Dept of Financial Services - Tuesday, February 8

Bob Tedcastle will be the guest speaker at our February Chapter Meeting. Mr. Tedcastle is Bureau Chief of the Division of Securities and Finance, Office of Financial Regulation. That means he is responsible for overseeing the regulation and examination of mortgage brokers and lenders in Florida. This is a great opportunity for Central Florida FAMB to hear from the department that oversees our business.

* 5:00 to 6:30 - Networking and Registration.
* 6:30 to 8:00 - Dinner and Guest Speaker: Bob Tedcastle
* FREE to Professional Members
* $10.00 to Supporter Members - $20.00 Non-Members

Meeting Sponsored by David Welles of Full Access Storage

Call FAMB at (407) 774-4389 or CLICK HERE for more Information

Florida Fair Lending Ed Seminar - Tuesday, February 8

Are you making high-cost loans? How about lending using Private Investors? Make sure you stay in compliance with ALL of Florida's laws. This seminar will review not only the Florida High Cost provisions, but will also touch on federal requirements and disclosures under Reg Z and Section 32.

Register Now - Four (4) CE Credits toward required Professional Continuing Education for Mortgage Brokers and Originators.

* Registration 12:30 p.m.
* Seminar 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
* Free to Professional Members with $12.00 materials fee.
* Supporter Members $40.00 - Non-Members $80.00

Break sponsored by Mike Hutchinson of Intercoastal Mortgage

Registration Form - Florida Fair Lending

Our spectacular Spring Golf Tournament is just around the corner at Winter Springs Golf Club. If you have never played at an FAMB Golf Tournament, this is not an opportunity to miss. But if you don't register now, you won't be guaranteed a spot.

Sponsorships and foursomes still available. Register today!

Information and Registration - Golf

The second quarterly meeting of the FAMB State Board of Directors was held in Orlando recently on January 21 & 22. For the second time since last year's convention, attendance at the quarterly meeting topped 100 Directors. The meeting was preceded by the Winter Educational Conference hosted by the FAMB Foundation. Nearly 50 hours of continuing education were offered to dozens of brokers and professionals seeking to fulfill their continuing education requirements.

The next quarterly meeting will be the State Legislative Conference in Tallahassee on March 14-16, 2005. This is the opportunity for FAMB directors and attendees to meet and greet with our legislators. If you would like to attend or for more information, call FAMB Headquarters in Tallahassee at (850) 386-1027, or email State Government Affairs Chairperson Tom Morcom at tmorcom@peopleshomefinance.com or Central Florida Chapter Chair Al Lenentine at alenentine@intercoastalmortgage.biz.

Kelly Guldi, Immediate Past President of Central Florida Chapter, and his family are pleased to announce the birth of Desiree Rose Guldi on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 1:36 am. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces at birth and was 20 inches in length. Resting at home, the family is very grateful for the new arrival.

* This section of our newsletter is designed to let our members and readers know of recent job changes, promotions or other events that may be of interest to our members. If you would like to share this type of information with our membership, please e-mail us at newsletter@fambcentralflorida.com. Please note, this service is limited to members of the Central Florida Chapter of FAMB.

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