{"id":3164,"date":"2008-05-26T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2008-05-26T21:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2008-05-25T08:30:39","modified_gmt":"2008-05-25T15:30:39","slug":"the-unchained-originator-ken-stampe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3164\/the-unchained-originator-ken-stampe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unchained Originator: Ken Stampe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was disappointed with the low turnout of loan originators at UNCHAINED. There were two local originators, who attended our Mesquite library performance, and my buddy Ken Stampe<\/a>. Ken and I met in 2006, on Active Rain<\/a>. He was one of the first to sign up for Unchained. His only condition was that I buy him a beer in Phoenix.<\/p>\n

Of course, a thousand bucks is a lot to pay for a cold Bud so he was hoping for a whole lot more. He got his money’s worth by showing up. That’s the name of the game in mortgage origination today; showing up. There were some 70 REALTORs at Unchained. Some are beholden to the local originators and I might have impressed a few but Ken Stampe was the Trojan Horse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Trojan Horse<\/a>, as told in Virgil’s Aeneid<\/em>, depicts the Greeks as guerrilla warriors, using the Trojans’ strength against them.<\/p>\n

Ken Stampe is a modern day Greek. While originators were bellyaching at TAMB conferences , Ken dressed up in a Web 2.0 costume<\/a>, and penetrated the walls of the RE.net. Now before some smart fella reminds us of the saying the Trojan Horse story inspired,<\/p>\n

“Beware of Greeks bearing gifts<\/em>“,<\/p>\n

let me tell why Ken’s strategy is flawless. He is ONE OF YOU<\/strong>, now. He’s playing on the social media marketing playground. By definition, he knows the rules of web transparency. He screws up? You blog about him. He plays the bait and switch game? Zillow’s consumers will crucify him. I know Ken so I know him to be impeccable in his business practice but good fences make good neighbors. The transparency of the Web 2.0 world makes us better originators which, in turn, makes you better REALTORs.<\/p>\n

Here are four things Ken did by attending UNCHAINED:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1- He met me.<\/em> Seriously, that’s important. Originators need support systems across the country. We call each other frequently to bounce ideas off one another. While we were phone friends, Ken cemented an already strong relationship.<\/p>\n

2- He Read more<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was disappointed with the low turnout of loan originators at UNCHAINED. There were two local originators, who attended our Mesquite library performance, and my buddy Ken Stampe. Ken and I met in 2006, on Active Rain. He was one of the first to sign up for Unchained. 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