{"id":3463,"date":"2008-07-15T12:53:04","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2008-07-15T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T20:53:04","slug":"are-you-a-flake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3463","title":{"rendered":"Are You A Flake?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m reading this book &quot;106 Mortgage Secrets&quot; and I&#8217;m learning a lot about life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mortgage-Secrets-Borrowers-Must-Learn\/dp\/0470152869\"><strong>Gary Eldred writes in his new book about loan approval:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The credit score is most important&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Have you job hopped or job flopped? Have you lived in more places than you can remember? Did you jump through six majors before you finished community college? Do you suffer bouts of binge spending and borrowing? 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