
Richard C. Temme CEO, President
Richard C. Temme, Real Estate Broker – CA Dept. of Real Estate #00259696 NMLS #298911, is past president of the California Mortgage Association (CMA), a current member of its Board of Directors and has been chairman, co-chairman or Senior member of the CMA’s Education Committee since its inception in 1998.
For approximately three years prior to November 2003, Richard served at the request of California Real Estate Commissioner, Paula Reddish–Zinneman, on an advisory committee to evaluate and make recommendations for continuing education requirements for California Real Estate Licenses.
Richard has been a California Department of Real Estate Broker, License #00259696, since he was a young man. Later, Richard worked for Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith and afterward had a seat on the Pacific Coast Stock Exchange. Having passed various NASD, New York Stock Exchange, Department of Agriculture and Pacific Coast Stock Exchange exams, Richard’s familiarity with bonds and other investment vehicles led him to recognize the concept of earning a “retail rate of interest” on one’s investment capital by investing in Trust Deeds. In 1976 Richard founded RC Temme Corporation, the first member of the RCTC Financial Group.
Richard holds a doctorate from Upper Iowa University and is periodically employed as an expert witness, testifying in lending related matters.