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The Broker Blues Thread
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I've done two of these fairly recently for Orbit.
One was in Walsall Town Hall, the other a Community Centre on Stafford MOD base.
Both were a waste of time and we got nothing from them.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
That's what one of my colleagues said, he did one for Help to Buy East Mids recently.
The sum total of nothing has come from them.
It's one of the HA's we work with on a regular basis so we can't turn it down.I am a Mortgage Adviser
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it.
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Same for us.
We're on the Orbit panel, so we have to show willing from time to time.
The only enquiries I've ever had were totally unplaceable. Standing outside the door of the Council Tax office wasn't best placement IMHO.I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
I was right - hideousI am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
We're on the Plumlife panel and given the nature of some of the enquiries we get on the phones i'm expecting much of the same just face to face.
Wish me luck!I am a Mortgage Adviser
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Reminds me of standing outside Makro with a prize draw poster when I first started in the industry just after the war.I am a Mortgage Broker
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Broker, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0 -
I reckon most people will be there see what free stuff they can get their hands on.
Hell, i'll be doing the same thing!I am a Mortgage Adviser
You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it.
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... and there I was thinking I was standing outside the first Makro in the UK, on Barton Moss in 1971.
I am a mortgage broker. You should note that this site doesn't check my status as a Mortgage Adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice. Please do not send PMs asking for one-to-one-advice, or representation.0 -
After the first Gulf War - don't be cheekyI am a Mortgage Broker
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I used to love Makro as a kid - no idea why?!?
Who needs Blackpool or Alton Towers.I am a Mortgage AdviserYou should note that this site doesn't check my status as a mortgage adviser, so you need to take my word for it. This signature is here as I follow MSE's Mortgage Adviser Code of Conduct. Any posts on here are for information and discussion purposes only and shouldn't be seen as financial advice.0
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