This might be the closest I ever come to national fame... (except for the time my sisters and I were featured in the FCA magazine "Sharing the Victory" way back in the early 90s, but that's another story).
I got quoted in an MSNBC online news article today. First, some background:
I recently joined a real estate networking site called Active Rain. It's a way for real estate agents and mortgage lenders to network and share information about what's going on in the industry. You can write articles and post them to a blog that they provide for you, as well as lots of other stuff. Well - after the really big news about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac being taken over by the government, I decided to write an article about it and put it on my blog (my business blog, not this blog). So I did.
And then.... today I get a phone call from Jane Hodges, who is a reporter for MSNBC. She's a contributor to lots of online content on MSNBC's website, and she came across my blog entry and decided to call me for my input on how the Fannie/Freddie bailout has affected mortgage rates and the general impact on the industry. So we chatted for about 10 minutes, and that was that.
I checked tonight to see if she had posted anything, and sure enough! Here's the article. I have two whole sentences to boast about, but hey - it's still pretty cool to me.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26628137/from/ET/
And, if you're up for some pleasure reading (that's a joke by the way), Click here for the blog entry I wrote that got her attention to begin with. (Please ignore the terrible quality pictures. I just started it and I don't really know what I'm doing yet. It's a major work in progress.)
Thanks for letting me share my nanosecond of fame. :-)
7 comments:
My sister is so smart! I read the original blog post you wrote. Strong work, Hanna! You're way worth your salt. :) Can I be famous because we're related?
I bet that reporter vetted many blog posts before giving you a call:-)
Wow. You GO!! I appreciated the original article because I really didn't have any idea what the impact of the "fall-out" would be. So thanks for educating me, Smart Sister!! And famous too. You're so cool. :) Seriously, I'm proud of you! Being quoted on a national scale!!!
C.C. - thanks for making me laugh out loud!!
congratulations, joey!
we can say we knew you when...
Do you have any autographed copies of this quote? If not can I print one out and you can sign it for me? :) Seriously though, that's totally awesome!!!
Some may be surprised by this sudden rise in fame, but I figured this would happen after my thorough vettition while we were dating. :-)
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