Oh no! The sky is falling! Meteors are crashing to earth! And, oh yeah, rates are rising a little bit.  The word on the street is that it’s going to be a rough year, so buckle up.  I’ll be honest. It’s kind of funny to me that everyone’s talking about these “high” rates. High? Sure,

Would you like a list of 40 rockstar realtors who are going to send you consistent referrals all year long? All it takes is 3 Excel spreadsheets and 12 weeks of hard (but fun) work. How does that sound? Pretty cool, right? In my last post, I shared how my friend Kristen Simpson and I

There’s never a bad time for reflection, to evaluate the things you’re doing as a loan officer and see if you’re doing your absolute best. Is there anything you could change that would give you even better results in the year ahead? I made a list of five reflection questions to ask yourself. These are

Every January, everyone’s got this list of New Year’s resolutions for how the coming year is going to be different and better. But how do we actually come up with what we want to do? Is there a particular formula or loan officer strategy we should be following when we plan out the year? I

If I told you I had a ninja tool that would automatically send you notifications when someone was thinking about buying a house, would you want to hear more about it? I know I would. Even the most successful, hardworking loan officers could benefit from a few slam dunks falling into their laps via a

Not everyone starts out in the mortgage business as a 22-year-old kid fresh out of college. Some people start a new career in their mid-fifties, like my friend, Joan DeMarco. Joan just happens to be the mother of my dear friend, Mike Cardascia, one of the leaders in the Loan Officer Breakfast Club™.  Joan is