From this thread:
Obama’s used National Bank to purchase their house.
The head of the bank,
Amrish Mahajan raise more than a half million dollars for Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s campaigns since 2001...Mahajan’s ties to Blagojevich run deep—including hiring the Democratic governor’s wife last year as a real estate agent on $5.7 million in private land deals
Yes, Patti was probably the agent who looked after the bank interests in the Obama’s loan.
FROM:
http://www.zimbio.com/Obamamania/articles/882/Pringle+Mansion+Deal+Mutual+Bank+Anita+Amrish
Nadhmi Auchi owns General Mediterranean Holding, a Luxemburg-based conglomerate with investments all over the world in everything from Iraq reconstruction contracts to pharmaceuticals to pizza parlors.
More than two solid months of investigation leads to the conclusion that following the names linked to Riverside Park is the key to understanding Operation Board Games.
Auchi ended up with the grand prize but the new owner can not set foot on the development site in downtown Chicago because he is not allowed in this country.