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Income & Earnings

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

Luquidity Tests for SE borrowers

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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Confused on Distrabutions

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 High YTD Calcs

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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NewJobIncome

New Job Income

Working in the mortgage business means you get a little more involved in your clients life then the typical financial transaction. Speaking for myself, that is an enjoyable part of

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ZONE OF CONFUSION BLOG

Zone of confusion

Most of us have yearly traditions, for example I completed my second year of spending New Years Eve in Florida versus good old snowy Michigan!  Although this is a new

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Employment offers and contracts

Employment offers and contracts

When I read LinkedIn from time to time, I have seen some funny memes on why people’s loans have died during the underwriting process.  You know the culprits such as

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RSU Graphic Part 1

Restricted Stock Units (RSU)

I was at a compliance conference a few weeks back in Pontiac, Michigan, it was a great event put on by FIC Conferences.  I had a question come up about

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