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Dr. Andy Schell, Ph.D. - The Profit DoctorTM

The earth is flat. Unclosed loan value?
https://loan-vision.com/resources/blog/the-earth-is-flat-our-industry-values-unclosed-loans-more-than-closed-loans/ By Andy Greer, CPA...
Hedging Explained: by Trading Places
In the 1983 movie Trading Places, Louis Winthrope (Aykroyd) and Billy Ray Valentine (Murphy) attempt to “get rich quick” while at the...
Creating Leaders - Business Planning
By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...


Creating Leaders - Emotional Intelligence
By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...
Creating Leaders - Critical Decision Theory
By Dr. Andy Schell, The skills of a successful Leader are known based on decades of research. Great leaders have a common set of skills...
Creating Leaders - The Coach
Creating a Leader is a known process that can be replicated.
10 Steps to Launch Hedging
Best Efforts and TBA-MBS short protect IRLC Historically, TBA-MBS increases gain by 30bp to 60bp depending on market and product When...
Mortgage Servicing - Overview
Servicing is one of the most profitable and complex areas of mortgage activity
The Culture Time Bomb
Culture is formed from the behavior among employees.
Mortgage lenders frequently accept unhealthy behavior in favor of volume.
How to Select a LOS
Selecting a loan origination system (LOS) is a 5-year decision that should be based on a system gap analysis.
The Mini-Corr's Fallacy
A Broker that has a mini-corr loan may have created an escrow funds regulatory violation.
CEO's Guide to Hedging
Understanding the Blackbox of Margin Preservation When rates go up, the value of the pipeline and warehouse goes down. The reason there...
CFO's Guide to Hedging
A CFO knows that mortgage lenders are exposed to interest rate risk. A CFO knows that as rates rise, the gain on sale falls and the...
How to Hire an Advisor
Nobody knows everything, so, it's ok to ask for help to accomplish specialized tasks. Watch the Video of Dr. Schell explaining this...
CFPB CMS Requirement -
A compliance management system's (CMS) purpose is to ensure all federal consumer financial protection laws are followed.
Predictable Profitability
The goal of Dr. Schell's MBS Financial Services is to improve the bottom-line results for our clients, so they achieve sustainable...
Growth Steps of a Mortgage Banker
A mortgage broker may want to become a mortgage banker. Dr. Schell and the MBS team created a resource that might help you assess your...
Functions of a Mortgage Bank
Each mortgage lender is a mortgage factory that is subject to a long list of regulatory requirements. Every mortgage application that is...
Mortgage Accounting Basics
Accounting is complicated, and the mortgage lending process is complicated, which means that mortgage accounting is complicated. In many...
IRLC Supplement 12-31-20
Although this article was originally released at the end of 2020 to address the tremendous market volatility during 2020, the principles...
How to Design a Strategic Plan
By Dr. Andy Schell, CPA All Rights Reserved, © Copyright 2021 OUTLINE What is Strategy? Why have a Strategy? Strategic Plan Components...
Hedging, Fair Value, & the IRLC
Every mortgage lender experiences market risk.
The interest rate environment is continuously moving up and down. Each rate movement impact
Does Leadership Create Success?
Leader, Manager, and Coach
A discussion of leadership is often over-analyzed and misunderstood.
Mortgage Pipeline Hedging
Market risk is a reality in any mortgage banking operation resulting from fluctuations in interest rates. Fluctuations in interest rates...
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