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Rodrigo Duterte said:
Chad, I actually edited my post to include the NC when I thought about the audience here.  Funny, you were beating me to it.

Often you see companies focus quarter to quarter and on the market and their stock price.  Investors as well.  A million reasons why, and why they shouldn't obviously, but whatever.  It's nice to see one where it appears you are somewhat getting in with decades or so to go -- even if the real ground floor was built a decade ago.  This will be the type of company to hammer when their industry craters.  And it will.

As an aside, I love the sports tie-in with this guy and all those lessons learned.  What a great story that has served him incredibly well.  And the giving back, while still so young, speaks volumes.  He also handled Covid like a champ, while others were freaking.  They'll be ready for whatever.  People love working for leaders like that.

Anyway, as to not derail the thread.  Could you send me your email, I think I have some business for you.
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I haven't had the chance to read it yet (I am going to request a signed copy when I get around to it) but he has a book which prob would ne of interest to a number of us on the board:

Running the Corporate Offense: Lessons in Effective Leadership from the Bench to the Board Room

Here is my email: cmasters@marketplacemortgage.com 

Thank you!

 
Any ideas on the future of the market over the next couple of years, Chad? We're selling in June or July and likely buying again in Florida in a couple years. We'll be renters for a couple of years before we get to a permanent location again. 

 
Is a job change a mortgage deal killer if in the same role and same industry with 20 years of essentially uninterrupted employment?  I’m in tech sales and considering making a move, but we’re also considering buying our first home soon. 

 
flapgreen said:
Any ideas on the future of the market over the next couple of years, Chad? We're selling in June or July and likely buying again in Florida in a couple years. We'll be renters for a couple of years before we get to a permanent location again. 
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The next year I expect a steady but slow upward movement on rates. After that... I am worried about how rates will go. The massive stimulus packages (monetary and fiscal) with policies that will drive up the cost of fuel, I would not be surprised to see elevated levels of inflation like we have not seen in a ling time. If that happens, rates will go up to combat it. This is all dependent on a decent economy though. 

For real estate, increased rates do impact the market but on the other end, there has been such a lack of inventory for so long in most markets that it's hard to see a drop. Though raising rates will damper the hot markets as buying power is erased. 

But who the hell knows? 

 
SFBayDuck said:
Is a job change a mortgage deal killer if in the same role and same industry with 20 years of essentially uninterrupted employment?  I’m in tech sales and considering making a move, but we’re also considering buying our first home soon. 
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No... unless your pay structure was very different (salary to full commission) etc. 

 
@Chadstroma

When you have time can you give me some advice.

Details: 270K balance remaining, 3.625% rate.  No PMI. Have 800+ credit. This was a 30 year. 265 months left. Not sure if this matters - We have paid extra each month pretty much 13 payments every year. A sheet I use says if we continue this we are done in a little over 11 years.

Does it make sense for us to move to a 10 or 15?

Thanks!

 
Chadstroma said:
For real estate, increased rates do impact the market but on the other end, there has been such a lack of inventory for so long in most markets that it's hard to see a drop. Though raising rates will damper the hot markets as buying power is erased.
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I wounder just how many units there are being rented that are impacted the eviction moratorium that could flood supply.

 
The General said:
@Chadstroma

When you have time can you give me some advice.

Details: 270K balance remaining, 3.625% rate.  No PMI. Have 800+ credit. This was a 30 year. 265 months left. Not sure if this matters - We have paid extra each month pretty much 13 payments every year. A sheet I use says if we continue this we are done in a little over 11 years.

Does it make sense for us to move to a 10 or 15?

Thanks!
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Oh yea. If you are set to pay off in 11 years now you can refi and speed that all up. Juat think if it this way.... your are paying  ore principal now but when you refi to a lower rate more of your payment goes to principal because less is going to interest. I would take a shot in the dark and guess if you pay the same now with a refi you prob will shave two years off. 

 
Desert_Power said:
I wounder just how many units there are being rented that are impacted the eviction moratorium that could flood supply.
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That is a good point. 

With it extended we won't see the true impact of all of the eviction/foreclosure until that is lifted but I haven't heard a lot of chatter about that being problematic. 

 
Chadstroma said:
Oh yea. If you are set to pay off in 11 years now you can refi and speed that all up. Juat think if it this way.... your are paying  ore principal now but when you refi to a lower rate more of your payment goes to principal because less is going to interest. I would take a shot in the dark and guess if you pay the same now with a refi you prob will shave two years off. 
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Awesome. It seemed like this trying to use online calculators but was worried there was some catch.

One more question should we just contact our guy and ask for the numbers on this and a way to check that the deal he is giving us is good?

 
The General said:
Awesome. It seemed like this trying to use online calculators but was worried there was some catch.

One more question should we just contact our guy and ask for the numbers on this and a way to check that the deal he is giving us is good?
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You can shoot me the loan estimate and I can take a look go see if it looks solid or not so good or raped like you went to Quicken. 

 
Was also thinking about this. We'll be renting for a couple years for about half of what our current mortgage is. Was going to just keep acting as if the mortgage is the same, except we'll just be putting half into an account to continue saving for our next home. Any special type of account we should put that in or just stick it all in saving? 

 
flapgreen said:
Was also thinking about this. We'll be renting for a couple years for about half of what our current mortgage is. Was going to just keep acting as if the mortgage is the same, except we'll just be putting half into an account to continue saving for our next home. Any special type of account we should put that in or just stick it all in saving? 
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Whatever you can get the best return on without risking the principle. As long as there is a paper trail and the money is seasoned, it won't matter what kind of account the money is in for the mortgage. Just wouldn't want it in stocks and right before you want to take it out the market takes a dive. 

 
I am confident that the bottom is in the rear view now. Should be upward movement on rates from here barring any major changes in events. Still good options but now is the time if you haven't done anything yet.

 
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We did see some rate improvement today.  :excited:  And I am thinking it will level out a bit here. But again, I don't think we will revisit the bottom rates that we had and the overall movement should start to head up. 

 
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fruity pebbles said:
Have refi’s come to a screeching halt with rates going up so quickly? 
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You should see the private groups on FB for lenders and brokers.... it is like it was Black Friday and we are all stock traders. 

The well is drying up quickly on refinances for sure. There will always be some even in rising interest rate environments (for example in a divorce to buy out the other side) but it is definitely going to shift to a purchase market for lenders. 

We should see some massive changes in the industry as I don't think this is an event that will corrected at all. All the "we do mortgages too!" places will disappear as easy money is gone. More than a coupe of lenders will fail or sell. A whole lot of Loan Officers that have jumped in the last year or two will find it hard to make a living. The real estate market is solid but there needs to be more inventory for it to really generate business. Oh and I have to make phone calls to my realtor contacts that I haven't talked to in a while. 

 
Chadstroma said:
You should see the private groups on FB for lenders and brokers.... it is like it was Black Friday and we are all stock traders. 

The well is drying up quickly on refinances for sure. There will always be some even in rising interest rate environments (for example in a divorce to buy out the other side) but it is definitely going to shift to a purchase market for lenders. 

We should see some massive changes in the industry as I don't think this is an event that will corrected at all. All the "we do mortgages too!" places will disappear as easy money is gone. More than a coupe of lenders will fail or sell. A whole lot of Loan Officers that have jumped in the last year or two will find it hard to make a living. The real estate market is solid but there needs to be more inventory for it to really generate business. Oh and I have to make phone calls to my realtor contacts that I haven't talked to in a while. 
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Glad I got mine locked and approved. Not the bottom but 2.375 for 15 and no appraisal/decent credit towards the rest of closing costs. Need to make sure it goes through with no hitches.

Looks like it really didn’t jump too much. 2.5% now with less credit. Up, but not horrible if you refi’d now. 

 
stbugs said:
Glad I got mine locked and approved. Not the bottom but 2.375 for 15 and no appraisal/decent credit towards the rest of closing costs. Need to make sure it goes through with no hitches.

Looks like it really didn’t jump too much. 2.5% now with less credit. Up, but not horrible if you refi’d now. 
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It all depends on specifics but yea there are options, specially if you just forget the last year and think about all the years previous, we are still in silly low rates... I mean, if anyone was waiting hoping for 0% rates or something..... now is the time to forget about that fantasy and jump in. I think there is a definite upward movement from here on out. 

*there is always some up and downs along the way, just like stocks so it is more about momentum and the mo is on the side of rising rates. No doubt. 

 
Chadstroma said:
We did see some rate improvement today.  :excited:  And I am thinking it will level out a bit here. But again, I don't think we will revisit the bottom rates that we had and the overall movement should start to head up. 
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And this didn't age well.... today was a bloodbath again. 

 
Chadstroma said:
So... this is what I am saying.... brokers know because it is our business to know.... no one else does though. I will try to explain briefly in big strokes because otherwise it will be a very lengthy post. 

Essentially, UWM is the best at what they do. No one comes close. They are built on speed and ease of use. They are heavily invested in proprietary technology for that speed and ease of use which is why brokers love them. Most brokers.... like 90%? range from LOVE to really like using them, very few complainers and to be honest most who don't like them it is because of user error, instead of using their tech they try to use them like another lender and get mad that it doesn't work. Most lenders, you lean on the Account Executive HEAVILY and a good AE makes or breaks the relationship. With UWM you have an AE but they are more of just a personal touch resource and if you try to lean on the AE like other lenders you will think they are horrible. I have heard brokers say that the big problem that Wall St doesn't understand is that they are treating them as another lender and they are more of a tech company than your run of the mill next in line lender. 

Here is what I meant about dominating in the future. Right now.... if you are a lender, you are making money. Some wholesale lenders suck and the only way that they can attract business is by offering really low rates. Now, when I say suck, I mean, they will take months to close a loan with going back and forth on a long list of conditions and adding more conditions and then dropping the ball on the file etc. I mean dumpster fires that not only are a horror show for the broker but for the client as well. It doesn't matter how good a rate is if you can't close the damn thing.... their approach is basically throw everything against the wall and hopefully something sticks. Good lenders try to balance offering great rate with delivering as they are suppose to even if it takes a little time. UWM knows it is top of the line and so what they have done is raised their rates. They are NEVER the lowest rates right now when we do our shopping of wholesale but MANY (including me) brokers value their ability for speed and ease so that we get comments like "Wow, that was fast" and "Man, that was much easier than I thought it would be" from our clients. So, we take the hit on the pricing and make less money on the deal than we otherwise could of by using other lenders. So, if it is somewhat close and could to cost me $200 in commission to use UWM versus another lender to get that same rate, I am going to do it because it is worth it to me. Now, UWM isn't the only lender I use but I prefer them for sure. Most brokers are like me in that. UWM is taking the higher margins and reinvesting in itself to continue to get better. Now.... as rates increase what will happen? Many crappy lenders are going to be in trouble. If they have retail and wholesale, they may close up wholesale operations as no one uses them. Some will fail completely. More than a few will sell out. As volume decreases, UWM will lower their rates (before rates went down they did the same thing) and become a leader in rates as well as being the best in everything else. In the previous increasing rate environment, their volume and market share increased. That will continue as rates increase moving forward. 

Stock price is forward looking as much as it tries to be... and in this case, those who do not understand the industry and company expect that their volume will decrease as the loans decrease thus less profits. I do not believe that will be the case. Their volume will increase and they will show dominance against other lenders who's volume decreases and they struggle. 

A well known and respected guy in the broker community who established the broker professional association pretty much nailed it when he posted in a broker FB group recently "I just bought 1,000 shares of UWM. What will I do if the price falls further? Buy more." I am following suit. 

Yes, this was the short version of the reply. 
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Thanks for the reply.  In for more AH at $7.57.  Chasing this to Zero.

 
Chadstroma said:
UWM knows it is top of the line and so what they have done is raised their rates. They are NEVER the lowest rates right now when we do our shopping
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What the hell Chad?  I wanted the lowest rate?!?!?  :lol:  

I'm obviously kidding and I was really surprised at how fast you and UWM were able to close my loan :thumbup:

 
Steeler said:
What the hell Chad?  I wanted the lowest rate?!?!?  :lol:  

I'm obviously kidding and I was really surprised at how fast you and UWM were able to close my loan :thumbup:
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I cut my commission to get you there bud. Sacrifice our commission to make things not a living nightmare hell for 2 months for you. You know the whole "we are doing this this way and it is all complicated" talk?  :D

 
Hardly anything on the market in our area. Goes immediately. Guessing we will get multiple offers on our home this summer when we sell in the Nashville suburbs. 

 
flapgreen said:
Hardly anything on the market in our area. Goes immediately. Guessing we will get multiple offers on our home this summer when we sell in the Nashville suburbs. 
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Lot's of memes in the realtor/lender circles about "How high should we go above asking price?" And there is a picture of Snoop Dog or Willie Nelson. 

 
Trying to decide whether to refi or aggressively just pay it off over the next 12-24 months or invest it. My plan would be to pay extra $1000/week til paid off.

Almost 10 years (in July) into 30 year FHA loan (4.625%). No mortgage insurance. Have ~65k left to pay on it (home value 300-350k...not sure if this matters but everytime I look at refi rates it asks for it). Phoenix area. Mortgage is through Chase.

My sister told me to refi it and invest instead as returns would be greater. I do already max out Roth/HSA. Deferred comp is option with employer. I hate debt and just want to be done with it. I really don't want to just throw several thousand at just refinancing.

Any advice? Thanks for any help!

 
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Bears_Man2 said:
Trying to decide whether to refi or aggressively just pay it off over the next 12-24 months or invest it. My plan would be to pay extra $1000/week til paid off.

Almost 10 years (in July) into 30 year FHA loan (4.625%). No mortgage insurance. Have ~65k left to pay on it (home value 300-350k...not sure if this matters but everytime I look at refi rates it asks for it). Phoenix area. Mortgage is through Chase.

My sister told me to refi it and invest instead as returns would be greater. I do already max out Roth/HSA. Deferred comp is option with employer. I hate debt and just want to be done with it. I really don't want to just throw several thousand at just refinancing.

Any advice?
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You could refi that into a 10 year loan greatly lower your rate (we saw some improvement today after a couple of bloody weeks, rates are volatile) mid to upper 2's. Should take your payment down to low to mid $600 range. Throw the difference of that $1K plus the difference in your current payment into an investment account. Over the next to years if you do not get at least a 3% return then you REALLY suck at investing.

That is what I would do. Leverage the cost of the $65K into a very low rate and get a better return on your money. I don't pay a penny more on my mortgage. It just doesn't make sense when you are talking about it costing you in the 2's. My money can work more/better for me elsewhere. 

But there is always a 'sleep well at night' factor that isn't all about what makes sense by numbers. If you REALLY can't handle debt and it REALLY bothers you even if you know you are in the end going to have more money than if you paid it off then decide.... does it bother you enough to give up the likely gains you would get by doing it? If so then you could potentially look to refi and see if the break even point ends up helping you pay off faster and save money if not then you could go with your plan of paying off with extra principal payments. 

If you want, I got an AZ guy that would take care of it for you. Just let me know. 

 
fruity pebbles said:
What are you seeing 30 year rates at right now? 
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I really hate that question (no offense to you) because it really is impossible to answer since there are so many variables involved... loan type, loan purpose, LTV, loan balance, property type, zip code, credit score, etc...

I mean, I was pricing one client out last night.... one thing changed her options from 3.375% to 4.5% (the type of her current loan was what made the difference).... granted she had less than good credit. 

Prob high 2's thru mid 3's for most people right now.

 
Chadstroma said:
You could refi that into a 10 year loan greatly lower your rate (we saw some improvement today after a couple of bloody weeks, rates are volatile) mid to upper 2's. Should take your payment down to low to mid $600 range. Throw the difference of that $1K plus the difference in your current payment into an investment account. Over the next to years if you do not get at least a 3% return then you REALLY suck at investing.

That is what I would do. Leverage the cost of the $65K into a very low rate and get a better return on your money. I don't pay a penny more on my mortgage. It just doesn't make sense when you are talking about it costing you in the 2's. My money can work more/better for me elsewhere. 

But there is always a 'sleep well at night' factor that isn't all about what makes sense by numbers. If you REALLY can't handle debt and it REALLY bothers you even if you know you are in the end going to have more money than if you paid it off then decide.... does it bother you enough to give up the likely gains you would get by doing it? If so then you could potentially look to refi and see if the break even point ends up helping you pay off faster and save money if not then you could go with your plan of paying off with extra principal payments. 

If you want, I got an AZ guy that would take care of it for you. Just let me know. 
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Thanks Chad. PM sent.

 
A few things that people interested in mortgages will want to know...

  • Rates have gone up dramatically, they have come back down a tad. I have heard that 70% of current mortgage loans could STILL refinance with where rates are currently and save money. That is a lot but as I have said, my expectation is that rates will be overall heading up over time here. So, now is the time if you haven't yet refinanced. Also, the people you know and care about that maybe are not financially savvy... get them on board with a refi (even more so if they are in a state I can help in... hint hint)
  • New underwriting from Fannie and Freddie coming out March 13th. Nothing huge or drastic but the underwriting will get tighter. Expecting about 1% less approvals than with the current models. 
  • Rumor mill on the FHA mortgage insurance is that it may end up getting reduced. The rumor is based on Obama era plans to refused it by 25 bps but that was killed under the Trump administration and now growing expectation that the Biden administration will go back to what Obama was looking to do or even more. That will be kind of funny because of the FHFA allowance for Fannie and Freddie to charge 50 bps on refinances currently for an 'adverse market' and then have FHA charge less on MI. 
 
Oh and if you know a lender... give them a hug. The new URLA is out and pretty much everyone has to use it now.... and it sucks to put it nicely. 

 
Very pumped up now. If you have followed my posts in here you may remember that one of the things I am somewhat passionate about is my dislike of Quicken/Rocket. Mat Ishbia came out today and announced a few things and in it told brokers that they must choose.... either them or Quicken/Rocket and Fairway. Most brokers will choose UWM and drop Rocket and Fairway versus drop UWM. The gauntlet has been dropped! 

Also, remember when I explained that UWMC would dominate as rates increased? Today is a great example of that. They announced that they will be lowering their rates dramatically, added a competitive jumbo product, teased more tech in the future as well. So, what does that means for consumers? Well, UWM is a huge force and is superior in technology, speed, and ease over other lenders. Most lenders try to price themselves lower than UWM in order to get business from brokers because it is just not worth it to send to most other lenders otherwise. So, the entire channel will see some dramatic price improvements as other lenders follow suit and cut their margins. This is good news for brokers and consumers! 

I am kind of pumped up now. 

 
I would love to get some feedback... 

I am seriously considering adding Financial Coaching services to what I do. I would remain a Mortgage Broker and in fact will be enrolling in insurance classes soon to add doing Insurance Brokering. Both mortgage and insurance will be working for companies as a W2 employee. The Financial Coaching would be starting my own company. 

For those here in this thread you have been exposed to my advice and coaching. Honestly, the feedback and kudos from my fellow FBG's has been a driving force for me to consider this. 

Some further info on me. Obviously I am a Mortgage Broker, I have been in banking, financial services, lending etc for 20+ years. As is my nature, I have gone above and beyond to understand and learn more than the training given to me or what others in my positions in the past typically know. I would give myself an expert rating in mortgage and equity lending, banking, credit scores/repair, and general personal finance. I am well acquainted with investing. I am more knowledgeable than your average person for insurance. That knowledge base will greatly increase as I begin the process to get licensed. 

My general thinking currently is to focus on first time homebuyers in credit and generally preparing to buy their home as the niche but offer general financial coaching as well. 

I am not really sure what I am looking for in this post. I know many of you are smart (all except Bronco and Chief fans that is), some are business owners, insightful, knowledgeable etc. It is a great group of people who have a lot to offer. Anything helpful is much appreciated. Thoughts, feedback, advice, constructive criticism, pleas to not do it or whatever else. Thanks for anything helpful!

 
Closed my refi on Friday, happened to be with UWMC. 2.375% for 15 with a nice credit that covered most of the closing costs. Only took 2.5 weeks so it was pretty easy. Biggest PIA is that my wife works for a very large company who has a dedicated number/way to download verification, but they wanted the company to send an email or fax. Not sure how a huge lender and my wife’s company never crossed paths (they had to have many times) and I also sent in updated pay stubs which happened to be from the day before we sent the automated verification wity the phone number on it. Since we have over 60% equity they just ignored my wife’s income, but it was beyond stupid. If you didn’t need my wife’s income, why was the verification so hard even though we had everything in place. Broker was extremely on top of things but I feel like common sense went out the window, almost like they couldn’t go out of the box or wouldn’t stay on the phone number long enough to get verification.

Oh well, it was really fast and it’ll be nice paying a ton less interest a month. I am not sure when our move from here will be (5-10 likely), but at around 5 years we’ll have paid an extra $27k and reduced the principal by $47k. The longer we stay obviously the more we save, but I’ll take the almost 75% return for a couple of hours of our time. Should have done it months ago.

 
Chadstroma said:
I would love to get some feedback... 

I am seriously considering adding Financial Coaching services to what I do. I would remain a Mortgage Broker and in fact will be enrolling in insurance classes soon to add doing Insurance Brokering. Both mortgage and insurance will be working for companies as a W2 employee. The Financial Coaching would be starting my own company. 

For those here in this thread you have been exposed to my advice and coaching. Honestly, the feedback and kudos from my fellow FBG's has been a driving force for me to consider this. 

Some further info on me. Obviously I am a Mortgage Broker, I have been in banking, financial services, lending etc for 20+ years. As is my nature, I have gone above and beyond to understand and learn more than the training given to me or what others in my positions in the past typically know. I would give myself an expert rating in mortgage and equity lending, banking, credit scores/repair, and general personal finance. I am well acquainted with investing. I am more knowledgeable than your average person for insurance. That knowledge base will greatly increase as I begin the process to get licensed. 

My general thinking currently is to focus on first time homebuyers in credit and generally preparing to buy their home as the niche but offer general financial coaching as well. 

I am not really sure what I am looking for in this post. I know many of you are smart (all except Bronco and Chief fans that is), some are business owners, insightful, knowledgeable etc. It is a great group of people who have a lot to offer. Anything helpful is much appreciated. Thoughts, feedback, advice, constructive criticism, pleas to not do it or whatever else. Thanks for anything helpful!
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While I think there is a strong need for the financial coaching portion, many consumers won't want to pay for that service.  They think they should get it for free assuming that you're also doing their mortgage.

I think it would be better to branch out into insurance brokerage.  There's likely a strong desire for a number of products: life, long-term disability, and long-term care.  As Gen-X sees their parents in retirement and the issues with long-term care, I think that's a growth market for sure. 

 
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Closed my refi on Friday, happened to be with UWMC. 2.375% for 15 with a nice credit that covered most of the closing costs. Only took 2.5 weeks so it was pretty easy. Biggest PIA is that my wife works for a very large company who has a dedicated number/way to download verification, but they wanted the company to send an email or fax. Not sure how a huge lender and my wife’s company never crossed paths (they had to have many times) and I also sent in updated pay stubs which happened to be from the day before we sent the automated verification wity the phone number on it. Since we have over 60% equity they just ignored my wife’s income, but it was beyond stupid. If you didn’t need my wife’s income, why was the verification so hard even though we had everything in place. Broker was extremely on top of things but I feel like common sense went out the window, almost like they couldn’t go out of the box or wouldn’t stay on the phone number long enough to get verification.

Oh well, it was really fast and it’ll be nice paying a ton less interest a month. I am not sure when our move from here will be (5-10 likely), but at around 5 years we’ll have paid an extra $27k and reduced the principal by $47k. The longer we stay obviously the more we save, but I’ll take the almost 75% return for a couple of hours of our time. Should have done it months ago.
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The VVOE (Verbal Verification of Employment) is the only PIA thing about UWM right now. It is a COVID overlay and it use to be even more of a nightmare because it was to be done on the day of closing. They changed it to be within striking distance to closing date but it is still something that for more than a couple of loans I have to work with the borrower to figure out a way to get the info they want in the way they want it done. On one end, I understand the protections they have in place on it but on the other end it is not unusual for it to be a big PIA for the client and broker. 

 
The Z Machine said:
While I think there is a strong need for the financial coaching portion, many consumers won't want to pay for that service.  They think they should get it for free assuming that you're also doing their mortgage.

I think it would be better to branch out into insurance brokerage.  There's likely a strong desire for a number of products: life, long-term disability, and long-term care.  As Gen-X sees their parents in retirement and the issues with long-term care, I think that's a growth market for sure. 
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I am adding the insurance brokering for sure. 

The interesting thing is that I use to basically think like you where I didn't think it would be something to monetize. Here is some things that made me reconsider that.

Most LO's don't mess with putting time and effort in helping people get ready for a mortgage. They basically tell them "your credit needs to be XXX, come back when you get it there" or otherwise quickly move on. Why? Because you put all this time and effort into helping someone and then they hear about some DPA program or a family member tells them to go somewhere else or they think they are getting a better deal somewhere else for some reason and the hours of time you put into helping them means nothing to them. All of those are real examples that have happened to me- regardless of whether I can actually help them better or not, they think they are getting something better/more elsewhere. Whether broker or LO, anyone that does go above and beyond has been burnt. On top of that, people that need the help may or may not actually do what you tell them to do to get ready. So, even if they are committed to using you, they may never get there because they are not really committed to it. Someone paying for a service to get there is likely at a higher level of commitment. 

I help a lot of people that I am not licensed in states for and I get nothing for it. I do enjoy helping people but I also need to be fair to my family and respect my time since I am not independently wealthy. I have to just turn people down who ask for more help because my time is my money. If they want further help, they can pay for that and I can serve them.

I have an email that I put together to help my clients get ready for a loan without spending a ton of time with them. I often send that to people who I have no opportunity to do a loan for (in a state I am not licensed in). One of the guys I did reached back out and asked if I could spend time with him to go over everything specifically and offered to pay me. I said that I didn't normally do that but it sounded like something I could agree to and asked him what he thought was fair. He said $100 and I agreed. He sent me his credit report and I reviewed it and then we had a phone conversation to go over everything and give him a specific game plan on what he needed to do. It all took less than an hour of my time to do. (My first paying client)

People literally pay hundreds of dollars for the Dave Ramsey crap. I mean, hundreds of dollars to have someone say "Don't spend money and don't use debt" and along the way give poor advice in other areas. Obviously I don't have the Dave Ramsey brand/name and I am not about to pay thousands to be one of his pep's but that is evidence there is a market for this.

I ended up coming across a Financial Coach and he agreed to jump on a call for us to talk about it. He actually has his niche doing basically the same as I was thinking of doing. He just started and is doing it part time but he is bringing in business. 

Finally, I have a FB group that is centered around Credit Scores/Repair. It has a little over 300 people in it right now (I hadn't been trying to grow it much until recently) and I threw up a poll last night when I also posted in here. Simple question: If I were to offer Financial Coaching services would you be interested? Two options: Yes! Where do I sign up? and No thank you. It currently shows 65 reached and 19 have answered Yes! (no one said no but I wasn't really expecting anyone to- lol) Now, not sure who many of those 19 would really sign up when it came to actually paying money but that is a pretty good response I think. 

So, that is all why I am thinking there is some business here. I further thought of the potential to tap into my broker contacts across the country where I see some opportunity to have this become my main business, maybe even eventually stop lending but for now it would be a minor part of what I do unless/until it grew to be the primary source of income. Who knows. 

:hijacked:  maybe I should start another post?

 
Mortgage Rate wise.... I am amending what I have previously said in terms of forecasting where rates are going. 

The reopening of the economy, another massive stimulus bill, raising gas rates, etc all are and will be big inflationary pressures. The 10 year yield will raise greatly. 

Rates may increase significantly through the year more so than I was previously thinking. 

70% of mortgages, from data, suggest there are still refinance opportunities to be beneficial for the homeowner. If you or someone you know is in that 70%, you need to act now. I don't see any benefit in waiting. 

 
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