MLO License Renewal In California. Top 10 Questions & Answers MLOs Should Know About CE, Renewals & Staying Active
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Why the Initials ARM Are Important to You
Another outstanding article by Jonathan Lansner, an award-winning business columnist for the informative Southern California News Group. I read him in the Orange County Register. You can also read Jonathan in the LA Daily News (known to Boomers as the Green Sheet), Press-Enterprise, The Sun, Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Press- Telegram, Pasadena Star-News, […]
TRIGGER LEADS BILL PASSES CONGRESS An Alert for All Real Estate Professionals, Including Agents
Jim Eszlinger of First California Lending is a most valued instructor for DGE. He has been teaching MLO CE courses since the beginning in 2010. Our students love him, and so does our staff. When he speaks, I listen. Jim recently sent me an alert about an important new congressional Bill, HR 2808. His email […]
MLO License 8 Hour Continuing Education Course Schedule
September 4th, 2025 MLO License 8-hour Continuing Education Comprehensive Course Schedule Live Webinar & In-Person Options Available Call: 800-439-4909 or Visit www.DuaneGomer.com Thursday, September 11 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Live 8-Hour MLO Continuing Education Comprehensive Seminar Presented at: San Mateo Co. Assoc. of REALTORS 850 Woodside […]
Cameras in MLO Webinars
This change is effective June 6th so I am reposting a post from our email on December 7, 2021. The NMLS did come out with a couple more rules for students. They said that you must have a camera that shows you from your shoulders up. You might want to consider your dress code because people […]
I Meet The Nicest People : Don Currie
For many years I have been writing a series, I Meet The Nicest People. Today, I’m pleased to highlight Don Currie, Co-Founder and President of HighTechLending of Irvine, CA. He is definitely one of the nicest.Don Currie and Erika Macias established HighTech in 2007 after many years of experience at Impac Lending. With over 100 originators, 200 staff, […]
DRE and DFPI Alert on MLO Licensees
The Cost of Some Choices The DRE sent us an alert last week about a serious problem with some MLO Licensees. It seems that they made arrangements with an Education Company to give them completion certificates without doing any work, any tests, anything. An investigation has been brewing for a long time and the two […]
CFPB Releases Report Detailing Complaints Against Big Three Credit Bureaus
Complaints One of the big responsibilities of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is to hear complaints from consumers. In the 21 months ending September 2021 they heard over 700,000 complaints against Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. This is 50% of all complaints received. Obviously consumers are not satisfied with the trio. In 2021 those companies reported […]
Jeff Lazerson
Mortgage Grader Jeff Lazerson is a friend, a student of Duane Gomer Education, a very active Mortgage Originator, and a columnist in our local Orange County Register plus 10 other newspapers in Southern California. He is an outstanding writer both from style and content. Periodically, I believe that his columns should be read by any […]
New Loan Limits For 2022
2022 Conforming Loan Limits The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Conforming Loan Limits for California have a new high of $970,800 for one-units in ten counties. The other 48 counties vary from $647,200 to $897,000 for Napa. Two-unit maximum is $1,243,050, three-unit is $1,502,475 and four-unit is $1,867,275. The highest limit for 2021 was $822,375 […]