Many analysts are predicting a very gloomy forecast for loan officers and real estate agents for 2006.
So what are you going to when interest rates rise and the real estate market falls?
If you follow my seven strategies, you will have a fantastic 2006!
1. Goals and planning. This seems obvious, but I would […]

Sometimes it’s all a matter of being different, and truly standing apart from the crowd.
As loan officers, we tend to get the same advice from our managers, we read the same books and listen to the same audio programs.
We want to find new business, but we are all being told to find new […]

This is one big question everyone across business communities wants to know the answer to. Those who are struggling to reverse their southward-heading revenue trend all burn the midnight oil in pursuit of reversing the sagging trend of their business revenues. Unfortunately, there is not one magic formula. It takes a fully concerted and sustained […]

The internet is becoming really huge and markets are being filled with sellers and you will never be able to dominate these markets.
So, you have to find a niche market, you might be wondering what a niche is? A niche is a topic that has demand and doesn’t have much competition so you can conquer […]

1) Rome Wasn’t Planned, Funded, and Built in One Day
The process of putting together a coherent business plan will probably take longer that you estimate (an incoherent business plan on the other hand can take as little as 20 minutes). Along the way you will probably stop and say, ‘you know, we haven’t really […]

There are two kinds of capital: debt and equity. Both kinds are typically used by a company during its lifetime. Lenders have different objectives than investors and therefore look at different factors about a company when deciding whether or not to invest or make a loan.
Debt Debt is money borrowed, which must be […]

As much as I can get! This would be the answer readily shouted out by most entrepreneurs. The fact is though, both over and underestimating the amount of capital needed to fund a business can have serious negative consequences.
Underestimating what you need can cause problems ranging from having to go through the whole time […]

Sometimes it’s all a matter of being different, and truly standing apart from the crowd.
As loan officers, we tend to get the same advice from our managers, we read the same books and listen to the same audio programs.
We want to find new business, but we are all being told to find new […]

A holistic business approach is a relatively new concept that is increasingly being accepted by the business world. To be a business that uses holistic techniques, it means that the entire organization is considered in its processes and policies, as opposed to focusing only on its specific components. By using the holistic approach […]

So you’re are looking to recruit for new mortgage brokers. When you think about doing that you probably hope that you can create enough interest in your company that you have enough hiring prospects to choose from and still be able to get the cream of the crop. There are many options out there for […]