Vice President of Professional Services
MY FIRST CAR WAS A FULL-SIZE CHEVY BLAZER, LIFTED WITH BIG TIRES.
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saxophone.
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JEFFREY M. BIRDSELL From his secret talent and favorite book to his thoughts about the reverse mortgage industry, we get the scoop from Jeffrey M. Birdsell, vice president of professional services at ReverseVision.
nobody knows about me is that I play the
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tendency of the media and people in general is to lead with the negative, I prefer to lead with the positive then
favorite vacation was driving my jeep with my family
address the rest.
around Durango, Silverton, Telluride and Ouray, Colorado.
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If I were a professional athlete, I would drive in the World Rally Championship series.
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If I had three wishes they would be to be fluent in every language; to invent and sell a product so that I
could make enough money to buy my own plane; and to
of the presidential candidates… I know, right?! > If
years old. He was an engineer with GE and has patents
success. > If
you get to see the most amazing athletes ride 2,100 miles
years in time and ride the First Transcontinental Railroad. > The
industry, increase volumes and get this product available to all the seniors that would benefit from it, by ourselves. > Before
> My
favorite time of the
day is anytime my wife
and I are in my jeep, with the top down and in the mountains.
> My
iPod go-to is country music, big bands or Glee
playlists. A good a cappella group like Pentatonix works as well.
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I never want to stop growing and learning from all the different people I work with, play with and live with.
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best purchase I’ve ever made was my 2008 Jeep
Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon.
I entered the reverse mortgage industry I
was a residential homebuilder, building custom homes in California.
beautiful and grueling
Every morning I hit the snooze button multiple times.
biggest challenge in the reverse mortgage
industry is for us to stop thinking that we can grow our
over some of the most countryside.
I could time travel, I would visit 200 years in the future
to see the technology, and then I would go back 147
never miss an episode of the Tour de France. I know,
they’re not really episodes, but for 21 days, once a year,
success I have sacrificed absolutely nothing. If
I had to sacrifice something, then there would be no
on improvements to the atom smasher. > I
If I could trade places with someone for a day, I
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I could meet with anyone, past or present, it would
be my grandfather, who passed away when I was 12
favorite book is The Martian by Andy Weir.
would choose Elon Musk.
be able to take the strengths of a dozen different people, combine them into one person and make that person one
I always talk about the positive things first. While the
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Industry growth is dependent upon our transition from a mostly needs-based attraction to a retirement solution.
This product works equally well as a wealth management tool as it does a needs-based tool. > The
most important influence technology will have
on the reverse mortgage industry is generating the
ability to quickly and clearly present and display screens, documents and charts that visually demonstrate the benefits of the loan and make them easy to understand.
WHAT JEFFREY THINKS
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