EPM’s Latest Blog Articles
The Competitive Advantage
A common misconception with the adage “If you’re not growing, you’re dying” is that growth is the ultimate goal. To be bigger and better than the...
Referring Borrowers to Home Professionals
How to Build Referral Relationships with Vendors Who Help Your Borrowers After Closing When you refer borrowers to home professionals, it makes...
EPM Building with Trust and Transparency with Better Communication
Everything we do is about strengthening our relationship with our customers, partners, and community. Building better trust and inclusion from...
The Present and Future of The Mortgage Industry
We recognize the other people and organizations out here living the virtue of empowering people, employing a holistic approach to leadership, and...
Leave it Better than We Found It: Leadership with Responsibility to Our Future
Leadership success and satisfaction come with a pay-it-forward mindset. At one point, today’s leaders were the future. Somebody paved the way for...
Protecting Your Finances During Uncertain Economic Times
Given the economic downturn, it's no surprise that people are facing cutbacks in hours, pay, and jobs, not to mention the higher prices for goods...
Why Work-Life Balance May Be an Impossible Dream
How to move away from a preconceived notion of work-life balance to find what really works. Work-life balance is a term we often hear tossed around,...
Keep Up with the Market
When rates are on an upward trend, getting mortgages processed and rates locked is essential. Although homeowners may not be refinancing to lower...
Keeping Our Teams Engaged with a Positive Perspective of the Future
Engagement is the most important part of growing our culture in the organization. The industry is in flux, allowing us to have a mental reset. We...
Helping Self-Employed and Gig Workers Get Mortgages
Many self-employed and gig workers avoid buying a home — or refinancing the home they already own — because they believe it is harder to get...
Playing the Long Game in the Housing Industry
Life is a leadership culture acted out in different ways. Those who thrive are those that can set goals and live a mission vision that reaches for...
Answering Potential Borrower Questions
When your business is booming, it can be hard to take time from serving your current borrowers to help tire kickers and those curious about why they...