In-house servicing requires infrastructure, relationships, and technology, but its rewards can outpace the risk. Many lenders have chosen to outsource their servicing function in an ever-complex lending environment. Maintaining your servicing function in-house, however, has many benefits and risks that must be managed carefully and cohesively to ensure a fluid relationship between the lender and [...]
Lenders who have a comprehensive understanding of their costs can strategically position themselves in the market and leverage their knowledge to create a better profit margin. In the intricate world of mortgage lending—regardless of forward, reverse, or private lending—understanding the costs associated with producing a loan is crucial. Such knowledge is necessary for mortgage origination [...]
Business process automation (BPA) can help businesses streamline their operations, enhance efficiency, and reduce human intervention in repetitive tasks. But which parts of your business should you automate—and how? rivate lenders deal with complex processes ranging from loan origination, underwriting, risk assessment, and document management to compliance and security. Despite the complexities of the industry, [...]
For both lenders and borrowers, all aspects of loan servicing are critical for success—from initial contact to loan repayment. Running a successful private lending company means working with borrowers to try to meet expectations about the performance of their loans. That requires planning for mutual success. Anyone selling and servicing loans knows that offering the [...]
Other Articles in this Series: Part 1 of a 6-part series: The Very Last Nail Part 2 of a 6-part series: Cover Your Asset Part 3 of a 6-part series: The Foreclosure Process Part 4 of a 6-part series: Strategies for Loss Mitigation and REO Disposition Part 5 of a 6-part series: Turning Property [...]
Other Articles in this Series: Part 1 of a 6-part series: The Very Last Nail Part 2 of a 6-part series: Cover Your Asset Part 3 of a 6-part series: The Foreclosure Process Part 4 of a 6-part series: Strategies for Loss Mitigation and REO Disposition Part 5 of a 6-part series: Turning Property [...]
How to minimize defaults on your investment. When you invest your money, in most cases, you relinquish a certain amount of control over what happens to it. If you’re invested in the stock market, for example, you are at the mercy of innumerable economic factors and capricious faceless investors. But, what if you could [...]
Opportunity or Minefield for Lenders? Borrowers, especially millennials, love peer-to-peer payment apps. Apps such as PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, amongst others, eliminate the hassle of writing checks. With the proliferation of their use, private and institutional lenders are wondering if they should indulge their borrowers and start accepting payments from these apps? The short answer is [...]
Discover how it can reduce stress and offer advantages. Loan servicing has helped take the stress out of lending and has opened the door for those who may have otherwise been apprehensive about entering the space. In many ways, concerns about originating loans mirror those of putting alternative assets to work in a self-directed retirement [...]
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