Ewwwwwww.  Bed bugs bites all over their bodies. Cockroaches in the bathroom and in the bed. Dirty sheets and smelly rooms. Like I said, eeeewwwwwwwwwww. These are the reviews of the hotels TripAdvisor has named the 10 Dirtiest in the U.S. And based on the reviews I read, these places ar...

The bar for green business practices is being rasied by companies like Nike, Target and Procter & Gamble. Not to be outdone, Quicken Loans has been hard at work keeping green. Being an online company, we already offer the paperless mortgage. We make it as easy as possible to recycle. And our employe...

I'm one of those people that pretty much dislikes HUMMERs. I don't really like how they look, how big they are, how they consume resources, or how their owners usually drive them -  with that "I will roll over you like the Terminator and keep going as though I didn't notice" attitude....

I am not a native Detroiter, but I find myself downtown quite a bit. I only live about 20mins from the city. In the past, one of the bright spots in my frequent visits was driving by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. During the day, it looks like another aging building in Detroit. There is top...

A funny thing happened on Nov 1, 2008. And I completely forgot. Must have been the election hysteria gripping the country. I actually can’t believe I missed the date. The Quicken Loans blog, affectionately know as the DIFF blog, turned two years old. It’s hard to believe that just over two years...

By Paul J. Pickett Have you ever heard anyone brag on how good a towing company is?  No way. Me either. So I can hardly believe I’m writing this post.  Okay, so here’s how it went down.  My wife called me at work a few evenings ago and said her car wouldn’t start - the engine wo...

By Paul J. Pickett Joe Dumars, Detroit Pistons Team President, just hired a new coach. Michael Curry. Some basketball pundits say the move was unconventional. He only has one year of coaching experience, they say (last year as an assistant coach with the Pistons). Not just one year of experience coa...

By Joy Fair Well, the results are in, only to confirm what I already knew….WE ARE THE BEST!  The Quicken Loans technology team has done it again, we have earned the bragging rights to say that I do indeed work for one of the best places to work in technology.  And that isn’t just me br...

I just spent a weekend on the beautiful Florida Keys and I spent two nights at the self-proclaimed luxurious Hawks Cay Resort on Duck Key, near the town of Marathon. Actually, it might have been part of the official town of Marathon, Fl., I just couldn’t really tell where the town started and ende...

The other day a friend of mine offered me a special deal on buying a new Chrysler car or truck. (Of course, the Viper, Challenger, Wrangler 4 Door and Grand Cherokee SRT8 are excluded, and I really can't blame Chrysler for doing that.) I really appreciate being included in this offer, and just might...