Past Articles
How I Got Business from Builders: My Story
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher When I was in the mortgage biz, at first, I considered myself to be all things to all people. VA loans, I can do them. FHA loans, no sweat. Fannie and Freddie, piece of cake. I knew all the UW rules. However, it was like a fart in a...
Why You Should Care About Compliance Training
Written By: Tammy Butler, Publisher, MortgageCurrentcy.com “It’s Just Compliance Training, who cares? We just have to show our examiners that we checked off a box and that people were trained to satisfy regulatory requirements.” Without retaining the source, I write...
Realtor® Articles/Newsletter – December/January
Here is a list of great content to email, post on social media or snail mail. Please check out MyOwnEmailMarketing.com where they can do this all for you—including branding the subject title with your name and posting it on your social media pages. Are You Truly the...
Are You Just Throwing Your Money Away on Marketing? Questions to Ask Yourself!
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher One thing that I learned in talking with loan officers who are either paying for their own marketing or getting reimbursed by the company — is that if business is not coming in the door, they tend to “throw money at the problem,”...
How Millennials Shop for a Mortgage
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Zillow. You may like them or dislike them. But one thing is for sure…they have a pulse on the characteristics of home buyers because they are on the “front line” of gathering the data at the beginning of the home shopping process...
Client Articles Done4U – Oct/Nov 2017
Subscribers will find three articles in this issue. Email one article every other week and then download the written newsletter version and send in the mail, too (just in case you don’t have email addresses or the email goes into your client’s spam folder). Article...
What You Need to Know About Divorce, Fair Lending and the CFPB
Written By:Tammy Butler, Editor, MortgageCurrentcy.com. Subscribe keep informed of the compliance rules. I’ve heard many originators say that they are not concerned if they get mystery shopped because they treat everyone the same. However, even the most experienced...
How to Recover From a Social Media Disaster
Written By: Rebekah Radice is a Social Media Expert and founder of RadiantLA, a training and development company helping business with their social media presence. From email and list building to content and social media, my goal is to help you maximize, prioritize,...
Loan Officers Share Most Embarrassing Mortgage Stories
Written by: Karen Deis, Publisher Everyone makes mistakes. So I asked mortgage loan officers throughout the country to share some of the most embarrassing situations that have happened in their career. Here’s the list of 19 stories that I’m sure most of you can relate...