Fourth Annual Texas Mortgage Broker Holiday Networking Party

8:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
Outside Galleria 1-2-3
9:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
"Prisoners of Debt: Credit Scoring Strategies to Reform Bad Loans and Prosper Through the Credit Crunch"
Galleria 1-2-3
Welcome by Edmund Buckley, TAMB President
Featured Speaker: Edward Jamison, Credit CRM/Jamison Law Group PC
Presented by Credit CRM • Party Host

In this presentation you’ll learn:

How to combat the recent changes to credit scores and how to use these changes to your advantage;

Never-before-revealed secrets on how to increase credit scores 40 points in 45 days;

From Trigger Leads to Tri-Merges: Learn what the credit bureaus have in store for the future and how to avoid becoming "The Big Three’s Collateral Damage;"

How the credit score is calculated from a big picture viewpoint; and

Learn how the bureaus new FICO Fighter, "The Vantage Score," is calculated and be an expert on the score before everyone else.

This is one credit scoring event you cannot afford to miss. See Edward Jamison at the top of his game at a time when credit scoring and the credit bureaus are bigger than ever. The things you will learn are guaranteed to stay with you for years to come.

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
"Mortgage Broker Introductory Investment Tools Seminar"
Galleria 1-2-3
Introduction by Edmund Buckley, TAMB President and Russell T. Sickmen, CEO, The Mortgage Press
Featured Speaker: Steven Andrus, Director of Investools
Presented by Investools • Party Host

This seminar will help Mortgage Brokers and their loan officers serve as mortgage planners and advisors with an introductory understanding of:

Investing in securities;

Searching for securities;

Industry group analysis including housing and financial sectors;

Fundamental and technical analysis;

Buying and selling securities; and

Portfolio management for the modern investor.

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Complimentary Networking Luncheon
Grand Atrium
Presented by Investools • Party Host

1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #1: "Mortgage Brokers: Dead or Alive in 2008?"
Galleria 1
Featured Speakers: Harry Dinham, NAMB & TAMB Past President; Jim Pair NAMB Vice President; and Everett Ives, TAMB Legislative Committee Co-Chair

Learn about national and state legislation that could put you out of business in 2008.

1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #2: "Learn How to Market, Sell and Close More Construction Loans!"
Galleria 2
Featured Speaker: James Minarsich, Marketing Manager, Bismark Mortgage Company
Presented by Bismark Mortgage Company • Party Host

Learn the secrets of top Mortgage Brokers around the country;

Marketing ideas for residential property; and

Discover how to turn one construction loan into five with these easy to use techniques.

1:45 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #3: "Champagne Marketing on a Beer Budget"
Galleria 3
Featured Speaker: Mark Green, Top of Mind Networks
Presented by Top of Mind Networks (Party Host) & EasyLoan Websites

In this seminar, you will learn low-to-no cost ways to:

Reconnect with borrowers of ages past;

Generate new loan applications from your existing contact database;

Impress potential referral sources such as real estate agents and financial planners;

Use the Internet to build a sphere of influence and drive new business; and

Easily implement these techniques that are guaranteed to help you fill your pipeline.

3:15 p.m-3:30 p.m.
Break

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #1: "Small Commercial Lending for the Residential Broker"
Galleria 1
Featured Speaker: Art "Ski" Swiatkowski, NAMB Certified Commercial Instructor
Presented by InterBay Funding LLC • Party Host

In this seminar, you will learn:

The critical ingredient of a commercial mortgage loan;

The differences between residential mortgage loans and commercial mortgage loans;

The best way to enter the commercial lending side of the mortgage industry;

The important aspects of the commercial appraisal;

Inexpensive ways to locate commercial loan prospects;

The funding sources available and what type of transactions they look for; and

Which properties are the easiest to get funding for and which are the hardest.

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #2: "Grow Your Business in a Tough Market Using Calyx Point"
Galleria 2
Featured Speaker: Rick Roque, National Sales Manager, Calyx Software
Presented by Calyx Software • Party Host

Learn how to do the following while using only Calyx Point:

Add more value to client relationships;

Position yourself above the competition;

Reach more clients and prospects with automated marketing;

Fill and manage your pipeline with qualified leads;

Ultimately build more relationships that lead to closing more loans; and

10 features in Point that will assist in your efficiency, compliance and audit.

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Seminar #3: "Marketing through Mentoring"
Galleria 3 Featured Speakers: Russell Gray, Co-Host of The Real Estate Guys Radio and TV Shows and Paul Donohue, Mortgage Industry Trainer
Presented by MPTN–Mortgage Professional Training Network • Party Host

In this seminar, you will learn:

How to use mentoring to develop clients for life;

Which knowledge matters the most in the information age;

How to use the power of media and third-party endorsement to win clients;

Uncovering often overlooked sources of business and referrals;

How to use focus and motivation to build relationships, get more referrals and do more business; and

Where to find the biggest and best ideas to grow your business in any market.

5:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Registration Open for the Fourth Annual Texas Mortgage Broker Holiday Networking Party
Outside the Grand Ballroom in the Grand Atrium