By Guest Contributor: Nina Rowan, CSCS, Wellness Coach and owner of Rowan Health Concepts

Being at Family Reunion is like running a marathon. Are you in condition? Will you be able to keep going or get tired before the finish line?

Here are some basic tips to make sure you are able to get the most out of Family Reunion:

1. Wear your walking shoes. The KW sneakers are great, but any will work. Add some gel inner soles to whatever shoes you are wearing.  If you have ever worn a pedometer during in the past we have been able to cover six to 12 miles going back and forth from sessions, events and to the hotels in one day.
2. Stay hydrated. This is the simplest way to keep your energy, feel good, decrease pain, deal with the effects of traveling and the nights in New Orleans.  Carry water with you! Continue reading ‘Get Ready for the Family Reunion Marathon’

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Most goals worth having don’t sit right around the corner. Really Big Goals require focused effort over weeks, months, and sometimes years. I’m always asking myself the focusing question: “What is the one thing I should be doing such that everything else would be easier or even unnecessary?” It’s about always identifying my top priority because when you really identify your #1, everything else becomes a distraction. Finding that resolve is one thing; keeping it is challenge. Life happens. It happens every day. Hopefully, this video, Big Rocks, will serve as fun reminder to stay focused on what matters.

Many believe mortgage fraud is partly to blame for the wave of foreclosures that are swamping many housing markets. And a quick scan at national headlines speaks to the depth of the issue.

In early January alone, there were several high profile convictions:

• Six people in Boston were arraigned in a $2 million mortgage fraud scheme.
• A Naples, Fla. man was sentenced to seven years in prison and ordered to pay more than $11 million in restitution for setting up straw deals to obtain inflated mortgages.
• A Colorado man was sentenced to 31 years in prison after a mortgage fraud scheme.
• Two North Carolina men were sentenced for their part in a $6 million mortgage fraud scam.
• Two New Jersey men were convicted in a multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud and property flipping scheme.

Those are just a few of the many early January mortgage fraud headlines from coast to coast. Indeed, prosecution of mortgage fraud is on the rise as the U.S. Justice Department makes the issue a priority. U.S. Attorney A. Brian Albritton has publicly declared that “Mortgage fraud will not be tolerated.” Continue reading ‘Calculating the Real Cost of Mortgage Fraud’