So, now I am entrenched in all things Mortgage Businesses must know about employment. Everyday sipping my coffee, I read! Blogs, newsletters, announcements, court cases, compliance issues and a myriad of other topics for about an hour. The topics range from mortgage compliance to IRS issues to mortgage fraud. Recently I read a post by Maria Greco Danaher at Ogletree Deakins, “one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types …
Have you recently started your own company or still pondering if you should? This webinar will provide some insight into issues you may not have considered. Register for our January 9, 2020 LIVE webinar hosted by National Mortgage Professional Magazine (NMP); “Seven Deadly Mistakes Owners Make When Setting up a Mortgage Company.” You can register here. This is a good time of year to think about YOUR business. What worked, what didn’t and what will …
This is the first decade where social media found its place! While I was a bit late to the party, this year I was honored to cross paths with so many people simply because of social media; people I never would have met or had an opportunity to interact with. If cultivated, these relationship can be life-long and life-changing. Using social media to grow your business can be very effective. It can also be used …
December 18, 2020 – Did you attend one of our live seminars on the new 1003 this year? If so, we got side-railed a bit when the GSE’s delayed the implementation date. Well, it appears we are back on track. Today the FHFA and GSEs announced the mandatory deadline for using the new URLA: NOVEMBER 1, 2020. At least they gave us some time. Directly integrated lenders and software providers may begin testing the new …
For newer entrants to the mortgage industry it might be helpful to clarify the NMLS is not a state regulator. They do not make or pass mortgage laws. Congress and the state legislatures do. The NMLS peforms the role of aggregator of mortgage participants information, for the purpose of then streamlining that data to each state regulator. They were a creation of the SAFE Act as a mechanism to track and manage companies and individuals. …