Foundations on Demand

Learn a full spectrum of mortgage concepts, from the fundamentals to the complex. With videos, workbooks, and quizzes, our Foundations on Demand content will is designed to help give you the knowledge you need to help support your growth at your own pace. 

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Mortgage & Real Estate

Mortgage Fundamentals

Mortgage Fundamentals is a helpful course for those newer to the mortgage industry. Build your core knowledge of the overall mortgage lifecycle, key terminology, loan products, and more!

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MI Essentials

In this course you'll learn the basics of mortgage insurance. This will include an overview of how it works and the different types of MI products.

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Title Essentials

Get acquainted with Title and what to expect during the Pre-Closing, Closing, and Post-Closing processes, including key steps involved in obtaining a Title. This course provides home buyers, borrowers, lenders, and professionals in the mortgage industry an overview of key Title essentials, and answers to Title-related questions.

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Valuations Essentials 

This training course will review basic concepts around property valuations, the various methods available to determine a property value, and key uses of property valuations.

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Income

Basics of Income

Understand and calculate basic types of borrower income, including second job and multiple job borrowers, contractual employees, base pay, overtime, and more.

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Not Your Ordinary Income

Sequel to Basics of Income, this course offers a deeper dive into more complex income types, including non-taxable sources, social security income, child support, and alimony.

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Assets

Liquid Assets

Simplify your understanding of the most common liquid assets, industry guidelines, and required documentation. Learn about checking and savings accounts, establishing ownership, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and more.

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Not Your Ordinary Assets

In this sequel to Liquid Assets, this course will help you understand less common assets that can be used to obtain funds for closing and identify options available to borrowers to maximize their situation.

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Self-Employed Borrowers

SEB Business Entities

This series is designed to be an introduction to self-employed borrowers and the business entities you will see in tax returns. These business entities include Corporations, S Corporations, Partnerships, Sole Proprietors and LLCs.

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Understanding K1 Income

Building off your knowledge of different types of self-employed borrowers and business entities, this series discusses how to qualify borrowers with income listed on K1 documents, and where to look to know K1s are required.

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Liquidity

In this series, you will learn what liquidity is and when a liquidity test is required. You will also learn how to calculate each of three types of liquidity tests to determine the Current Ratio, Acid Ratio or Cash Ratio.

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Self-Employed Cash Flow Analysis Calculator

Radian's Self-Employed Cash Flow Analysis Calculator is designed to assist you in underwriting loan applications from self-employed borrowers for coverage with Radian mortgage insurance.

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Fraud

Fraud Red Flags

This series is designed to be an introduction to the basic mortgage red flags you may see in your loan files. These include: Loan Applications and Credit Documentation, Income and Tax, Assets, Appraisals and Closing Documentation.

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Fraud Schemes

This series is designed to be an introduction to the mortgage Fraud Schemes that are impacting our industry. These fraud schemes include: Backwards Application and Identify Theft, Strawbuyers and Occupancy Fraud, Flip Transactions, Real Estate Wire Fraud, Foreclosure Rescue, Chunking, Air Loans, Builder Bailouts and Internet Fraud.

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Webinars on Foundational Topics

Prefer a live learning format? Join our webinars covering essential foundational topics. Help build your core mortgage knowledge interactively as knowledgeable presenters guide you through key concepts like income, assets, mortgage insurance, and valuations. 
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