Alex Shvartsman's (mercurylending) Blog

It's on everyone's mind.  What is going on with this market.  Those of us in the business see it on a daily basis... lender's shutting their doors, lender's cancelling loans left and right, programs disappearing or repricing to a point of no longer being usable.  We see the news discussing the ch...

There is much to be said about people that take themselves too seriously when they really don't know what they're doing. I recently had a wonderful experience with an appraiser in Oregon that blew my mind. Here's the story...I tend to look at every transaction I do with a client with a very long...

I have a friend that I work with that recently started blogging (is that the right term?).  His passion and enthusiasm towards it made me curious as to what the attraction was to sharing one's thoughts and ideas in a public forum.  He suggested I give it a try, so here I am.  As this is an indust...