{"product_id":"the-bugeater-lunch-and-supper-michael-gleeson-9781962570428","title":"The Bugeater Lunch and Supper Club: If They Only Knew... The True Comedic Inside Story of the Mortgage Banking Industry in its Glory Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMortgage loan clients of The Company sputtered these words: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Isn't this a mortgage company?!\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Frankly, this whole thing has been like a Saturday Night Live episode.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan you relate?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealed for the first time, those who were in the thick of it are writing about the mysterious underbelly of the mortgage banking industry from the origination side. Like a comical set of stories from a corporate frat house, these unique, real-world vignettes of a mortgage lender will open your eyes. They are far from representing the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of some backwoods company with obscure mortgage brokers. The Company was the preeminent mortgage banking firm in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, during the late 1980s to mid-1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book wipes the lipstick off the mortgage banking industry\u003c\/b\u003e while answering the question borrowers wonder most about: Can I afford to buy a house? The American dream of homeownership - the most significant financial decision in the lives of many Americans - was entrusted to the hands of an infamous cast of characters, The Bugeater Lunch and Supper Club. How could this group, reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Three Stooges\u003c\/i\u003e, generate millions of dollars in revenue while carrying on like a bunch of frat guys on Spring Break? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe good folk who punched a clock and followed the rules while conforming to the corporate way of life will be astonished when they dig into this story. Readers who might question the reality of the events depicted herein will soon realize that \u003cb\u003enobody could make this up\u003c\/b\u003e. Like Prohibition, this short-lived golden age of mortgage banking spawned in swindelous style cannot - and will never - happen again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Gleeson,Dave Riddle,Rick Soper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1962570428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781962570428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spotlight Publishing House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Michael Gleeson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437193965823,"sku":"9781962570428","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f36896d5-2685-4334-883e-2c3f926f7ada.jpg?v=1777160425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-bugeater-lunch-and-supper-michael-gleeson-9781962570428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}