It’s that time of year again. The weight of completing your continuing education courses to maintain your mortgage license weighs heavy on your shoulders. If this is you, you are not alone. We’ve compiled this list of resources and information to help you complete your continuing education requirements for your mortgage license.

**This post was last updated for the 2016 CE Course Requirements. We will continue to update this post each year with new requirements/dates.**

A Mortgage Loan Officer is an organization or individual that works with a borrower to carry out a mortgage transaction. Mortgage Loan Officers are also called Mortgage Loan Originators, Loan Officers, or LO’s.

All persons who originate a mortgage, offer to originate a mortgage, act as a mortgage loan originator, or offer to act as a mortgage loan originator in the state of Colorado need to get a Colorado Mortgage Loan Originator License.

Here are the steps you need to take to become a Colorado Mortgage Loan Originator. If you’d like an even more detailed set of steps, Dave Sims wrote about his experience getting his MLO license.

A Wisconsin Mortgage Banker Bond is a type of mortgage bond that protects your clients from dishonest or unethical actions performed by you or your company. If you or your company do not live up to your obligations to your client as a mortgage banker, then your client is protected and they will be compensated for any losses incurred.

In short, a Wisconsin Mortgage Banker bond holds you responsible for your business decisions. By getting a Wisconsin Mortgage Banker bond, you are telling your clients that you can be trusted as a mortgage banker.

Bond claims present a serious road-block to all areas of your mortgage career: your financial stability, your ability to be trusted, and your reputation. Follow the guidelines below and you should be bringing in the clients, not bringing in the claims.

Because of the SAFE Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008, any mortgage loan originator in the state of Michigan must hold a Michigan Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO) Bond to legally conduct business. There are exemptions to this license. Exemptions can be found by…

Taking care of money matters is what financial lenders and brokers do. To show that you're able to do this responsibly, you need a financial lender or broker bond. A California Finance Lender or Broker Surety Bond shows your clients…