Vive Tanta

Jillayne Schlicke on 12 1, 2008

A blogger larger than life has died after a two year battle with ovarian cancer. We will miss you, Tanta. 

Tanta, who blogged at Calculated Risk, taught me quite a bit about the other side of mortgage lending; securitization, the secondary market, auditing, and mortgage humor.  I asked Tanta once if I could distribute something she wrote to my students.  She gave me carte blanche to distribute anything she had written, for educational purposes. Tanta was widely read and quoted by people such as Dr. Paul Krugman and the Federal Reserve. From CR:

Even researchers at the Federal Reserve referenced Tanta’s work: From Adam Ashcraft and Til Schuermann: Understanding the Securitization of Subprime Mortgage Credit, credit on page 13:

Several point raised in this section were first raised in a 20 February 2007 post on the blog http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/ entitled “Mortgage Servicing for Ubernerds.”

Tanta was also extremely funny. She introduced the Muddled Metaphor Index (MMI) and Excel Art featuring the Mortgage Pig, and she was the originator of a number of phrases in use today, like “We’re all subprime now!”:

Tanta’s Compleat Ubernerd blog posts live on, for those who dare to learn.

About the Author: Jillayne Schlicke

Jillayne Schlicke researches, writes, and instructs continuing education courses, convention workshops and keynote presentations for the real estate and mortgage industries on a wide variety of topics as CEO of CE Forward, Inc. Jillayne is also the Founder and Executive Director for The National Association of Mortgage Fiduciaries, which serves the mortgage lending industry by raising ethical standards, creating a framework for industry self regulation, providing continuing education classes, and helping the industry prepare for the emergence of fiduciary duties. Jillayne received an M.A. in Psych from Antioch University in Seattle where she studied moral psychology, philosophy, and business ethics and received a B.S. in Business and Systems from the University of Phoenix. Jillayne presents hundreds of classes and workshops each year, has published numerous articles for various publications, is a contributing author and editor on Rain City Guide, has been appointed to 38 professional association chair positions or committees and has received 13 industry awards including "2008 Instructor of the Year" from the Seattle King County Association of Realtors. Contact Jillayne at 206-931-2241 Read Jillayne's stuff on Rain City Guide...

10 Responses to “Vive Tanta”

  1. Tim
    December 1, 2008 at 9:10 am

    Calculated Risk is the very first stop I make everyday.

    I enjoy Greg Swan’s writing, but Doris (Tanta) was in a league of her own.

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  2. Roger Ingalls
    December 1, 2008 at 9:44 am

    She will be missed.

    Thanks for honoring her so graciously.

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  3. Rhonda Porter
    December 1, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    That is sad, Jillayne. Did Tanta ever reveal who she really was?

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  5. Jay Thompson
    December 1, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    Tanta had amazing insight and was a remarkable writer. She will be greatly missed. So sad for her family as she was taken at FAR too young an age.

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  6. Rhonda Porter
    December 1, 2008 at 6:58 pm

    I wonder if she has any idea of how many lives she touched while on this earth?

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  7. Jay Thompson
    December 1, 2008 at 7:23 pm

    “I wonder if she has any idea of how many lives she touched while on this earth?”

    I suspect not Rhonda. I don’t think most people realize how many they touch. Last I looked, there were close to 1,200 comments on the Calculated Risk post.

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  8. synthetik
    December 1, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    “Did Tanta ever reveal who she really was?”

    unreal.

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  9. Jillayne Schlicke
    December 2, 2008 at 12:07 am

    I think this must make every woman reflect on how deadly ovarian cancer can be. There are literally very few early stage symptoms. I noticed that now the Wall St Journal has mentioned her passing and there was also something on NPR tonight.

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  10. Stella Frize - Long Beach Real Estate Blog
    December 9, 2008 at 9:12 am

    So sad. My mother and aunt died ovarian cancer. It’ very hard to detect until it’s to late. If you have a family member that has this make sure you are tested yearly for CA 125. Simple blood test. I do it yearly. I will pray for her family. God rest her soul…
    Stella

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