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Our author and money market oracle.
The old crank does his best to return his e-mail overload, but phones
are his first priority. And better: he can detect your stress level,
background, speed, urgency, vocabulary, experience, temper, humor...
all in your very own voice.
It's all in the resumé, except for holding the modern record for number
of times to drop out of Brown University without achieving a degree.
Data sources: Mostly newspapers (at least five
everyday), CNBC/FNN all day at desk (volume off), old bond market
pals, asset managers, the best real estate brokers in the world,
all filtered through a crap detector developed during twenty-five
years of real estate finance.
RESUME - Louis S. Barnes II
EXPERIENCE:
Boulder West Financial Services, 1990-Present.
An owner of this diversified mortgage bank, and its principal
producer. The firm's annual loan volume is in the two-hundred-million range.
Author/publisher (1988-present) of Mortgage Credit News, a national weekly
newsletter. Author of a finance column for the Boulder Daily Camera (1992-present).
Universal Lending, Denver, CO 1988-89.
Opened the Boulder County market for this mortgage bank.
RCM Government Securities, Inc., Boulder CO 1983-87.
Managing Director and Partner. RCM was a broker/dealer specializing in private
placements of mortgages and related securities. Advisor to public sector
investors. Consultant to troubled S&Ls and their regulators; authored
one of the first accurate estimates of the cost of the S&L bailout.
Spruce Real Estate, Inc., Boulder CO 1978-83.
Executive Vice President and President while building Spruce to 45 Sales
Associates in its Boulder and Longmont offices. Created one of the first
buyer-oriented sales strategies. Personally brokered homes, commercial
buildings, developments, and condominium conversions.
Holubar Mountaineering Ltd., Boulder, CO 1973-78.
Marketing Manager for this outdoor equipment retail, catalog, and manufacturing
firm. Supervised product managers for all merchandise; scored several
industry-wide firsts in design and product mix.
World Wide American Time Corp., Detroit, MI, 1972-73.
Operations Manager. Imported all product; responsible for currency risk,
house account sales, assembly crews and vault security (our products
were timepieces).
Harvey Ltd., Providence, RI 1969-72. An upscale haberdasher:
Men's Department Manager while in college, and after.
EDUCATION:
The Choate School, Wallingford, CT.
Brown University, Providence, RI.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Colorado Real Estate Broker (1978-present). University of Colorado Certificate
in Real Estate (1978). National Association of Securities Dealers Principal
and
Sales Licenses (1984-91).
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
President (1983) and Director (1980-83) Boulder Area Board of Realtors. Chairman,
Colorado Association of Realtors Mortgage Committee (1979-82); helped
invent some of the first adjustable rate mortgages. Various Boulder City
Council Committees. University of Colorado: Lecturer in finance, Chancellor's
Committee for University Land Use.
PERSONAL:
Married, two children. Interests include politics and history; cross country
skiing; xeric gardening with flowering native perennials and shrubs. A pretty good bridge player, and a dedicated
football fan.
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