Early Birds: Early birds today were Bob Alexander, Dwain Coleman, and Ron Britz
Call to Order: Jon Peterson called the meeting to order.
Honorary Members: Ron Britz, Bob Alexander, and Dick Nelson were in attendance today.
Guests: None today
Announcements
- We need a President, Vice President, and Board members for the club starting in the July thru December 2022 term. Interested? Contact Past President Jon Peterson.
- 2022 Craft Talk dates are available. Sign up with Craig Blixrud.
- 2022 Rosters are available to be picked up.
- Please bring a friend to a craft talk.
Business Networking: Bob Alexander shared a photo of a Breakfast Club ice fishing expedition. Jim Erickson shared a photo of past member Mark Arnold in Fla.
Business Exchange: Dwain Coleman shared some business.
Pot of Gold: Jon Peterson drew 5 cards and the big winner was Dick Nelson.
Craft Talk:
Mark Ahmann introduced our craft speaker, Jon Peterson.
Jon was born and raised in Barnum, MN and lettered in 3 sports in High School. He has been married for 32 years and they have 2 sons, one of them in the business with Jon. He is an avid sports fan and they have a Florida Condo that he like to visit.
In 1985, Jon started in mortgage lending and he is now with New American Funding. He is licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. Jon can actually qualify you and get you a mortgage in any of the 40+ states that New American Funding has a presence in.
New American Funding is a nationwide residential mortgage lender. They have 181 offices and 4800 employees. They fund and service mortgages of all types and currently have 197,000 mortgages in their portfolio with a value of $51.4B.
Jon is able to provide Conventional, Jumbo, FHA, VA, and USDA mortgages for 1-4 units of your main home, 2nd homes, investment property, and vacation homes. He can also do reverse mortgages to unlock the equity in your home without selling your home. He can also help you obtain a construction loan and provide permanent financing of your dream home.
Jon also talked about “recasting” a mortgage to help facilitate either purchasing a new home or reducing your current payment.
Call Jon to discuss your mortgage needs.
Registration by text, email, voice, or snail mail to Jon Peterson is appreciated at 763-360-9652 or jon.peterson@nafinc.com .
Looking ahead
May 4 Marketing the Breakfast Club with Annie @ECC
May 11 Solomon Strategies Group @ECC
May 18 Washburn-McReavy @ECC
May 25 TBD @ECC