Mortech "Best of Worst" Contest Winner
Congratulations to Janet Duffy of Towne Mortage of the Carolinas - she was our Grand Prize winner for Mortech's Best of Worst iPad 2 contest! The contest was created to uncover the obstacles the mortgage community faces when attempting to connect with real estate service providers.
Janet kindly agreed to speak with us, beyond the 400 characters maximum for the contest entry, about her winning entry, and we got an in-depth, personal account of some of her obstacles.
She mentioned she spends several hours going over people's personal financial information, the customers trust her to give them all-around good advice - including service provider recommendations. Janet said currently "it can take an hour to find someone and try to figure out if they will be an acceptable provider," and when searching for providers the old-fashioned way (Yellow Pages or Google), you're most likely going to get a tech-savvy company or a company that has paid for an advertisement rather than the best person for the job.
Janet also talked about how everything that touches a mortgage transaction is a reflection of herself, considering she is the face of the transaction. She said "If I recommend an insurance agent and they don't respond, the borrower will start to think I'm inept."
The Solution:
TheMorty.com. Streamline the process by searching for service providers through an unbiased search engine, so you can ensure that the top companies are not just people paying for advertising space.
Thanks again for your input, Janet.
