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Why You Need a Loan Partner and How to Best Support Them

I sat down recently with my friend, Erica Homefield, co-host of the Loan Officer Success podcast, to talk about loan partners. Erica works with us here at The Freedom Club and she does this very unique thing that’s been incredibly helpful for all of us. It’s called Loan Partner University, and they get together with…

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Using Business Development Reps for Stunning Results

Do you want to know how to get from point A to point B faster in your mortgage business? Brady Webb and Toni Taylor can help. Brady and Toni are both very successful mortgage brokers who work together but for separate companies. They’re both leaders in The Freedom Club, and they co-teach a class called…

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What to Do and Say When You Screw Up

I want to share an embarrassing story with you because I think it might be helpful. We all do embarrassing things every now and again. What matters is how we handle the situation from that point forward. I won’t bore you with all the details, but here’s the bottom line. When I first got in…

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Going All In with Hakim Singleton

My friend Hakim Singleton recently treated me to a tour of his city—Philadelphia, PA—complete with a delicious cheese steak and a cigar bar, and we got to chat about our experiences in the mortgage business. Hakim and I met a few years ago in a really cool way, which I’ll share in just a minute….

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Loan Officer Back To The Future… a little weird…

Ok, I know this may be a little “weird” or “deep” for an early morning, and with this being Christmas Eve, but follow me here for a minute. The FUTURE me from last month is the LIVE me TODAY… Once I realized NOW me…is really just FUTURE me from last month…I was able to get…

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Busy VS Productive (my secret sauce…)

How do you work in your mortgage business? Are you a “busy” person? Or a “productive” person? Busy people try to accomplish as many things as possible in the 8 hour work day.  Productive people prioritize their major tasks, and accomplish those in order of importance so that their day’s worth of work is maxed…

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How Loan Officers Can Avoid the Job Change Mistake

Last year, 44% of all loan officers changed companies. That’s a lot of loan officers. In my humble opinion, I think they should have read this blog post before they made the move (wink). I’ve always shied away from this topic, but I’ve realized I’m doing people a big disservice by avoiding it. I sat…

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How to Warm Up Your Cold Calls to Realtors

Most loan officers experience some trepidation when it comes to making cold calls. But what if you could make warm and fuzzy calls instead of cold ones? Would that help alleviate your reluctance to pick up that phone? Kristen Simpson is one of our coaches who does strategy calls with loan officers. She’s fantastic at…

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How Loan Officers Can Thrive in Today’s Challenging Market

When people face challenging times, the natural human response is to freeze or flee. And loan officers are definitely facing some challenging times right now. I sat down recently with my partner, Ralph Watkins, to talk about how to persevere through the changes in today’s market. Ralph is the one who got me into the…