I wanted to start out by introducing my self. I was a missionary for the last seven years and didn't make any other plans for a career. Last year in Thailand my wife and I decided that my son was getting to far behind in his speech development and since we couldn't get help for him where we were we needed to move back to the US.

 When we got back a good friend of mine (mortgage broker) encouraged me to get my license and start a new career as a banker.

 Now that I've started I love it. I love being able to truly help people. I love getting out and meeting new people. I love having an avenue to funnel money into the needs of people all around the planet. And I really love it when I get the opportunity to rescue people from a really bad loan, an incompetent loan officer who couldn't get their loan done by closing, etc.

 Since I'm new I've been asking for advice from everyone I meet in the real estate market. One of the things I've been asking is "what does/did your favorite lender do to become your favorite. 90-95% of them have said. 1. They close the loan. 2. They call me back. This has been such a total shock for me. I was looking for those special, out of the box, cool ideas people were using to be the best. But I have found that their are so many terrible lenders out there that most Realtors are just wanting someone to do what I think of as the bare minimum. It blows me away that so many lenders aren't even accomplishing the basics.

Obviously I didn't make it to the top 1% of my field as a missionary by getting by on the bare minimum. So, I'm definitely looking forward to being very busy as people find someone who is not only trustworthy, and hardworking but, also does the extras to be the best.

In my effort to learn everything I can to be the best I came across this site. It is such a treasure chest of helpful information I had to join.

I would love any advice you can think of and Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with.

NWDrew