National Mortgage Professional Magazine
TABLE OF CONTENTS RTGAGE PRO
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February 2011
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Volume 3, Number 2
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Accurate Quality Control .................................. www.accurateqc.com ..........................................36
Special Focus on “It’s All About Marketing!”
BankFinancial.................................................. www.bankfinancial.com ........................................4 Bay Equity LLC ................................................ www.bayeq.com ........................................CA2 & 34
Get Personal … With Technology By BJ Bounds
24
Marketing: Remember the Fundamentals By Scott Seroka
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How to Thrive in the New Mortgage Landscape
Benchmark Mortgage ...................................... www.iambenchmark.info ......................................19 Calyx Software ................................................ www.calyxsoftware.com ......................................20 Comergence Compliance Monitoring, LLC .......... www.comergencecompliance.com ..................4 & 38 Elliott and Company Appraisers, Inc................... www.appraisalanywhere.com ................................21
By Kurt Reisig
26
Influence the Influential By Andy W. Harris, CRMS
27
Flagstar Wholesale Lending .............................. www.wholesale.flagstar.com ....................Back Cover
28
Frost Mortgage Lending Group .......................... www.frostmortgage.com/nmp ..............................35
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Guaranteed Home Mortgage.............................. www.joinguaranteed.com ....................................37
How to Win Customer Confidence, Generate Referrals and Differentiate Your Business Through Exceptional Customer Service By Scott Peters 30
MBA-NJ/NJAMB ................................................ www.mbanj.com ..................................................8
E-mail Marketing Plans: A Small Investment in Time Reaps Big Payoff By Melanie Attia
Mortgage Dashboard ........................................ www.mortgagedashboard.com ................................7
Social Media … Can’t Live With ‘Em … By Mark Anthony McCray and Tonya D. Bradley
The Five Essentials of Every Mortgage Web Site By Joy Gendusa
31
GSF Mortgage Corporation ................................ www.gsfprobranch.com ..........................................9
HVCC Appraisal Ordering .................................. www.hvccappraisalordering.com ..........................26
MortgageProShop.com .................................... www.mortgageproshop.com ..................................44 Mortgage Concepts .......................................... www.mortgageconcepts.com ..................................5
NAMB.............................................................. www.namb.org/legconference ....................CA8 & 33
NMLF, Inc. ...................................................... www.nmlf.us ......................................................32
The Secondary Market Overview: From Bonds to Production 12 … The Great Real Estate Debate By Dave Hershman NMP Mortgage Professional of the Month: Chris Frost, Vice President and Business Development Manager, Frost Mortgage Banking Group 14
PB Financial Group Corp. .................................. pbfinancialgrp.com ....................................CA2 & 32 REMN (Real Estate Mortgage Network)................ www.remnwholesale.com ....................................39 StreetLinks National Appraisal Services ................ www.streetlinks.com/SCORe ....Inside Front Cover & CA9 Terrace Mortgage Company .............................. www.terracemortgage.com ....................................6 United Northern Mortgage Bankers Ltd. ............ www.unitednorthern.jobs..............................10 & 28 USA Cares ........................................................ www.usacares.org ................................................15 Windvest Corporation ...................................... www.windvestcorp.com ..............................CA7 & 23
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By Stewart Hunter and Jim McMahan
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The NAMB Perspective
21
CALIFORNIA MORTGAGE PROFESSIONAL MAGAZINE
Forward on Reverse: FIT for Reverse Mortgage Lenders (Part VI) … Marital Transitions By Atare E. Agbamu 22 Value Nation: Property Value Rebound Challenges By Charlie W. Elliott Jr., MAI, SRA, ASA
Trends in Mortgage Lending for 2011 By Christopher Brown Esq.
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Columns NMP News Flash: February 2011
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Heard on the Street
17
New to Market
23
NMP Mortgage Professional Resource Registry
40
NMP Calendar of Events
44
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FHA Insider: Compliant Filed With HUD … Will Lenders be Forced to Accept FHA Minimum Scores? By Jeff Mifsud 17
Leaders on the Frontline: Leadership’s Top Priorities
Freedom Mortgage .......................................... www.fmbranch.com ......................Inside Back Cover
Nationwide Equities Corp. ................................ www.nwecorp.com ..............................................11
Features
Lykken on Leadership: Leadership and LO Compensation By David Lykken
FindMortgageJobs.com .................................... www.findmortgagejobs.com ..............................CA10