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Earn Money on Your Website Through Text Link Ads

Earl | April 19, 2020April 23, 2020

More and more advertising options are available nowadays for internet content publishers. If you have a website or a blog that has rich content and a ton of readers, you might want to consider earning money from text link advertising. How does text link advertising work? Basically, as a webmaster or a site owner, you allow advertisers to place their links in your site. The advertisers get visibility, while you, the publisher get revenue.

Several text link advertisement programs are already offered as services in the internet. Technically, they handle the sale of links from the advertisers to the publisher. They cater to both advertisers and publisher, by bridging the gap between them. Advertisers do not need to go through different site owners, while publisher do not need to approach advertisers directly. As a publisher, you just need to register in their program, and incorporate their code into your website.

Here’s a little summary of companies offering text link advertising programs. Note that you don’t have to pay anything to register as a publisher. For the fulfillment of the advertising program, the reviews can be checked through a click here at the site. The registration of the publisher will be important for the programs.

Text Link Ads

Text Link Ads has a pricing algorithm based the amount of traffic your site gets, the theme of the site, and the link popularity. They offer a 50% revenue of each ads sold. Payments are made on a monthly basis either through Paypal or check. They have a minimum payout of $25 for check. They also have an affiliate program that offers $25 if you refer another publisher who registers within 7 days.

LinkWorth

LinkWorth does not only offer text link ads but a lot of different ad options. You can earn up to 70% of the monthly ad revenue they get from advertisers. They have a control center where you can manage all ads you are publishing. Each ad request needs to be approved by the publisher, meaning you can decline an ad that you do not want in your site.

BackLinks.com

The rates they are paying are based on the Page Rank of your website and is ranging from $.50 to $75 per link. The good thing is that for each paid link they sell to an advertiser, you get 100% of the revenue. However, they will display one unpaid link on your site. This is how they get their commission. Payments are offered through Paypal on a monthly basis.

There are still a lot of text link publisher programs being offered on the web. Make sure you choose a program that meets your needs. Take note, however, that not everyone can be approved by these companies to be publisher partners. In most cases, you need to get a higher page rank and more traffic for your site in order to be eligible to join.

Choosing a Texas Deer Hunting Lease

Earl | April 18, 2020April 18, 2020

Ready to hunt deer in the Lone Star State? Texas is home to dozens of options if you’re in the market for a deer hunting lease. The trick, however, is finding one that is appropriate for you. Rather than choosing the first one recommended by a co-worker, it is a better idea to make a list of at least ten potential hunting leases in Texas, then evaluate each one based on a set of your own criteria.

Deer hunting is something of a tradition in my family, and I have hunted a total of 16 deer hunting leases since I was a teenager. Of these, only four met my expectations and I renewed only two leases for subsequent years. This should tell you that all leases are not created equally, so make sure you investigate and research each option before making a decision.

Location

Most of us are busy, and driving eight hours every weekend to a Texas deer hunting lease just isn’t practical. Texas is a big state, which means that you can stay within the borders and still have quite a drive ahead of you. I’ve found that a two- to three-hour drive is about my limit, and it’s been the same for friends and family. To get your money out of a lease, you’ll need to visit nearly every weekend of deer season, and you won’t meet that goal on a faraway lease.

Longevity

The best Texas deer hunting lease is one that has been in operation for several years. The food plots are established, the trails are known to local deer and the rut occurs at approximately the same times and places. Animals like routine almost as much as humans, and you’ll have more luck with an established lease. In my experience, leases that have existed for at least seven years are the safest bets.

Population

In Texas, a deer hunting lease is a business, and owners try to make as much money from their land as possible. When looking for a lease, make sure to ask how many people will be sharing the property. Not only can overcrowding reduce your chances of nailing a deer, but it can also lead to safety concerns when you don’t know how many people are in the woods. If you feel that there are too many lessors on the property, move on.

Condition

You should never sign a deer hunting lease in Texas without first visiting the property. In this state, the weather has an enormous impact on the condition of land, and owners must maintain their property with diligence. Make sure that the ground has not been over-burned in a dry season, and look for adequate food plots for grazing deer. The perimeter of the property should be clearly marked to keep you from accidentally trespassing on neighbors’ hand, and all structures (including blinds) should be in good repair.

Buying a deer hunting lease in Texas is a great idea when you don’t have your own land, but make sure you inspect every aspect of the property and contract before you sign on the dotted line. For deer hunting, there can be check of the rangefinder binoculars reviews for purchasing. The selection of the area for hunting should be done with proper intelligence through the hunters.

How I Cope with My Fear of the Dentist

Earl | April 14, 2020April 15, 2020

I have been going to the dentist regularly all of my life and that’s a long time! All in all, I’ve had three dentists during my lifetime ranging from the one I started with as a child to my present dentist where I live now. During all of those years, only a few little incidents left me a little wary of dentists and so I have to keep asking myself why I am still so afraid of going to those appointments. I get so scared even if it’s just for my regular cleaning appointment and no drills are required! The only time I can remember having any discomfort was during childhood when those huge needles were used to give Novocain and as a scared little kid the dentist practically had to pry my little mouth open which I’m sure didn’t help matters. Then when I was in my twenties I cracked a tooth that required a root canal and a crown in order to fix it. Just those words alone coming out of the dentist’s mouth of what needed to be done made my heart rate go as high as it possibly could without my heart bursting out of my chest. The day came for that appointment and the routine for this back then required a total of three visits until the job was complete. Needless to say, I was literally shaking in my shoes as I sat in the chair for this procedure to begin. Oh boy, lots of Novocain to the rescue. By this time, they must have improved the needles because it didn’t hurt nearly as bad as when I was a child. However, even with the Novocain I felt a little discomfort during the worst part of this root canal, but nothing I couldn’t handle.

As the years went on, I kept going for my twice a year cleanings and the very occasional tiny cavity or filling replacements. Nothing major, right? Well, try telling me that. To me, everything is major when it comes to sitting in that dental chair! Along the way I would always try to find a way to cope with my fear of the dentist and that included listening to relaxation tapes and basically just telling myself that my fear is ridiculous and it’s time to get over it. I also tried deep breathing exercises, but that was very hard to do because as my appointment got closer and closer, I could hardly breathe at all let alone do deep breathing exercises.

A few years ago, a good friend of mine learned of my fear of the dentist and she asked me why I don’t ever get nitrous oxide when I go. She told me how great it is and that she always books her dental appointments for the end of her workday because she enjoys the relaxation effects of the nitrous oxide! Well, in all my years, no dentist ever suggested I have the nitrous oxide and I never asked. I would always ask for lots of Novocain and take it from there. Then I moved to where I am living now and had to find a new dentist. Not only did I get an excellent recommendation from a co-worker, but loved everything about the new dentist and his practice. The fact remained, though, that it was still a dentist and so when I went to him for the first time I was so scared again because a little time had passed since going to my last dentist because of the move to a new state and selling one house and buying another. To start off with, I was too scared to even pick up the phone to make my first appointment. My husband had to do that for me. He also had to drive me to the dentist as I shook so badly. I get in there and meet the dentist and just in talking he sees how nervous I am. Before he went any further or even looked in my mouth he gave me something to calm me down! Then he examined me and said that everything looks fine and set me up for my first cleaning at his office. Then I had to go home and sleep a little due to the pill I had taken to calm me down which was all for nothing. My first cleaning at his office went very well and the hygienist was wonderful. Now I finally feel really good about my new dentist and my fear started to leave more and more. I was so proud of myself for finally being rid of most of the fear. Cleanings came and went without any problems…until a tiny cavity was noticed. Oh no, all of a sudden the old heart rate shot up and fear started creeping back in. They made the appointment for me to come and have that tiny cavity taken care of which was a few days later. Again, I get there and am mad at myself for shaking uncontrollably. This is ridiculous. It’s just a tiny cavity for crying out loud. The dentist comes in and greets me very nicely. He has such a calming voice and manner, but none of that helped. Then my ears heard him ask me if I ever had nitrous oxide before! I said no, but that I had heard good things about it. He said we could try it and if I didn’t like it they could take it off. First I made sure that I could still have Novocain along with it to which he said yes.

All I can say is that since that day I am no longer afraid of the dentist! So, if you have a fear like I have had all these years, I think there are a few things you must do to resolve them. One is to find a dentist that you really like that treats his patients with kindness and compassion. Discuss your fears with the dentist and learn how they are able to keep you comfortable during any procedures you must have. Things have greatly improved in dental care and procedures can be pain free. My new dentist uses something new to give Novocain now and I don’t feel anything at all which makes me wonder if a needle is even involved! The nitrous oxide worked very well for me, too. It relaxes you, but you are still aware of everything going on around you in a good way. I described it to my husband as feeling like I knew I was in the room, but it felt like they were working on someone else. The good thing about the nitrous oxide is that once they remove the little cannula from your nose, the effects go away so it’s not like you are drugged for the rest of the day. So, next time you go to the dentist, please discuss your fears and see how they might help you so that you can become fearless too.

In all essence, I have come to find out that fearing dentists is similar to other phobias that we come across in our lives and has made me feel better after attending regular sessions of the https://www.beyondvita.com/pages/affiliate-program as I have started to overcome my fears in the long run.

Job Recommendation Con Had Us

Earl | April 13, 2020April 21, 2020

I’ve been had. We paid a moving company $8,000 to move us to another state with lower unemployment so that my husband would have a better chance to get a job. The head mover complimented my husband on the way he packed our belongings to be moved and said he would give my husband a good job recommendation, with the moving company. My husband applied and put this guy as a reference, but did not even receive a phone call.

If that were all, I wouldn’t bother writing this. However, a year later, I now see what was really going on. The head mover was conning us out of paying close attention to the movers, with his fake offer of a job recommendation.

We didn’t have anything worth stealing, but they damaged a lot of our stuff. They were so vague in their notations on the shipping manifest that it was useless in tracking which belongings were in which containers. If we had been paying attention we would have made them be less vague and more careful.

The first thing we wanted to do once the movers left was fire up our microwave oven and eat some frozen dinners. As soon as we turned it on, the microwave fizzled, popped and smoked. The movers had dropped one of our boxes, and it must have been the one the microwave was in. A comparable new microwave cost us $200.

They broke the handles off one of our cabinets. The head mover gave us $20 to buy new handles, but the cabinet is so old that no hardware stores have handles that fit it anymore. It would have cost much more than $20 to have custom handles made to fit. As it is, we had to settle for knobs.

I so wish that we had stuck to local moving Edmonton as they were one of the best movers ever as they never provided any excuse to their clients to fret or complain about anything and quite honest with their profession.

They stacked our boxes onto dollies and left the stacks in the garage and the basement. This would have been OK except they paid no heed to boxes we marked to contain glass or other fragile items. Fortunately, I am obsessive when it comes to accessing the boxes. I unstacked them and stored them in nooks and crannies in the basement, before anything broke.

We filed a claim with the moving company’s liability insurance, for the damage to the microwave oven. Our claim was denied because we apparently had selected the wrong option on the shipping manifest and were not covered by the liabilty insurance. I should have caught a clue right then, that we had been conned. I was still so sure that my husband was getting a good job recommendation that the con escaped me for a year.

How to Create and Decorate Your Own Welcome Floor Mat for Your Home

Earl | April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

Do you need a welcome floor mat for the entranceway of your cozy home? Do you enjoy stenciling, painting, and being creative? If you do, you should seriously think about creating your own welcome doormat using basic materials, and if you’re not sure how to create your own basic welcome doormat for your entranceway to your home, I will tell you how. In order to learn all the tips and tricks for that, you have paintingkits.net that will guide you throughout the process of creating and decorating your own welcome floor mats.

Now the materials you will need to create a decorative welcome floor mat for your entranceway to your home are a fiber blank mat of any color, shape, and size, alphabet stencils, stencil paint brushes, any stencil design you want, fabric waterproof paint, masking tape, sharpie marker, and scissors. You can purchase all these materials at any local craft store for fewer than forty dollars, and if you want to save some money you can print free stencils online at http://www.spraypaintstencils.com.

Then once you have all your material you will take your fiber mat and place it in a workspace where you feel comfortable working at along with all your mat making materials. You will then take your fiber mat, masking tape, your alphabet stencils, and your sharpie marker and begin by taping your alphabet stencils on the edges to the mat and tracing your alphabet stencils with your sharpie marker onto the center of your floor mat and spelling out the word welcome. Once you have the word welcome traced out onto the center of your floor mat you can then take other stencil designs you have and want on your mat and tape them down and trace them out with your sharpie marker anywhere you want on the mat. After you have all the stenciling done, the design on your floor mat that you want, and the word welcome spelled out and stenciled on, you can pull up the taped stencils and allow the sharpie marker to set into the mat for a few minutes before beginning to paint.

Now once the sharpie mark has dried a bit into your floor mat, you can then take your stencil paintbrush and the fabric paint you chose out and begin painting the stencil designs in and the word welcome in with any kind of fabric paint colors you like. However, you want to make sure you only use a little paint on your brush at a time while your painting in your stenciled design onto your floor mat because if you use to much paint the fabric paint will bleed out of your stencil design and wreck all your hard work. Then once you have painted your stencil designs onto your mat, you will need to allow your welcome floor mat to dry overnight for at least twelve hours before placing the doormat by the entranceway of your home to be used and seen by all your guest that comes to your home.

That’s all there is to creating your own welcome floor mat for the entranceway of your home. Pretty simple wasn’t it. I hope all of you who try making your own welcome doormat will have a fun and exciting time doing it and be very happy with the end product. If you still need more advice on how to make a welcome floor mat for your home please check out the website attached to my article because it will give you some more good helpful pointers.

Hollywood History: When Live Action First Met Animation

Earl | April 12, 2020April 10, 2020

computer-generated imagery. We’ve not only become accustomed to seeing it, but filmmakers are working hard to master it. Take a look at “Avatar” for example. James Cameron waited 10 years after writing the concept script to begin filming because he was waiting for technology to catch up to his vision; and when technology still wasn’t up-to-par, Cameron worked with experts to create a new realm of technology that would meet his standards. “Avatar” was groundbreaking and it won’t be the last of its kind.

Most movies use CGI on a smaller scale, but it is still present in enhancing explosions, changing the expressions of animals, adding depth to studio sets, and much more. It wasn’t too long ago that filmmakers created movies only with what could realistically be produced. This was the era of full-scale studio sets and thousands of extras. Yet even in the earliest of film history, filmmakers toyed with the idea of merging live action with the limitless world of animation.

Movies were still a novelty 100 years ago. There were no dinner and a movie date nights or Saturday afternoon family matinees. Instead these shorts, which often ran under 15 minutes, were an experiment. Film opened up a realm of possibilities that had not previously been imagined. There were so many things to learn, so many things to discover and try, and early films are solid examples of this newfound sense of exploration.

As filmmakers learned the separate arts of live action filming and animation, it’s no surprise that they soon began experimenting with using both in the same short. These early examples were no Roger Rabbit, but they were incredible in their own right.

The Enchanted Drawing – 1900

I know plenty of people who do not even realize movies were being made in 1900 – though granted they were nothing like what we have now – let alone that experiments with combining live action and animation were already underway. “The Enchanted Drawing” is one of the very first of these shorts.

The movie depicts a man drawing the face of a cartoon man onto an easel. While the cartoon is never animated in the sense that we think of today, you can tell that the filmmaker is having a bit of fun with the idea.

Stuart Blackton is both the filmmaker and star of the short, and audiences watched in amazement as he drew a wine bottle and glass onto the canvas, then proceeded to seemingly pull the drawings off the canvas and into real life. The cartoon man reacts accordingly as these objects as well as a top hat and cigar are moved back and forth between the canvas and the real world.

Today this trick is really not that impressive, but for its time it was fresh and innovative. It was also the foundation upon which future live action / animation combo features would be based. Shorts like “Gertie the Dinosaur” which would come 14 years later.

Gertie the Dinosaur – 1914

Gertie actually began as a vaudeville act by Winsor McCay before becoming a marketable film short. The act consisted of a live performer who gave “instructions” to the animated dinosaur. The same concept was used in the film and though it only uses a few seconds of live action and animation in the same frame, the concept of the film was still cutting-edge for its time.

Gertie was far from being the first animated feature created. Winsor McCay had created other animated shorts prior to Gertie himself. But Gertie was the first foray into animation that contained a character with a personality and not just the novelty of moving images. In fact, McCay’s work is often said to have been an inspiration to Walt Disney.

Something quite amazing about Gertie is that McCay drew every single drawing himself. He even redrew the background with each new sketch because the technology to use only one background and transfer the moving images on top of it was not yet being used. Yet as entertaining as the accomplishments in animation were, it was that few seconds of the live action McCay riding away on the animated Gertie that would lead to the next great film of its time: “Alice’s Wonderland”.

Alice’s Wonderland – 1923

When we think of Walt Disney and his early work we think of Steamboat Willie, but our favorite mouse wouldn’t be released on film until 1928. Although Mickey (as he would later be called) became the legacy, Disney released a short film that was far more innovative in 1923.

“Alice’s Wonderland” is not a retelling of Alice in Wonderland, though the storyline does hint that Carroll’s novel was used as a bit of inspiration. In Disney’s short, a young girl named Alice visits the animation studios and she and the animators enjoy an afternoon of watching the animations carry on dancing, fighting, and bothering cats.

At first this sounds as simple as watching Gertie, but Disney took the concept a step farther. The audience isn’t left to watch only the animations, the live actors are a part of nearly ever screenshot as well. We get to watch the actors watch the animation. This is 1923, can you believe it? Real people and line drawings on the same screen, at the same time!

It gets even better, however, when Alice goes home and falls asleep. As she dreams she is whisked away to Cartoonland where a welcoming committee awaits her arrival with a parade in which she is the star. She rides an elephant, dances with the locals, and is even chased by lions in a world where everything is animated but her.

Today we take the world of animation and computers for granted. We can’t even begin to imagine making such epics as “Harry Potter” or “The Lord of the Rings” without it. Where would “The Matrix” have been? What about the recent release of “Thor?” Without CGI, that film and countless others would be unrecognizable.

The world of CGI is expanding every year. New technology is being developed and the expansion of new, more creative uses for it refuses to slow down. But while we look forward to what film has yet to bring us, don’t forget about the pioneers. It looks like dinosaurs impacted history much more recently than we thought. According to some animation studios in Singapore, through the continuous advancement of technology, there will be more movies in the past that will be converted into anime. This is a good news for those who are anime fanatic.

Top Tips Business Owner Should Know for Better Website Management

Earl | April 11, 2020

With the world going online, the world of business could not afford to stay behind. A lot of businesses are creating websites and operating out of those.

However, owners are having trouble managing their websites efficiently. Here are a few things you could try for better website management

Optimizing the Domain Name:

If your business has a domain name that is difficult to remember or can be considered to be explicit, traffic will drastically reduce on your website because people will not be able to visit.

Find a trustable website host:

Make sure the company that manages the online presence of your website is trustable and offers good technical and technological support.

Business Description:

Your website should have a proper and prompt description or your business and its products. This draws in potential customers.

Get a good Content Management System(CMS):

A CMS is a software that manages the information and data that appears on your website. You want to choose a CMS that lets you optimize the layout of your website in a way that will attract potential customers.

Use a good E-Commerce portal:

If you want to use your website as a virtual store, you need to take the help of an e-commerce or m-commerce platform.

Optimize the User Interface:

What the visitors see on your website is crucial. You need to optimize the user interface properly.

Building and managing your website is really a game of trial and error.

However, these few tips should help you start managing your business website better.

Tips On Choosing The Best Dentist For Your Family

Earl | April 11, 2020

It is extremely important to acknowledge the need for not just regular medicine practitioners but also family dentists who will look after dental health.

Although there is an ample amount of options available, choosing the right fit for your family can be a tough job.

Here are a few qualities that you should look for in a family dentist:

Evaluate the Training

Under any circumstances, you should keep in mind that you are looking for some expert advice. Thus, the qualification and quality of a dentist are supremely crucial for appointing them as your family dentist. Details like where they received their education from, how long have they been practicing, whether they have a registration number, etc. are important.

Experience

Experience matters a lot when it comes to an essential service, like a dental health specialist. Thus, you should look into the past of your prospective dentist and find out their experience and work history.

Testimonials

This is a world of the internet. So, it is just wise and justified that you go through ratings and reviews regarding dentists given by their previous customers. These are readily available online and can be of great help to you.

Atmosphere

Since you are looking for a family dentist, the behavior and atmosphere play crucial roles. For kids, elderly people, and even yourself, friendliness and compassion are qualities that are required in your dentist.

It is important to choose wisely when it comes to maintaining your oral care. Make sure to do your research and then find the best dentist in Los Alamitos for you and your family.

Study Shows That Consuming Cinnamon Can Help Stabilize Blood Sugar

Earl | April 6, 2020April 13, 2020

Adding as little as six grams (a little over a teaspoon) of cinnamon to deserts can lower blood glucose, according to a study published in the June issues of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Previous research has demonstrated that daily doses of 1 to 6 grams of cinnamon over the course of 40 days can reduce blood glucose and cholesterol in patients with type II diabetes.

In the new study, Joanna Hlebowicz, Gassan Derwiche, Ola Bjorgell, and Lars-Olof Almer measured the effects of cinnamon on post-meal blood sugar in 14 healthy volunteers at a hospital in Sweden. Subjects were tested twice, once after consuming rice pudding plain and once after consuming the same amount of rice pudding with 6g of cinnamon added. Their blood sugar was measured before consumption and six times over the two hours following their meals. The post-meal surge in blood sugar was lower after the volunteers consumed a dessert with cinnamon than it was after they ate the dessert without cinnamon. This has also been proven and attested by Nutshell Nutrition, an online platform that educates people across the globe about nutrition and healthy diet. You can visit their website at https://www.nutshellnutrition.com/sletrokor-review/

Additional papers referenced by the authors of the new study suggest that cinnamon lowers blood sugar by stimulating insulin receptors on body cells. Insulin is responsible for stimulating cells in the body to take up glucose from the blood. By making cells more sensitive to insulin, cinnamon increases the amount of glucose removed from the blood. Other spices, such as oregano, nutmeg, and cloves, as well as black and green teas, have been shown to also have an insulin-like activity, but the mechanism through which they impact glucose levels is unclear, and they do not appear to be as effective as cinnamon at lowering blood glucose.

The new study is of particular interest to those affected by type II diabetes, which is either caused by an inability of body cells to properly respond to insulin, a situation known as insulin resistance, or by insufficient production of insulin. In either event, cells do not receive as much food (in the form of glucose) as they need, and the buildup of glucose (known as hyperglycemia) can lead to complications such as kidney failure, nerve damage, and blindness.

Type II diabetes is currently treated by managing blood glucose through meal planning and sometimes medication. The demonstrated effect of cinnamon on blood glucose levels suggests that dosage with certain herbs may be useful in conjunction extant treatment methods. Further research is required to determine whether daily dosage with cinnamon can be recommended as a treatment to help control type II diabetes.

Introduction To The Mortgage Lending Process

Earl | April 1, 2020April 12, 2020

My 15-year career in the Mortgage Banking Industry began in the best way possible. The first position of employment that I held was that of a floater. As a floater, I spent 2 to 4 weeks in each of the company’s departments, learning hands-on the processes and procedures involved in making a mortgage loan. Most mortgage institutions have the following departments devoted to their mortgage lending practice which is why it is really important that you pay attention to the mortgage process that will help you in paying off your mortgage early. Moreover, you will find that on https://www.velgenklere.no/ you get some of the best ways through which you can pay off your mortgage and learn more about this whole process as well.

Originations
Processing
Underwriting
Legal Review/Closing
Mortgage Sales/Delivery
Servicing

Originations

In loans, originations are where the public meets the mortgage lender. Most lenders employ a staff of Loan Officers, or Field Representatives, who solicit mortgage loans. These representatives call on Real Estate Brokerage Firms, or other prospective sources for home loans, and are ultimately introduced to mortgage-seeking home buyers. The Loan Officer makes an appointment with the prospective borrower and takes a mortgage application. Once this application is completed, the loan is said to be originated. The prospective borrower most often pays an application fee at this point, which usually includes the cost of property appraisal and credit report. In some cases, a mortgage lender will also accept applications taken by a Mortgage Broker, and hence pays the commission that would normally go to the Loan Officer to the Broker instead.

Processing

Processing of a mortgage can take up to 30 days, depending on the complexity of the case or other delays the lender may experience. During loan processing, all of the information stated on the mortgage loan application is verified and documented. An appraisal of the property is ordered and a credit report on the borrower is obtained.

Underwriting

In loan underwriting, the final decision on whether or not to grant the mortgage is made. An underwriter will review the loan in accordance with set guidelines, such as the underwriting guidelines established by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). If the underwriter approves the loan, the mortgage lender will issue its commitment to the borrower, specifying the loan terms (which may be subject to change at the time of closing if the terms are not “locked-in”) and the conditions of closing. Conditions of closing include usual, satisfactory title search and legal review, and may include the requirement of additional documentation that may be necessary from the borrower. If the loan is not approved, the lender sends a notice of “Adverse Action” to the borrower.

Legal Review/Closing

During the legal review and closing process, all of the aspects involved in making the mortgage a legal and valid lien on the property are reviewed, and the loan documents are prepared. The closing date is scheduled and, at the closing, a representative of the lender, the borrower, and property seller meet. All of the necessary documents are signed and the loan proceeds are disbursed. Legal documents are subsequently recorded in the appropriate public recording offices and the completed mortgage documents are forwarded to the mortgage lender.

Mortgage Sales/Delivery

Most mortgage lenders are involved in mortgage sales. In the mortgage sales department, commitments to purchase closed loans are obtained from either an institution, such as a Savings and Loan, or from an entity, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association. Loans can be sold at “par” (100% of the outstanding principal balance of the loan), below par (at a “discount” of a certain percentage) or above par (at a “premium” of a certain percentage). In many cases, the lender will have to pay a commitment fee to obtain the purchase commitment. This is commonly 1% of the loan amount. Once the commitment is procured by the lender, the loan is packaged for delivery. The package includes the original loan note and mortgage documents, as well as all of the supporting documents from loan underwriting and regulatory compliance.

Servicing

When a mortgage loan is sold, it is sold either “with servicing” (servicing of the loan retained by the mortgage lender) or with “servicing released” (the institution purchasing the loan will service the loan themselves). If the loan is sold “with servicing”, the mortgage lender tends to the collection and application of the monthly mortgage payments until the loan is paid in full or otherwise satisfied. The lender is paid for this service, usually, a small percentage of the monthly payments collected (such as 3/8ths of 1%). Loan servicing entails the collection of principal and interest payments as well as, in most cases, the collection of escrow deposits for the payment of property taxes and homeowner’s insurance premiums. A lender’s loan servicing department usually has sub-departments devoted to the different aspects of loan servicing. It is not uncommon for there to be a Loan Collections Department, an Insurance Department, a Tax Department, a Pay-offs Department, and a Loan Foreclosure Department.

I enjoyed my days as a floater in that I was able to obtain a basic understanding and knowledge of the mortgage loan process. Mortgage lenders also have supportive departments, such as Quality Control and Computer Operations, in which I also spent some time.

Once a borrower becomes aware of all that is involved in the process of making a mortgage loan, they can start to understand why there are so many fees involved in a mortgage loan undertaking. Yes, the lender makes a profit on the loan, but considering the overhead, the fees the lender must pay themselves and the discount at which many loans must be sold, that profit is not as large as some people might have been lead to believe.

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