There isn't enough room. You all might have to wait for the book or movie. In brief, grew up in Connecticut and got started in mortgages at Peoples Bank of Bridgeport back in 1981. I was 23 years old. Road the high flying market in Fairfield County for a couple of years and decided to move west. I settled in Albuquerque, NM where I worked first for a regional SW company, moved on to Norwest (now Wells Fargo) before finding myself divorced with 2 kids and became a work from home broker. Did that for 8 years before my siblings talked me into moving to Georgia. Having been a veteran mortgage professional in NM where everyone knew me to start all over was about as hard as biting diamonds, but now it's been a few years and a challenging market but I find myself working for one of the best run outfits in my career. The bottom line, they get the phones ringing and we all know it's just a numbers game. When I do recover from the relocation, I plan to spend more time exploring this beautiful part of the country. Until then, I will keep my nose to the grindstone and get through this economic cycle.