by KarenDeis | Jan 5, 2017 | Personal Development
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher The Number One thing loan officers don't like about the mortgage business is that their income is “unpredictable.” Consider this: Every day you wake up broke! And every day, you have to figure out where your next loan will be coming...
by KarenDeis | Nov 20, 2016 | Personal Development
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Every spring and every fall, I set aside time to change from summer to winter clothing and get rid of stuff that I no longer wear. So, I started thinking about some of the things that could be done to clean out my “business closet” –...
by KarenDeis | Oct 20, 2016 | Personal Development
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Have you been called “lucky”? I recently viewed a segment on TV where the expert was asked if there was such a thing as “being lucky.” She has been studying the differences between lucky and unlucky, using experiments and interviews....
by KarenDeis | Oct 20, 2016 | Personal Development
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Many mortgage companies have taglines — you know, the slogans that are supposed to describe what your company stands for? Well, I recently asked loan officers to share their personal tag lines, and here’s a list of 35 that I thought...
by KarenDeis | Sep 20, 2016 | Personal Development
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher I talk with a lot of loan officers every week. One of the questions that I usually ask is, what type of marketing are you doing? I get a list of marketing websites that they are paying for. A list of apps they are paying for. The name...
by KarenDeis | Sep 5, 2016 | Personal Development
Written: Karen Deis, Publisher Sure, you have to have some education to get into the mortgage business. You need to take CE courses and pass your licensing tests. But, that’s not what sets top loan officers apart from the others. It’s basically ten traits that require...