Doug Jones's (dougj) Blog

​On April 1st our little company, Mortgage Magic, turns 35 years old. When I opened the company my only goal was to be a mortgage broker out of my house. I was young and enthusiastic and people wanted to join me and within 2 years wehad 25 loan officers and right away  became a wholesale lender. ...

A Realtor called me today asking about how to price a home because I just sold a home on the same street. After talking a few minutes I mentioned a number and she said "Oh no, that's too much  with this political environment and turmoil', don't you think". I said, Well the President of UWM, the s...

I have done hundreds of HELOC loans over the years but my first ventures into real estate lending was actually doing fixed rate closed end second mortgages. I spent two years managing an office for Old Stone Credit (owned at the time by Old Stone Bank) and our only product was a fixed rate 15 yea...

I was raised in an orphanage (Mills Home, Thomasville, N.C.)With almost 400 kids on campus sports was a big thing for most of us and wehad our own baseball teams, football teams, and basketball teams. Kids swamin the summer at least an hour a day and many were acrobatic from the hi-dive.Kids also...

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The City of San Jose opened The Fay, a 23-story luxury apartment building in downtown San Jose, which features 336 apartments. https://www.roomvu.com/agent-news/douglas-m-jones-387298/369791-New-High-End-Apartments-May-Enhance-Downtown-San-Jose?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1_2Fu6BEhp8Jw5Szvs9cU3A4t...

​Every Realtor and Loan Officer that I know has at least one other passion in their life. Could be Scuba Diving, Pickle Ball, or Cooking...anything. One interest that has stayed with me over my adult years is magic. Sometimes I do a lot of shows and sometimes I take a few weeks off from the shows...

A day, an action, a thought, and a word cannot be recaptured.  It is lost forever.  There were no Daily affirmations sent on April  6th.  It can’t be recaptured.  It is gone April 6th? My grandson’s 4th birthday and my wife’s mother; my mother-in-law, passed into the mystery of death.____________...

The Calvary is not coming.  When I was a little kid, I watched Cowboy and Indiana movies.  The wagon trains were always in trouble and the Calvary rushed in to save the day.  Many of us live waiting for Calvary to come and take care of the situation.  Calvary is not coming.______________________ ...

The last instructions a referee gives boxers is “defend yourself at all times” …We purchase insurance to protect ourselves from loss… We lock our doors and wear seat belts.  It is wise to always defend ourselves at all times.  A famous saying is, Pray to God but tie your horses” …________________...