In this episode, Stan explores the reasoning for why it can be so difficult to getting the mortgage process started. He looks at his own life and sees correlation between his starts and stops and with the mortgage process. For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

How does the Fed and the economy affect mortgages? Learn how all 3 work together in this edition of Mortgages behind the curtain.For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

In this episode, Stan Hook breaks down the importance of having Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae in the mortgage world and how valuable they still are. For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

These days houses are being bought up faster than ever. Do you have what it takes to be a successful buyer? It all starts at the mortgage level and that's where Stan comes in. He'll break down what it takes to get the house that you want—what are your "must haves" vs your "I could live without it."For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage...

Buying a home when you are self-employed is completely different from if you are a W-2. Mortgage broker Stan Hook breaks down what is needed when you are looking at purchasing a home and you're self employed. For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

In this episode, Stan breaks down the alternatives to mortgage insurance. He discusses the other options you have to insuring your home while not using mortgage insurance. Another discovery from behind the curtain! For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

In this episode, Stan breaks down why mortgage insurance isn't always the worst thing in the world. People assume that you should always try to get around mortgage insurance, but Stan breaks down how that isn't always accurate. You have to break down the pros and cons of it. For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

In this podcast, Stan reflects back to previous years in the mortgage business to project what he sees moving forward in 2021. Through his multiple decades in the mortgage world, Stan has seen the ups and the down. Learn what he thinks 2021 will hold.For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”

Confessing your Life and then some. All of these are real loan experiences, some the loan survived, other the loan ended right then and there and was not able to be completed. In this week's podcast, Stan explores the following:Lenders find out more about you than you know about yourselfWhen meeting with a lender, consider who you include in the meeting as the questions will get personal. You will be an open book.Credit report will pull up any name from the past (maiden, past married name, ak...

In this week's episode, Stan shares a story, one of his favorites, of a success story from his clients (the names have been changed to protect the innocent). Follow along with Stan as he discusses mortgages behind the curtain.For more information, contact Stan Hook at:[email protected] License #01150424 NMLS #287118“Licensed by the Department of Corporations under the California Residential Mortgage Lending Act.”