Melody Young's (autobrokergal) Blog

It started last Saturday.  I got a call from someone who "found me on the internet."  He Googled "Auto Broker - Conejo Valley and found not my Milestone Motoring Website, but my last Activerain Blog "Top Ten Most Fuel Efficient Sedans 2008" which led him to my Activerain profile, which led him to...

                                                  This morning I filled my SUV with gas.  I had a 1/4 of a tank left and at $75.00 the pump automatically stopped (I'm grateful the pump cut me off at $75.00).  I'm in the car business and I'm as annoyed as everyone else!  As a California Auto Broke...

I've always prided myself on being a responsible human being.  As a mother, I'm a role model to my children.  The thought of someone drinking and driving makes me cringe...I would NEVER do that...and yet, how many times have I been talking away on my cell phone with BOTH children in the car???  P...

As an Auto Broker in Los Angeles California, I'm keenly aware of the negative impact  gasoline prices have had on consumers.  Because of this and for other environmental reasons, many of our clients are inquiring about buying or leasing a hybrid automobile. With gas prices over $4.00 a gallon her...

Several months ago Jonathan Mitchell wrote a post entitled, "Good Looking People Succeed More Often."  Surprisingly, despite the politically incorrect nature of his post, most of the comments he received agreed with him wholeheartedly.  The truth is, we are a society who, as my mother would say, ...

As a Wholesale Hard Money Lender, every day is filled with sad stories of people whose homes are in foreclosure.  Mortgage Brokers contact me, the lender, on behalf of their clients hoping for a foreclosure bailout.  Together we try to find a solution for these people who are desperately trying t...

I was all ready to write my next blog .  It was about how my best ideas come to me while I'm blow-drying my hair.  Maybe it's because it's just me and the hot air.  If the kids are fighting, I don't hear them.  If the phone is ringing, I don't hear it.  If chaos is all around me, I'm clueless.  I...

My life is a constant juggling act and I have to admit, I'm not that great at keeping all my balls in the air.  I'm a single mother with two children, I have a very busy career, I have a life outside of children and work (okay, that one's not true), but I would LIKE to have a life outside of chil...

 We all know that a persons FICO score is one of the determining factors of "worthiness" for credit.  Payment history, indebtedness, type of credit, length of credit history and new credit are evaluated by a mathematical equation and assigned a number.  That number is very important in the materi...

                                                      Okay, I think I've intimidated myself.  When I wrote my little blog "The Wrong Reason Why Blogging's Right For Me" last week, never in my wildest imagination did I think it would become an Active Rain Featured Post.  As if that weren't enough,...