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Ask Yourself These 3 Questions and Change Your Mortgage Business

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…

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5 Things Top Producing Loan Officers All Have in Common

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…

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How Loan Officers Can Approach Working With Top Agents

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…

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How to Make a Record Month Your New Normal as a Loan Officer

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…

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How to Quadruple Your Income In A Year Like This Loan Officer

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…

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How to Go to the Next Level in Your Mortgage Company

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?”…

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Loan Officers: How to Leverage Refis into Long-Term Realtor Relationships

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…

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How One Simple Action Will Make You Wealthy As a Loan Officer

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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How To Achieve Loan Officer Freedom

Chris Haynes, a loan officer out of Nashville, Tennessee, closed 54 loans in personal production last month, and that’s par for the course for him. He’s been increasing his numbers on a progressive schedule for quite a while now. As rates go up at some point, his numbers aren’t going to go down. Chris is…