verifying income: UNDERWRITING REALLY ISN’T THAT MYSTERIOUS BUT IT’S NOT STANDARD BY ANY MEANS EITHER - Part 2
- 05/21/10 04:50 AM
In Part 1, I discussed the trials and tribulations of trying to buy and/or sell a condo in a complex where the homeowners association (HOA) is in severe financial and legal distress and how underwriting a mortgage loan package doesn't have to be this top secret process shrouded in mystery that no one but underwriters and MLO's are privy to. While there may be a lot of lenders and even MLO's who may want you (Realtors & borrowers) to think that you aren't allowed to know what really goes on "in underwriter", I'm not one of those people. I think it's (40 comments)
verifying income: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY: Underwriting Conditions Gone Crazy - Part 3
- 02/21/10 06:31 AM
In Part 1, I explained what underwriting conditions were and in Part 2, I discussed how verifying that a borrower has the funds to close escrow can go from good to bad to ugly without the proper documentation. There are several areas of the transaction that can be a source of grief when it comes to conditions; way too many to list in this post but I will touch on just a couple of issues of verifying income. For example, when verifying income there are definitely some borrowers that are more challenging than others. Below are just some examples of how (16 comments)