What is one of the most important attributes of a successful loan officer? The right mindset. Right thinking can catapult people to the next level, and when it’s missing, it’s what holds people back the most. Rewiring how you think, changing your thought process, will have a bigger impact on your business than any other…
Every three months, I get a nice, cool glass of tea, sit out on my front porch, and ask myself a set of questions regarding the state of my business. This month I decided to go through those questions with my good friend, Robert Philyaw. Robert is one of our coaches and leaders in the…
5 Things Top Producing Loan Officers All Have in Common A lot of people have misconceptions about what makes a top loan officer. They think you need a dynamic, larger-than-life personality. Some top producers have that, sure, but it’s not a requirement. Another thing you don’t absolutely have to have is experience. We’ve seen people…
I get a lot of questions from loan officers just starting out in the business. One that I’ve been hearing a lot lately is this: How do I land the big referral partners, just two or three realtors who will send me a whole lot of business? My friend Ralph Wakins and I have a…
Loan officer careers are flourishing right now with interest rates at an all-time low. A lot of our Freedom Club and Mortgage Marketing Animals members are doing 3x and 4x their usual number of loans. We’re hearing stories of people who normally close just 3 or 4 loans a month closing 10 or 15 or…
I met Scott Griffin at the beginning of 2016. Scott is a mortgage broker located in Los Angeles who is knocking it out of the park in one of the most competitive markets on earth. He’s a humble guy who’s letting me share his recent numbers to inspire others to believe they can do the…
How Loan Officers Can Take Control of Their Time Are you feeling stressed out in your loan officer career? Does it seem like the pressure never lets up? Like you never have enough time to do everything you need to do? Are you being pulled in a hundred different directions all at once? Being a…
Mark Brewer, a loan officer out of Corinth, Texas, is one of our new Mortgage Marketing Animals members. He sent me a text the other day asking me a powerful question: “Carl, I see these cats making $100k, $200k, even $300k a month. How do they do it? What are they doing differently from me?”…
Refinancing rates are at an all-time low right now, but a lot of loan officers really hate refis. They think they’re a waste of time. Are they right? I sat down recently with my dear friend, Paul Dolan, the co-branch manager (with his wife, Andrea) of Home Vantage Mortgage in Seattle, to discuss this very…
Matt Enfield is a brand new loan officer out in Utah who listened to our podcast, then took my advice to just start asking for business. He closed 7 loans (over $2 million) in his first full month licensed, and sent me a Facebook message to thank me. So we sat down recently for a…
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