Recent Articles
Do You Need to Update Your Processing Checklist?
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher I recently read a post on my Facebook page by a loan officer mentioning that she had hired a brand new processor. However, when she reviewed her Processor Checklist, she noticed that it had not been updated in a while, and asked if...
NAR Annual Report – Home Sellers and Working with Real Estate Agents – Part 3
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher So why should you care about home sellers? Because they may be your next home buyers! In part one of the survey (NAR Annual Survey 2015– Profile of Home Buyers – Part 1), we wrote about home buyer segments, demographics and unique...
25 Tag Lines to Use with Your Marketing Efforts
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Do You Use a Tag Line to Brand Yourself? That’s the question that I recently posted on my Facebook page. And with over 50 responses, I found that many of my followers DO use a tag line on: Social media Business cards Website Email...
Client Articles/Newsletter – Feb/March 2016
Subscribers will find four 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...
Top 10 Reasons Investors Are Rejecting Loan Purchases
Written By: Marx Sterbcow, Managing Attorney at the Sterbcow Law Group LLC Don’t think that as a mortgage loan originator, this issue does not affect you. If investors in the secondary markets are refusing to purchase your company’s closed loans, it’s only a matter of...
How to Hold a Sellers-Only Seminar
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher There are plenty of home buyer seminars out there — but have you thought about holding home SELLER seminars? While there is plenty of information that can be found about the “national” market, it’s difficult for sellers to search the...
Client Articles/Newsletter – Feb/March 2016
Subscribers will find four 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...
NAR Survey 2015 – The Home Buying Process and Working with Real Estate Agents – Part 2
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Since the National Association of Realtors Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers has many different segments, part two covers the home buying process… Method of home purchase What buyers want from agents and the benefits provided Finding...
NAR Annual Survey 2015– Profile of Home Buyers – Part 1
Written By: Karen Deis, Publisher Every year, the National Association of Realtors issues a report called “Survey of Home Buyers and Sellers”. And every year for the last 13 years, I read the report for you and break down the charts, graphs and commentary in an...