Kevin Reid's (kevinlegend) Blog

Let me tell you this. I know times our tough and lenders will be watching there backs. But here is what this lender did. We get an approval on borrowers loan on Wednesday afternoon. Rates were so so that day so I decide to float 1 more day. Well the next morning the lender actually sends a new Ad...

It's summer time and vacations have started. The 4th of July weekend is upon us. Well, there are still a ton of open houses this weekend and I think with people away the Real Estate agents may be bored at the open houses. Not in my area. I will be visiting at least 5-10 of them. I want to talk wi...

I worked an open house yesterday with a new realtor contact. This practice is one way I'm using to meet realtors and generate more purchase business. The traffic at the open house was very slow but in my case I felt the time spent was well spent. The realtor was very nice and I think she was impr...

We are in a highly competitive market as loan officers and mortgage brokers. While there are alot of lo's and brokers that will still try to swing for the fence and make a killling on each loan, I've found making a reasonable commision has not only kept me afloat but also gets you more refferal c...

It is the old way. When I became a loan officer back in 1996, my mentor always stressed this point to me. He said Kevin always ask a contact for there business. In this competitive market there are many ways that we try to get business. Well on the phone the other night I was speaking with a new ...