Comments on: Crooked mortgage broker fined $29K for potty mouth

By: Steve Simon

Steve Simon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:23:37 +0000

The rules in place to obtain and keep licenses such as real estate agent, mortgage broker, etc. need to be made stronger. There needs to be an adherance to ethical standards as well.
This person (the filthy mouthed individual) is not acting in a professional manner.

By: Landflip

Landflip — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:09:35 +0000

I think Mr. Wider should be put in jail have his home taken from his family and made to give all the cash he has to people he got loans for. It is people like this that give the Real Estate Industry a bad name. Convict him of fraud and through the keys away.

By: Sell My House

Sell My House — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:13:16 +0000

It is lenders/brokers like this that helped get us into the real estate market that we are in today. There needs to be more stringent laws enforcing lending practice. The problem I see is that this extra layer of protection will come at a cost that will probibly be passed onto the home owner.

By: Joy Canova

Joy Canova — Sun, 25 May 2008 14:37:33 +0000

When “The best defense is a good offense” model goes horribly wrong, it looks something like this.

By: » Crooked mortgage broker fined $29K for potty mouth

» Crooked mortgage broker fined $29K for potty mouth — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:18:32 +0000

[...] What the Finance wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt By all appearances, Aaron Wider is the chief executive of a flourishing mortgage bank in Garden City, issuing more than $33 million in home loans to buyers across Nassau and Suffolk counties over the past four years. A closer look at his lending practices, however, reveals that many of these loans relied on faulty appraisals and exaggerated loan applications, leaving behind angry homeowners who are struggling to pay mortgages on overpriced homes. Aaron Wilder, CEO of HTFC and a mortgage inv [...]