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Income & Earnings

Covers all income types and best practices for calculating and verifying borrower income accurately.

Income Defects

ACES reports income errors lead loan defect reasons 11th straight quarter When I write a blog headline, I try to balance the blog name between informative and relevant to give

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Freddie Mac Bulletin 2022-18

Freddie Mac Bulletin 2022-18

Freddie Mac Bulletin 2022-18 offers new method of income calculations for 1099 borrowers. The United States is looking at earning income much differently than it did just a decade ago. 

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Mortgage Letter 2022-09

FHA Mortgagee Letter 2022-09

FHA has recently amended their guidelines to allow more flexibility to calculate income for borrowers whose variable income was affected by the COVID 19 pandemic as announced in mortgagee letter

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mortgage liquidity test

How to complete a liquidity test

When completing income analysis for self employed borrowers there are a few key steps that must be followed.  A liquidity test must be performed before your borrower can use self

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K-1 Income Self Employed

K-1 Income For Self Employed

Calculating K-1 income for self employed K-1 income for self-employed borrowers is one of the most common questions we receive. We understand—it’s complicated. As mortgage professionals, we aren’t tax experts,

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Crazy Year To Date Income

When January rolls around we often see encouraging messages, stories, tweets, or other social media posts encouraging us as we cross into the new year.  A common word I hear

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