Broker/Loan Officer
Roadmap to Licensing - Loan Officer/Mortgage
Broker
Roadmap to Renewal -
Mortgage Broker/Loan Officer
Ethics Course
Loan or Lawsuit Origination - A Guide to the Texas State Test
- Module II
A Loan Officer's Guide to Origination
Originating in a Conforming Market
Learning to Properly Quote the Customer - A Guide to Understanding Interest Rates and Pricing
A Loan Officer's Guide to Basic Processing and Underwriting Analysis of the Loan
Basic Processing
Processing 101 - A Crash Course for Survival
Intermediate Processing
Analyzing the File
Processing in A Conforming Market
Closing the Loan Successfully
Processing and - Submitting the FHA Loan
FHA - For Originators, Processors and
Realtors (approved as FHA - Who Needs Sub Prime?)
VA — Loans for Our Veterans
Industry Knowledge
The Mortgage Loan Flow
Self Employed Simplified
Compliance 101
Credit Scores and Review of the FACT Act
Disclosures for Dummies
Detecting Fraud - The ABC's of Quality Control
The Refinance Calculation Challenge
Top Ten Appraisal Deal Killers ~ (aka)
Key Changes to the Appraisal
Fraud Stop it Before it Starts

Roadmap to Licensing: Loan Officer
Visit Power Training's Roadmap to Licensing to chart your course to
become a licensed loan officer in the state of Texas.

Roadmap to Licensing: Mortgage Broker
Visit Power Training's Roadmap to Licensing to chart your course to
become a licensed mortgage broker in the state of Texas.

Roadmap to Renewal: Mortgage Broker and Loan Officer
Visit Power Training's Roadmap to Licensing to chart your course to
become a licensed loan officer in the state of Texas.

Ethics Course
2
Texas Credits – #SML-48-2005-16C ~ 4 Texas Credits #48-2007-17CR
$45 per person
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$75 per person
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This course will be required for
initial licensees and is recommending for renewing brokers and loan officers for either issuance or renewal of your license.
This general overview of Ethical practices including situations
where the attendee is required to draw a conclusion, ethical or
unethical.
Are you making decisions that are
helping you build strong relationships or that will lead you down
the path of possible imprisonment. You may not realize that all
Ethical decisions usually start at the Loan Officer/Realtor
relationship development path. This course will ask challenging
questions and involve you in numerous situations where you will be
required to decide between paying bills or doing the right thing.
This course may be taken with the package above or individually.

Loan or Lawsuit Origination - A Guide to the Texas State Test
- Module II
8 Texas Core Credits #48-2006-02CR / 6 Hours Oklahoma CE
Credits #PT-208-07
$150 per person
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This is for individuals trying to obtain either a Broker or Loan Officer license, and are exempt from hours either due to experience in the field or by other requirements but need to be able to pass the state required test. This course will only cover the necessary information required to pass exam questions regarding Federal and State Laws and the Texas Mortgage Broker/Loan Officer Act. Power Training assumes that if a person is seeking a Mortgage Broker license or you are seeking renewal, that you know the basic math and rate sheet questions from your experience. They are not covered in this material.
- Overview of RESPA and Regulation Z and Regulation B and their penalties;
- Review of common loan application errors;
- Review of common good faith errors;
- Education on completion of disclosures and what considered to be within compliance;
- How to cure non-compliance issues;
- Do's and Don'ts for advertising;
- Disclosures are Necessary When?
- Complete review of the Texas Mortgage Broker Licensing Act.
A Loan Officer's Guide to Origination
7 - 15 Texas Core and CE Credits #48-2006-01CR / 15 Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-201-07
$199 per person Register
This class is for Loan Officers who are trying to meet their education requirements but still need to learn a little more regarding taking loan applications, issuing good faiths, and learn even more including the following:
- Key questions that you should ask every potential borrower;
- Learn how to deal with secondary marketing;
- Learn how to read a rate sheet and price a loan;
- Learn how to complete the loan application;
- Learn how to Handle Objections;
- Learn how to complete the good faith estimate for FHA, VA and Conventional Loans;
- Learn how to qualify the borrower;
- Basic Marketing Ideas.
This class is day two and three of the Licensing class. When taken this way this course carries 15 Core Renewal Hours.

Originating in a Conforming Market
aka ~ Perfecting Your Loan Application Skills and Mastery of the Good
Faith Estimate
8 Texas CE Credits #48-2005-11C ~ $150 per person Texas class
aka ~ Getting the Deal to the Table - Critical Analysis of the Loan ~ 4
Oklahoma CE Credits (1 Hour ethics) PT-2020-07
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What you need to know! When you need to know it!
How to Get It!
- Explain and understand the credit report and score to the borrower;
- To assess credit report payment history and its patterns for future repayment of loans;
- Determine proper employment, what basic information we need from the borrower and how to categorize the income for qualification;
- Determine assets and what type of funds can be used to close loans;
- Determine liability questions which could cause underwriting issues;
- Address file challenges in advance and gain documentation for
processing;
- Learning to Work with lender programs in these
changing times;
- Learning to build relationships with Realtors again.
As a bonus, we will include 3 hours of Sales Training where we will
cover:
Outline for Interviewing a Referral Source – Learn six aspects of
interviewing a client
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Create
a custom script for any referral source
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Put
your customer at ease
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Put yourself
in the driver seat
Looking for Gold – New clients are everywhere!
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Learn ways to find new clients
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Discover
tools to dig them out
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Turn
cold calls into warm leads.
Qualify vs Quantify – Get new ideas on how to turn sales calls into
more commission
Categorize and Strategize - Focused Client Management
Plan Your Work/Work Your Plan
This class is what you need at the right time. Kick off your
new year with a new business plan. Let this class help you create
it. What will you do? How will you get business? What
education do you need to move ahead!

Learning to Properly Quote the Customer - A Guide to Understanding Interest Rates and Pricing
6 Texas CE Credits #48-2005-09C ~ Oklahoma #PT-220-07
$95 per person
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Beginning with the lead phone call this course is designed to help you understand the market that holds your future. From the application, to locking the rate and ultimately closing the loan this course will set you on the path. Think of the rate sheet as your Treasurer Map!
- Key questions that you should ask every potential borrower;
- Learn how to select the right product for your borrower;
- Learn how to the market works;
- Learn how to read a rate sheet and price loans.

A Loan Officer's Guide to Basic Processing and Underwriting Analysis of the Loan
4 Texas CE Credits #48-2005-04C / 6 Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-217-07
$75 per person
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To understand why loans don't always go smooth and some don't even close you need to have basic knowledge of processing and underwriting. This course will walk you through the basics of how processing and underwriting looks at:
- Credit reports;
- Income Categories;
- Income pay stubs;
- Bank statements and verifications of deposits.
Learn from the pro’s what underwriting is looking for and how to package the loan for success!

Processing 101 - A Crash Course for Survival
7 Texas CE Credits #48-2002-03C / 7 Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-209-07
$225 per person Register
For those seeking entry into the mortgage business through a staff related position, processing may be the step you want to take. The course titled, Processing 101 – Crash Course for Survival is for you! Starting off with the basics and moving full speed ahead, this course will navigate you through the standard process of the mortgage loan with a few twists and turns to teach you how to analyze information. The guides and tools you will receive in this course will allow you to pick up loans and start working on them immediately. This course is for Processors of all levels, cross training of employees, and Originators who do their own processing or want to find out more about the transaction. For Senior Processors, remember things your forgot!
- Learn what a file looks like when it is put together;
- Learn how to order documents such to set up the loan such as appraisal, credit, title and verifications of employment, assets and credit, etc…;
- Calculating the income and learning the tests that underwriting will use to determine suitable income for qualification;
- Learning proper sources of money that can be used for down
payment, closing costs and establishing impound accounts to close
the transaction;
- Learn how to put the file together to submit to underwriting;
- Learn the basics including a checklist of how to Prepare the loan for closing.

Analyzing the File
6 Texas CE Credits #48-2003-10CR
$95 per person
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Automation has saved us time, but has it saved us money? Attendees will receive a checklist to help them identify the things they should be looking at in a file. No Automated System can see loan fraud, declining income, or poorly sourced funds. The system was really designed to analyze the borrower's ability to repay the loan.
Topics will include the review of 3 case studies to determine:
- What documentation do you need in the file to meet AUS requirements;
- Review credit report and be able to explain it to the borrower;
- Review pay stubs for when borrower is paid and how to analyze income;
- Review bank statements, source funds, and determine if the funds can be use to close.

Processing in a Conforming Market - aka - The Art of Processing and Submitting the Loan
6 Texas CE Credits #48-2005-08C - 6 Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-223-07
$95 per person
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One of the most important relationships that you will build will be with your Underwriter. This person will be a solid decision maker in the approval process so you will need to learn how to work with them. Underwriters are required to underwrite a certain number of loans per day and if your loan continuously needs to be “processed” when it arrives in their office it can cause issues. This course is for processors who have the basics down, but need a little help putting the loan together. Each attendee will receive an extensive checklist which will enable processors to better understand what analyzing means and to head off potential underwriting questions. Each segment of the loan will be analyzed in high detail and prepared to go to underwriting.
- Learn how to put a file together that flows;
- Learn when and how to use a cover letter;
- Learn to determine what information to include;
- Learn where the information for the final application comes from.

Closing the Loan Successfully
6 Texas CE Credits #48-2003-09C
$95 per person
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This course is designed for processors who also act as closers. It can be quite challenging and you don't want to be learning the lessons financially. The employee will learn how to:
- Complete and understand investor fee sheets;
- Reconcile Good Faith Estimate to fee sheet;
- Reconcile fee sheet to HUD 1;
- Reading and understanding the title commitment;
- Reading and understanding the survey.

Processing and Submitting the FHA Loan
8 Texas Core Credits #48-2007-07CR / 8 Oklahoma CE
Credits #PT-205-07
$145 per person
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This course is for Processors. The subject matter will be hands
on training calculating maximum mortgage, completing the new 92900 LT, HUD Addendum (92900a)
and Conditional Commitment (92800.5b). In addition, you will learn to:
- Calculate Maximum Mortgage;
- Order Appraisals through the FHA Connection;
- Document the differences in Employment and Calculate Income;
- Document the differences in Assets and Credit including FHA
specific requirements;
- Check the file for FHA required disclosures;
- Stack the documents including FHA specific items for
underwriting.
The difference between this course and FHA For Originators and
Processors is this course includes the processor tasks. As an originator you may
want to take the course below instead. This course will still
cover the income/assets/credit/employment and liability pieces, but not
in the same detail.

FHA
For Originators and Processors (approved as FHA -
Who Needs Sub-Prime?)
4 Texas Core Credits #48-2007-02 / 3 TREC Elective Hours
#03-00-069-6166
$75 per person
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FHA Modernization is here! Sub Prime is Gone! What
else can be said about today's market? If you plan to survive, you
need to educate yourself on the FHA product. Whether you are a
Loan Officer, Realtor or Processor, this course is designed to quickly
go through the changes to the FHA loan.
Through the elimination of the non-allowable closings costs, leniency in
down payment funds and credit and the acceptance of properties "as
is" the FHA even easier to obtain. This class will walk through
the basic changes and upgrades FHA has experienced recently including
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FHA Secure;
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Good Neighbor Next Door;
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Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM's);
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Energy Efficient
Mortgages;
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$100 Down HUD Repo Program;
- Income/Employment Differences;
- Credit/Liability Differences;
- Projected Income and Liabiliies;
- Cash to close requirements and use of Down
Payment Assistance.

VA —
Loans for Our Veterans
aka VA For Originators and Processors
4 Texas Core Credits #48-2007-07CR / 4 Oklahoma CE
Credits #PT-204-07
$75 per person
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Even though the VA loan is processed basically as any other loan, there are intricacies that you need to be aware of to be sure you are utilizing all the programs available to the veteran. This course will walk you through the VA process and from loan application to approval.
- Learn how to complete the VA Loan Analysis;
- Learn how to calculate Veteran's Eligibility;
- Learn how to order the VA Appraisal;
- Know the required disclosures;
- Review of the loan program available through the Texas Veterans Land Board;
- How to calculate Interest Rate Reduction Refinances;
- Know the allowable fees and how to complete your good faith estimate.

The Mortgage Loan Flow
4 Texas CE Credits #48-2003-06C
$75 per person
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If you are new to the industry or just want to know more, this course will walk you through the steps of the mortgage process. It gives the attendee a complete breakdown of each task, what needs to happen to move to the next step and how long it will take.

Self Employed Simplified
3 Texas CE Credits #48-2003-13C / 4 Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-207-07
$75 per person
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Don't be intimidated by your next self employed borrower. This course will show you just how easy Self Employment Analysis is! In addition to learning how to calculate income from each schedule, you will know exactly what forms you will need depending on how the borrower reports their income.
This course will teach you how to:
- Learn what schedules report what information;
- Read the 1st page of the return to determine what schedules are needed;
- Calculate Interest and Dividend Income;
- Calculate Capital Gains/Losses income or loss;
- Calculate Schedule C Income and Schedule E;
- Recognize potential problems on a partnership return and learn to read the K-1;
- Calculate income from the partnership for qualification.

Compliance 101
aka
Disclosures for Dummies
6 Texas CE Credits #48-2005-05CR
Oklahoma CE Credits #PT-216-07 ~ 1 ECOA, Fair Housing or HMDA, 1 RESPA,
1 TILA, 4 Ethics
145 per person
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Don't let your office be the victim of non-compliance. This course will assure that you and your staff are educated in the completion of disclosures and issuance on time.
- Overview of RESPA and Regulation Z and Regulation B and their penalties;
- Review of common loan application errors;
- Review of common good faith errors;
- Education on completion of disclosures and what considered to be within compliance;
- How to cure non-compliance issues.

Credit Scores and Review of the FACT Act
1 Texas CE Credit #48-2005-06C ~ Oklahoma 2 CE Credits
#PT-224-07 ~ 1 ECOA, Fair Housing or HMDA, 1 Ethics
$25 per person
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Find yourself at a loss when trying to explain the credit report to the customer? Learn how the credit score is determined and what are percentages of each item. In addition, a full review of the FACT Act and what role the mortgage industry must play in it. Don't get caught non-disclosing.

Disclosures for Dummies
4 Texas Core Credits #48-2007-05CR
$75 per person
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This course will walk you through the basics of explaining the required disclosures to the customer. You will receive a complete list of the required disclosures for Conventional, FHA, and VA Loans. In addition, you will learn the proper way to complete them and make sure that they are accurate before we give them to the customer. It will include a PFC chart and disclosure samples.

Detecting Fraud - The ABC's of Quality Control
2 Texas CE Credits SML#48-2006-03CR – 4 Texas CE Credits SML#48-2006-04CR
2 Ethics Oklahoma CE Credits #PT-221-07 - 4 Ethics Oklahoma CE Credits
#PT-222-07
2 Hour - $45 per person / 4 Hour - $75 per person
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This course will be required for licensed broker and loan officers for either issuance or renewal of your license. We will cover red flags on the application, bank statement, verification of deposit, verification of employment, pay stubs, W-2's or 1099's, tax returns, and sales contract.
The Refinance Calculation Challenge
4 Texas CE Credits #48-2003-01C / 4 Oklahoma CE Credits #0203
$75 per person
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Challenge yourself to be more accurate when calculating the loan amount for refinance transactions.
This course will walk you through the necessary steps to set your loan up for success. You will learn how to open title, read the commitment, tax certificates, payoffs, and much more. In addition you will learn how to derive the correct figures to complete the refinance worksheet thus having your loan be accurate at time of submission. Wrong loan amounts not only cost money in days in underwriting but in re-draw fees.
Top Ten Appraisal Deal Killers ~ (aka) Key Changes to The Appraisal
4 Texas CE Credit Hours Pending Approval ~ 3 Ethics
Oklahoma CE Credits #PT-225-07
$75 per person
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Are you finding that your appraisals are not walking through
underwriting like they used to? Are Account Executives or
Underwriters calling and talking in another language to tell you what is
wrong?
As more and more loans come through the foreclosure process, fraud
through the appraisal comparable grid. Appraisals will go through
intense scrutiny to insure values are intact. This course will walk you through
what you are on the hook for if the loan does go into foreclosure and
the value is investigated. Attendees will
receive underwriting checklists that are used to analyze value and comparables.
We will cover a wealth of information.
Fraud Stop it Before it Starts
3 Core Hours – Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending
#SML-48-2007-01CR
3 MCE Elective Hours – Texas Real Estate Commission #03-00-029-5816
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Every Mortgage publication, newspaper or magazine is covering Fraud and Foreclosure. The headlines daily read that somewhere someone has either plead guilty or been found guilty of fraud, either through the use of Straw buyers or the flipping process. All mortgage and real estate professionals should be on guard for schemes that can result in buy backs, jail time and/or fines.
Awareness at the beginning of the Realtor Loan Officer relationship building process is imperative. Training the newest Realtors and Loan Officers is a start, however, educating the ones who act as mentors is even more important.
While most companies are still offering the same old fraud classes, Power Training has designed a new course to get their attention. Who says you have to have served time to get your point across when it comes to fraud? The material will start off with the foreclosure statistics and move straight into the new state laws being proposed this session. We will cover violations, responsibility, punishment, use of stated income products, property flipping, straw-buying and title company fraud. The conclusion will focus on an FBI update, which should shock and surprise those who attend.
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