Enough About You, Let’s Talk About Me

W. J. Mencarow is the editor of The Paper Source Journal and president of The Paper Source, Inc., which he co-founded with his business partner and wife, Alison, in 1987. In addition to numerous articles in his newsletter and other publications, he is the author of the guidebooks “How To Get Started In Notes Without Using Your Own Funds,” “Almost Everything That Could Go Wrong With A Note and How to Prevent It” and several seminars. He received the Founder’s Award for starting the first nationwide cash flow publication and first national convention, and was inducted into both the Mortgage Report Hall of Fame and Metropolitan Mortgage’s Note Industry Hall of Fame.

His opinions on financial and other matters have been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Time, Life, The Washington Post, New York Times and many other media outlets, both print and broadcast.

The nation’s best-selling personal finance author, Newsweek columnist Jane Bryant Quinn, wrote, “William Mencarow is an expert on real estate notes.” (Newsweek 8/22/00)

He served as Minority Counsel and Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Government Operations of the U.S House of
Representatives during his career with the Congress in Washington, D.C. He was the principal Republican staff member during a wide-ranging investigation of President Reagan which ended in an exoneration of the President. During his public service he also was the press secretary and legislative director for members of Congress, having responsibility for the drafting and shepherding of many bills that became law. He also worked exposing graft and corruption while an investigator in the Executive Branch of the federal government. He and his wife-to-be Alison met on Capitol Hill when they were both Congressional press secretaries.

“People often ask me what I learned working in Congress,” he says. “I answer with a question: If the opposite of “pro” is “con,” then the opposite of “progress” is…”

Before his congressional service he managed over a dozen political campaigns, was a Field Director for Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign, served as the coordinator for all Reagan volunteers at the Republican National Convention, and served as Senior Advisor to the Presidential Transition Committee. In addition, he was a television and radio talk show host for eight years in the Chicago area and a producer for NBC.

During his political career he appeared on many radio and TV programs including “Good Morning America” and most networks and major U.S. newspapers. He has engaged in numerous formal debates before audiences. His opponents have included Jane Fonda, Gore Vidal, Dr. Paul Ehrlich and many others.

He believes his highest political honor came when a speech he wrote for a member of Congress was attacked by Pravda, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of the former Soviet Union.

He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church and pastors Reformation Church, a conservative, Bible-believing congregation (www.ReformationPres.com and http://reformation.sermonaudio.com)

He and Alison give glory to the Lord for all He has done in their lives, whether from a human perspective they are “good” or not (see www.papersourceonline.com/fire.htm) :

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He did foreknow, He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:28-29)

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5,6)