1 00:00:02,940 --> 00:00:05,470 For a couple of years up leading to I left, 2 00:00:05,470 --> 00:00:07,590 I would do a lot of walking around out back 3 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:10,920 with the phone to my ear, getting 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:12,720 an earful from a real estate agent 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,850 or trying to calm down a loan officer. 6 00:00:14,850 --> 00:00:15,870 It was painful. 7 00:00:16,830 --> 00:00:21,370 It was becoming debilitating for me personally, 8 00:00:21,370 --> 00:00:24,060 and I needed to do something, because that 9 00:00:24,060 --> 00:00:26,100 wasn't going to work. 10 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:31,410 So from day one when I went out and I met with the leadership 11 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:33,750 team, I asked if I could walk around and talk 12 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:36,020 to some of the underwriters and closers 13 00:00:36,020 --> 00:00:38,730 and everybody in corporate, and I would ask them questions 14 00:00:38,730 --> 00:00:42,610 like if i had a closing at nine o'clock in Philadelphia, 15 00:00:42,610 --> 00:00:44,610 do you think he'd be able to get a wire out on time, 16 00:00:44,610 --> 00:00:46,777 do you think to be able to get the package out on time? 17 00:00:46,777 --> 00:00:50,150 They looked at me like, of course, this is what we do. 18 00:00:50,150 --> 00:00:53,070 And from the leadership of this company 19 00:00:53,070 --> 00:00:54,840 all the way down to the people that 20 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,170 are doing opening services for us or anything, 21 00:00:58,170 --> 00:00:59,412 it's about the people. 22 00:00:59,412 --> 00:01:01,370 And if you can work with people that you trust, 23 00:01:01,370 --> 00:01:05,250 and if you have people that work with you on a daily basis 24 00:01:05,250 --> 00:01:08,820 that trust you, it's going to work. 25 00:01:08,820 --> 00:01:09,900 This company, 26 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:11,700 I think more than others, 27 00:01:11,700 --> 00:01:16,920 and I'm sure more than most, gives you a freedom 28 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:21,150 to be able to operate in whatever environment you 29 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:24,390 feel is best suited for you and your clients. 30 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:28,970 So I took a chance, just like PRMI took a chance on me.