HIGH HEEL BOSS: A Leadership Blog

Are you really diversified? PITFALL #3 - Lack of Diversification When investing in the stock market, do you put everything in your entire...

Take a closer look at loan Underwriting, not just LTV. SOLUTION # 2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting What is the solution to loan-to-own...

Take a closer look at loan Underwriting. PITFALL #2 - Loan-to-Own Underwriting Loan-to-own underwriting is pitfall number two. In this...

Align the Broker and the Investor SOLUTION #1 – An Invested Mortgage Broker The solution to this pitfall is not complicated. You need to...

Who is your broker really working for? The comments are all too familiar. "It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my...

The biggest issue as you amass wealth is how to keep it. Since I am a 40 something and I have practiced what I preach with the skills...

Are you making a financial faux pas. As I was writing my “Investment Advice for 20 Somethings”, I felt like it would be very...

What investment advice I wish I knew when I was their age. One of my younger employees, a 20 something year-old, asked me what investment...

Is transparency a buzzword, a culture, a requirement? No, it is just the right thing to do. The concept of “need to know” has undergone a...

Keep calm and stay positive. Day-to-day work stresses are reduced by trust. Without trust, the stress of managing a team is overwhelming....

The Show Must Go On. This blog came about because a few of my employees told me I should write a book because I have a lot of life...

Learn something new, you never know when it may be useful. Helping had no boundaries at this job as Mirage Resorts required that one...

Faced with a challenge do you complain or get started? I started working at fifteen with the permission of my parents to get a work...

Asking Permission or Begging Forgiveness? My mentor taught me that if you want something, go get it. Do not ask permission and do not beg...

Having a mentor is not a sign of weakness; it shows you are smart enough and are driven enough to succeed.

Mentors and Interns Having a mentor and being a mentor is the most important role everyone should experience, whether the mentee or...

Life After Death Some of the hardest things in life that I have dealt with may come as a surprise. There are three things that have...

I shared my viewpoint, now find out what my employees had to say. Because my perspective as a female leader may be jaded, I polled a few...

Lessons learned over 10 years At Ignite Funding, as a Trust Deed investment commercial broker, loan servicer, and asset manager (as...

Take Risks by the Horns Investors and employees alike put me on a pedestal with the expectations that a default should never happen....