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Current And Up-To-Date Reverse Mortgage News...05-08-12

This is our monthly summary of Reverse Mortgage articles, updated news, and happenings, all in one place. We hope you're involved in the greatest mortgage niche ever created, Reverse Mortgages...

Mortgage Fraud...Title Insiders Still Seeing High Fraud Activity

Mortgage fraud continues to be a growing problem within the housing industry and title industry executives are ready to take action to prevent this activity from taking place, according to a research survey conducted by Ernst Publishing Company...

5 Reasons Why Only Some Newsletters Get Read

It’s a simple truth...Some newsletters seem to attract readers like bees to honey – whilst others seem to struggle to find a marketplace of accepting and interested subscribers. But why?

7 Dynamic Goals that Skyrocket Your Subscriber Count

Do you set goals? Some people swear by it, others hate it. But the important question is: does goal-setting work for bloggers? It depends on whether you set static goals or dynamic goals...

The End Of The Refinance Era

Are you prepared for the end of the refinance era? If not, then I suggest you get your business ready, because a change in the fundamental make-up of our industry is not far away. Recent reports and comments from the Federal Reserve and economists with major U.S. banks describe a housing sector that has fundamentally...

How to Kick-Start Your Email List in Easy 4 Steps

Most bloggers and webmasters know that an email list is one of the most profitable online assets they can have, yet few actually build one. I wonder why that happens, as getting an email list going is not that hard. In this post I’ll give you 4 steps to kick-start your own email list...

Should You Add A Podcast To Your Blog?

These days, it seems like everyone is blogging. Your 10-year-old niece probably has her own blog! If you’re looking to monetize your blog or use it to provide a service and not just ramble on about what you think about the latest Britney Spears album, then you need to find ways to set yourself apart from the competition...

10 Preventable Social Marketing Mistakes

Social media has made a profound impact on the way businesses market their products and services. Did you think Facebook and Twitter wouldn’t last when they first came out? Many of us did but boy were we wrong! Social media has taken most of the world by storm and if you own a business you definitely need to incorporate social media marketing in to your business plans...

Current And Up-To-Date Reverse Mortgage News...04-10-12

This is our monthly summary of Reverse Mortgage articles, updated news, and happenings, all in one place. We hope you're involved in the greatest mortgage niche ever created, Reverse Mortgages...

Mortgage Fraud...Relentless Mortgage Fraudsters Maintain Their Ways

Interthinx has released its annual Mortgage Fraud Risk Report, which highlights some of the most significant mortgage fraud trends based on analysis of loan applications processed in 2011 by the Interthinx FraudGUARD system...

Half Of All Americans Believe Lenders Control Their Credit Scores

Yes...you read that correctly. TheMReport.com posted an article which stated that nearly "Half of Americans Believe Lenders Control Credit Scores." According to the article...

Survey Finds Mortgage Bankers and Government Institutions Not Trusted by Consumers

According to a survey conducted by FreeScore.com, consumers place the most trust in banks, slightly more than credit unions, when seeking a mortgage. Each is trusted far more than other lender types, such as government institutions, by consumers shopping for a mortgage...

Why Your Prospects And Customers Lie To You

If you're in the Mortgage Business, you've probably heard
this...

“We've decided not to apply for a mortgage or reverse mortgage (or refinance an existing one) so we don't need your help...” and then they apply for a mortgage with someone not near as good, spending considerably more time and money as a result...

Food For Thought...If I Were The Devil

As our “Mortgage World” continues to struggle and adjusts to increased regulation and the slow recovery of our Real Estate market, I was reminded of this great writing.

The following piece of prose about the state of man, the world, and the United States is said to have been written by Paul Harvey...

Mortgage Lessons Learned From Dr. Seuss

Dr Seuss just didn't write children's books, he also taught us some great lessons. For example, make different offers and different purchase options to your mortgage prospects and customers. Being persistent and never stop learning are just a couple of the business lessons that can be learned by studying Dr. Seuss. The following explains it all...

6 Target Marketing Strategies To Find Your Mortgage Market Niche And Multiply Your Income

They are out there, your customers, and you know who they are. You just need to find them and track them down. You know you're offering them exactly what they want, you just need to get them to visit your website. And to do that, you need to employ some proven target marketing strategies....

Current And Up-To-Date Reverse Mortgage News...03-13-12

This is our monthly summary of Reverse Mortgage articles, updated news, and happenings, all in one place. We hope you're involved in the greatest mortgage niche ever created, Reverse Mortgages...

Mortgage Fraud...Activity Jumps 20%...Mortgage Scam Charged As Hate Crime

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) says the number of mortgage loan fraud suspicious activity report (SARs) jumped 20% in the third quarter of 2011. Institutions filed 19,934 MLF SARs in the third quarter of 2011...

Even Delinquent Mortgages Deserve A Second Chance

It never ceases to amaze me that in the world of finance, if a payment stream can be identified and packaged, someone or some entity will find a way to wrap the payments up, chop them into purchasable pieces, put a price on them and sell them to the investment public...

Adopting The Traits Of Top Producers...Eight Factors To Adopt Today To Leverage More Success

You’ve seen them — those mega-producers who seem impervious to the market peaks and valleys felt by mere “mortal” agents. They continue to work day in and day out, usually with a smile to share and the time (and money) to even...