The Housing Hour 4.20.13

Published: April 20, 2013, 1:39 p.m.

b'Special Guest: John Burns, Direct Lending\\n\\nJohn Burns joined Mortgage Investors Group in January 1998. John\\u2019s experience includes over 20 years of outside sales and management. He manages all aspects of sales and production for Direct Lending. Direct Lending\\u2019s focus is the secondary market lending needs of Community Banks and Credit Unions. John\\u2019s responsibilities include staffing, product development, marketing, training, recruitment, and market expansion. In addition, John is a past President of the Knoxville Mortgage Bankers Association and has served as the East Tennessee Advisory Director for Tennessee Mortgage Bankers Association.\\n\\nJohn also shares his scary story that ALL parents must here. It\'s about a fire that almost burned his home down and what you can do to prevent it!\\nWARNING:\\n\\nThe Housing Hour has learned that under certain conditions the smoke detector in your home could fail to go off.\\n\\nCommon home Smoke Detectors Failing:\\n\\n[vimeo video_id="53586002" width="400" height="300" title="Yes" byline="Yes" portrait="Yes" autoplay="No" loop="No" color="00adef"]\\n\\nAlso, we have discovered another study regarding Children under 10 and smoke alarms...we discuss this study and will be posting a video on the study. Every parent with small children must see this video!\\n\\n[vimeo video_id="53586825" width="400" height="300" title="Yes" byline="Yes" portrait="Yes" autoplay="No" loop="No" color="00adef"]\\n\\nLearn more from our Protect your Family Series\\n\\nAlso: Check out The Housing Hour\'s latest blogs: Edutorials\\nOur thoughts and prayers are with you Boston!'