First of all, welcome to hive.
What an amazing story! Seems like 4 different full lives and then some! I have a lot of questions and a few common grounds. Mortgages are not boring for some of us. Also some of us like oil and gas and can spend hours talking about solar. So point is there are many things in common.
Second, listen first to your friend as I have spent a lot of time on him showing him the ropes. It’s time he pays it forward.
Third, look around and have a good time. That’s all that matters.
RE: Who the hell is The Mortgage Nomad?