Michael David White has seventeen years in real estate as both lender and owner. He has purchased and sold more than 275 properties for his own account. Mr. White, the CEO of The New Mortgage Company, originates residential mortgages from his office in Chicago’s Loop financial district. He is a contributor, through the web site NewObservations.net, to Implode and Patrick, leading mortgage industry web sites, and Seeking Alpha, a Forbes “best-of-the-web” financial website. Mr. White is the author of Plan Orange -- the most ambitious plan to end the financial crisis.