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....
In a startling turn of events, two major players in the mortgage and real estate industry have been dealt a hefty blow with fines totaling a staggering $1.95 million. The penalties come as a result of their failure to comply with the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), a...
The FHA Single Family Handbook has been updated. Check out the complete list of changes. Some highlights include an update to the legal age for members of an LLC, an update to the standard to limit non-commission employees to those employees that perform underwriting or quality control activities, that...
Mortgage professionals may want to know what the government is asking your borrowers after closing. Recently the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a new loan-level dataset, for public use; a compilation of data collected through the National Survey of Mortgage...
It’s December 2019. Your entire origination staff just got Certified by a 25 year mortgage veteran. Your underwriting conditions are cut in half due to less touches on more profitable files. Your customer service has improved dramatically and the stress level with all employees is greatly reduced. Not to...
Some content is more easily digested and retained when taken online. It depends on the depth of the content, the experience of the student and the need for reinforcement. You asked for it…we got it! LIVE workshop January 15, 2020; 9:00-5:00 Martin County Realtors of the Treasure Coast, Stuart,...
November 24, 2019 – That’s not a typo, yes, it’s one year away! Did you know federal law mandates states implement “transitional licensing authority” by November 24, 2019? If you manage originators in a depository, have you considered if this will impact you and if so how? How about...
Faster, better, less, faster, sooner, easier ! Those are the messages coming from the industry. But, do we know that it’s really what’s best for consumers? Is it fair to originators? Are we setting consumers up for speed or great advice? How many seconds faster are you than you...
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...
Why the two tier system anyway? Do consumers realize the difference? For the sake of full disclosure, my business is education. I am a mortgage educator. I write, record and instruct courses for depository and non-depository originators alike. Their job is the same! One could reasonably argue that I...
The instructor was very knowledgeable and applied examples in every possible scenario, making the material easy to understand.
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.
