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Real Estate Update Newsletter 2020
Don’t Try to Outsmart the Markets Getting ready to refinance your mortgage but waiting for rates to fall just one more time? Is that extra 1/8th percent ready to drop? Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage of due diligence trying to pick the perfect...
Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
On October 13, 2022 the Federal Department of Labor published findings in Vol. 87, No. 197 of the Federal Register. The W-2/1099 controversary hits many businesses. As stated in previous posts, there is no special 1099 consideration for mortgage loan originators. Regardless of which state you work in or...
Seven Deadly Mistakes to Avoid When Setting Up a Mortgage Company!
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...
Introducing Course Schedules
Course Schedules allows students to participate in group classes at scheduled times. Many busy professionals have difficulty completing unscheduled activities because of the demands on their time. These busy professionals prefer to commit to a scheduled time activity over a period of 1 to 4 weeks. Course Schedules allows...
W-2 or 1099? The Final Word on Dynamex! RETROACTIVE!
Mortgage professionals…you may think this doesn’t apply to you…and maybe it doesn’t. This purported gray area has caused many employees and companies to grapple with the rules with many debates on this topic. Until now! On October 8, 2019, the CA Supreme Court ruled that if companies have misclassified...
20 Hour SAFE Act Mortgage Loan Originator course Approved by NMLS
The 20 Hour SAFE Act Mortgage Loan Originator course ID # 7366 was recently approved by NMLS for online delivery. The course is required by all Mortgage Loan Originators and Independent Mortgage Processors as a pre-requisite for obtaining a mortgage loan originator license. The course is 20 hours of...
W-2 Contagion? The “ABC” Test Federalized?
If you followed our mini series on California’s latest law AB5, you know that independent contractor “1099” status just got tougher in CA. AB5 seriously increased the ability for state and federal governments to reclassify workers from independent contractors to “employee”(W-2) status. If this is not a topic you...
GSEs Delay New 1003 Mandatory Use Date…Indefinitely!
After delaying the “optional use date”, yesterday the FHFA and GSEs announced the new 1003 mandatory use date will no longer be February 1, 2020. This should take some pressure off of lenders who were facing a deadline that was creeping up. Now, the GSEs have been directed to...
Employment Law Update: It’s Way More Than 1099 v W-2!
If you missed my last post, it now includes “worker misclassification.” There are a lot of people with a lot of opinions. That may be all they are, opinions of mortgage business owners and employees all over social media. Need I remind everyone, regulators LOVE social media posts! Employment...
Real Estate Update October 2020
Don’t Try to Outsmart the Markets Getting ready to refinance your mortgage but waiting for rates to fall just one more time? Is that extra 1/8th percent ready to drop? Some consumers begin to follow economic news and perform no shortage of due diligence trying to pick the perfect...
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Student CE Class 2018
8 Hour SAFE Comprehensive Federal CE 2018 – November 2018
Deb was great in presenting the true nature of the course piece by piece and helped with her many years of experience outline some of the more critical areas of the industry and expectations. The course was excellent because the provider was an experienced mortgage veteran for many years and understands how to present the material to make sure the key points as well as the main facts of the true nature of the job are outlined while instilling the required knowledge of the federal laws and guidelines mandated in the industry.



