Sid Hasan with Resolve Internet Marketing gave a very informative presentation this morning to several of those of who are members of All Cities, about how to gain the most benefit from our new website that he designed for All Cities. He demonstrated how to set up our profiles and various links to social networking sites and also how each of us can gain traction and more business by being engaged in it and utilizing it's design and marketing potential for increased business. I came away with some ideas and will initiate some of the suggestions he made during the presentation to make your profile more interesting and engaging. Thank you Sid for putting this together for all of us.

Thank you to Sid Hasan from Resolve Internet Marketing for providing a really great tutorial on the new All Cities website today in Pasadena.

For the past 6 years I have been asking people in the industry why lenders require a copy of the complete Trust Agreement when title is in held in Trust. I've never gotten a good answer until I was in an elevator with Larry going to an All Cities meeting!! Larry is a title expert with Old Republic Title and he knows his stuff!!

I wish to thank Franklin Pelletier - former mayor of Westlake Village, mediation judge and stellar referrer of top attorneys for major civil cases - for introducing me to two HR advisors - who together are familiar with several small group health plans in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. This is the best referral ever received!

Gary Minkin - who offers large life insurance policies on steroids - has provided me with two disability income leads for young high-earning professionals. He has previously set up a small business "lunch and learn" in Moorpark, enabling me to speak with over a dozen prospects. Gary is a star when it comes to giving helpful referrals!

Valerie Dufix of Dufix Business Loans has used her extensive experience in commercial lending to find available lending solutions for businesses that do not at the present time qualify for traditional bank financing. Valerie reached out to me to consult with one of her many contacts about a pending business dispute.

i would like to thank Joel Goings of Wells Fargo Bank. Joel is a commercial lender and has assembled a great team of specialists at his bank focusing on SBA and conventional business financing. Joel has been very responsive providing great information to one of my commercial clients.

If you have a client that could use a subject matter expert on complex business insurance matters, especially workman's compensation. I'd highly recommend you refer them to Gino. I had a client that was developing a drone for use on construction sites and they wanted to better understand its value in workplace safety. Gino generously gave more than an hour of his time walking them though specific issues he's seen working with his construction clients and the factors whereby insurance claims could be reduced.

Valerie is a exceptionally adept person at putting together complex loan syndications. I referred her to one of my clients who needed several $ million in equipment financing and she's kept both myself and the lenders on our toes as we pull the deal together.

I would like to thank Kristy Melton for referring CFO of a company for a business banking and lending opportunity. Bank of the West is one of the premier banks in commercial and industrial space.