create their business.  If lenders could do that they'd be realtors, but we've been called into lending and not real estate sales. I've interviewed well over 200 lenders since I began recruiting folks a few years ago and am amazed that there is such a disparity in lender capabilities.  As individuals, there are just some people that don't belong in this business.  Not a knock on them.  They're good pe

Fun Week Ahead - - - Family Time Starting with the Packers
Leaving in just a bit.  Have a lot to do and I'm picking up the kids after school.  We're heading to the farm up in Wisconsin this afternoon.  A friend of mine gave me tickets to the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers Game for this Sunday up in Green Bay.  I'm taking my wife and two oldest boys up to the game.  It'll be a lot of fun.  I love going to a place where I get absolutely zero cell phone reception and I can just be dad and hus