How To Run Your Loan Officer Business
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How to Successfully Run Your Loan Officer Business
Summary:
Learn how to take control of your loan officer business and boost your success by setting boundaries and standing out in the industry.Introduction:
Are you running your career, or is your career running you? For many loan officers, the job takes charge, often encroaching on evenings and weekends. Even when you’re home, thoughts about upcoming tasks and ensuring loans don’t fall through can be overwhelming. It's not only about how much money you make but how you make it. Here's how to regain control and achieve the work-life balance you desire.Setting the Stage:
Your Business, Your Rules
A business should serve you, not the other way around. Did you start this career to earn money and have more freedom? Yet, many find themselves working around the clock, often sacrificing family time and vacations. Look at banks?"they're closed on weekends. Why are you available when the bank isn't?If you’re familiar with this cycle, it's time to restructure your business according to the guidance in "The E-Myth Revisited." Don't just run a business?"build the business you want to manage.
Defining Success:
Lester Nathan, a consultant, defines financial freedom as the ability to manage your business on your terms while still enjoying consistent income. Consider where you are in the stages of professional growth:- Survival: Barely meeting basic expenses
- Subsistence: Covering needs but not much else
- Comfort: Enjoying a middle-class lifestyle
- Prosperous: Doing well financially
- Abundance: Exceeding your needs
If you’re beyond the survival stage, structure your business to support your lifestyle goals. Making a lot of money isn't beneficial if it costs you your health and time.
Balancing Life and Work:
Establishing boundaries is crucial for true success across all life areas. Balance is key: work versus home, professional versus personal life. Here's how to train your clients to respect your time:1. Be Desirable, Not Desperate:
Cultivate a reputation that clients strive for. Rather than being readily available, make clients work to partner with you. Would you choose the financial planner who takes any client, or the one with high standards? Apply this principle to your business.
2. Be the Expert:
Position yourself as the go-to authority on loans. People want to work with the best and are often willing to pay for quality service.
3. Offer Something Unique:
Develop a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) that sets you apart. Uniqueness makes you memorable and enhances client attraction.
4. Work by Appointment:
Create the impression of being busy (even if you’re not). This elevates your desirability. Successful people are often perceived as busy?"align with this perception to attract more business.
When engaging with a bank, clients adhere to bank hours and protocols?"they should do the same with you. You offer loan services just like a bank does, so establish and enforce your boundaries. If some clients don’t respect them, new ones will replace them.
By implementing these strategies, you can take control of your business and ensure it supports the life you want.
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