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20 Hour SAFE Comprehensive: Pre-licensure Course - OIL # 18657

This is an online instructor-led (OIL) pre-licensing education course for new mortgage loan originators (MLOs). The 20-hour course satisfies the NMLS pre-licensure education requirements and covers the following topics:

  • 3 hours on federal law
  • 3 hours on ethics including instruction on fair lending and consumer protection
  • 2 hours on the nontraditional and traditional mortgage marketplace
  • 12 hours of electives

This course is meant to begin preparing learners to take the National Test Component with USC in order to become a licensed mortgage loan originator. There are 6 chapters, which are broken down into 5-minute sections with an activity after each section. There are also case studies throughout the course and a chapter quiz following each chapter. At the end of the course, the learner will take a 25-question final exam.

NMLS Provider ID #1400062

NMLS 20 Hour Course ID #

GB NMLS 20 Hour Online Instructor Led Mortgage License Training + Test Prep Bundle
$305.37

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Describe the roles of an MLO.
  • Understand the mortgage cycle and the roles of each major player in the industry.
  • List the requirements for obtaining and maintaining an MLO license.
  • Restate what is considered prohibited conduct and how prohibited conduct is punished.
  • Redefine key terms and acronyms.
  • Redefine all the different mortgage products like fixed, ARM, construction, and bridge.
  • Explain the basic qualifications for conventional, VA, FHA, and USDA loans.
  • Describe mortgage insurance, loan-to-value, bankruptcy, debt-to-income, down payment, loan limits, seller concessions, and reserves.
  • Understand what constitutes an application under TRID
  • Restate the requirements under ECOA and HMDA
  • Explain the TILA umbrella and what TILA considers an advertisement
  • Restate the advertising requirements under TILA and the MAP Rule
  • Outline the requirements under RESPA 
  • Understand the requirements under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abusive Prevention Act  
  • Describe compensation and what is required under the LO Comp Rule 
  • Restate the requirements under FCRA and FACTA related to credit reports 
  • Outline the QM and ATR Rules 
  • Restate the requirements under HOEPA and Section 35 of TILA 
  • Restate the requirements under GLBA and BSA/AML
  • Describe the difference between pre-approval and pre-qualification
  • Outline all the initial disclosures required at the time of application
  • Understand the gray areas of RESPA Section 8 and things to remember about advertising to your borrowers  
  • Describe how title, appraisals, and insurance play a part in the origination process 
  • Describe what is required on each page of the Closing Disclosure 
  • Explain how the right of rescission works and when it applies
  • Restate the requirements under GLBA and BSA/AML 
  • Outline how settlement and closing agents participate in the closing and how the documents are explained at closing
  • Understand the difference between judicial and non-judicial foreclosure 
  • Describe the different math equations and how they are used in the mortgage process
  • Redefine ethics and morals.
  • Explain the different types of mortgage fraud that exist.
  • Restate the different types of UDAAPs that exist.
  • Relate what is considered predatory lending, steering, targeting.
  • Describe the key terms related to fair lending.

Topics Covered

  • Chapter 1: Becoming an MLO
  • Chapter 2: Learning the Products and Programs
  • Chapter 3: Introduction to Federal Law
  • Chapter 4: The Loan Process Part 1: Processing & Underwriting
  • Chapter 5: The Loan Process Part 2: Funding & Closing
  • Chapter 6: Mortgage Ethics
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