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Debra Killian
January 15, 2020

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...

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Debra Killian
March 18, 2025

What It Takes to Pass the NMLS Test!

If you are thinking of getting your Mortgage Loan Originator State License, there is a crucial statistic you need to know: the NMLS pass rate for first-time test-takers is hovering right in the mid-50s. To clarify, that means roughly half of everyone who sits for the exam fails on...

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Debra Killian
April 29, 2020

CFPB Issues Rule on TILA Financial Emergency, Rescission & Change of Circumstances

April 29, 2020 – The CFPB issued an Interpretive Rule today titled: Application of Certain Provisions in the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule and Regulation Z Right of Rescission Rules in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The rule allows for COVID-19 to be a “financial emergency reason for borrowers to...

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Debra Killian
May 15, 2022

8 Episodes of Fundamentals of Processing Teaches the WHY!

Mortgage Processing Fundamentals is an on-demand, video recorded program which presents the base of knowledge needed to succeed at residential mortgage processing. The course is written and presented by a 25-year seasoned loan originator who has processed her own loans. The fundamentals are universal and can be applied to...

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Debra Killian
June 5, 2019

What is “Transitional Licensing Authority” & A New 1003?”

Tomorrow night I will be speaking at the CT Mortgage Association event at The Library Wine and Bistro in Wallingford, CT. Since I posted the event, I have received questions about the topics. It occurred to me that while I am researching all new things mortgages, most originators, managers...

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Debra Killian
October 25, 2023

Under 20 Employees? Your Business May Be Subject to New Beneficial Ownership Interest (BOI) Rules!

I usually write about mortgage or real estate professionals, but since I teach Anti-Money Laundering classes, I thought it would be helpful for all small businesses to know what’s coming. On September 18, 2023 the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published the final rules for the new Corporate Transparency...

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Debra Killian
February 25, 2019

NMLS, Regulators & Educators Work Together to Improve CE Classes!

At the 2019 NMLS User’s Conference in Orlando, FL., I participated on a panel with state regulators and a compliance attorney about how working together can improve NMLS approved Continuing Education. If educators could obtain the results of federal and state regulator’s examinations and investigations, could we could make...

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Debra Killian
February 27, 2020

NMLS Late C.E. Happy Leap Year!

If you really, really procrastinated taking 2019 CE be glad this is a leap year! Last fall the NMLS published a Notice on 2020 Late CE Course Catalog. The notice included rules in an overview, which if you are licensed MLO, you already know, right? But…since there are two...

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Debra Killian
November 5, 2019

What Does Your Training Board Look Like?

Could you pass the NMLS test today again if you had to? Is it time to reassess mortgage knowledge even for seasoned originators? Learning! What we learn, why we learn, how we learn and how do we know we learned! As a course developer and originator I can tell...

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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.