It was late 2006 and there was a storm of publicity going on about the new CMG Home Ownership Accelerator. Just as there is today, many people were blogging and reporting incorrect information about the program and the core concepts attached to it. My business associate Kim Kline forwarded me an e-mail containing a link to a MSNBC.com question and answer to what is a mortgage accelerator. The question was targeted at the Home Ownership Accelerator and the answer responded with information about a bi-weekly program.
I thought to myself here is my chance to steal a bit of media so I e-mailed the columnist who answered the question. In addition i searched for more of these expert forums. In doing so I can across Dr. Don Taylor of Bankrate.com. Dr. Don writes a column on bankrate discussing and answering everything financial. While I never heard back from the MSNBC columnist, Dr. Don wrote me back in a quick manor. After a few weeks this was published ‘Mortgage Accelerator’ loans come to U.S. I had no clue what I was in for. For the next few weeks my office could not answer phones fast enough.
But this odd question continued to be asked, “Can I offer this product?” I would politely ask if they have a mortgage license and the conversation would end with a “NO.” After about the 50th call like this I finally had someone ask me if this was the same as the Money Merge Account. I had no clue what they were talking about. So as a good business person I Googled the name and found there was a live presentation that night right in my town of San Diego, CA. I quickly got dressed in a pair of board shorts, t-shirt, sandals and a backwards hat and headed out the door for a recon mission.
That night Mac Saunders, Director of Sales and Don Jorgenson, Co-Founder gave the presentation for local agent Keith Eisberg. Unfortunately for Keith, Mac and Don had to leave and catch a plane back to Utah. Keith was left to answer questions and unfortunately was a fairly new agent with UFirst. To make a long night short I answered many of the questions that night. Upon completion of the event I asked Keith how to get started. He gave me his card and said to call. I was so anxious I called Keith the night and for some reason he said that this business was not right for me.
Well I embarked on a journey to find a sponsor and back to Google I went. The first person I found was on myspace.com and had his number posted. Jarrett Holmes out of North Carolina was the next up. Jarrett answered his phone and instantly was brutally honest with me. He said I am brand new and cannot answer your questions. So Jarrett put me in touch with Richard Schaffer and after a few days and hours of conversations later I was set to fly to Florida to meet Richard, Jarrett and the owners of United First Financial.
The rest is history and today I am proud to be associated with Jarrett, Rich and many other mentors. I might not be 1 of 9 Senior Executive Branch Managers in the company without this chain of events. Today, I do not know where Keith is but I can tell you I think this business is somewhat right for me and I think Jarrett could argue that point also.
But the moral of the story is at the end of the day you have no clue who has the passion and desire to make a difference. I was not then a believer that the Money Merge Account was for everyone, nor am I now I can show you real life results on what is has done for my clients and myself. I do not care what walk of life you come from or what you have or have not achieved, if you are coachable you can learn to help others get out of debt with the Money Merge Account. Donald Trump knew nothing when he was born and he still knows nothing about many things but what he focused on he succeeded at and you can do the same.
