Welcome to brokermentor.com.au
Broker Mentor was created by the Directors of Vision Mortgage Solutions to build an online resource for our team and other brokers. Our business is about providing support, including back office administration, lead generation, and finally mentoring and coaching brokers, to help them to achieve their career and financial goals. We recognised some time ago that while there are many resources available to teach brokers the technical aspects of submitting loans, the missing element in the industry is the guidance of professional coaching to help people to start and to grow their business. Now that the MFAA requires new brokers to enlist in a mentoring program for their first two years in the industry, this service has become even more important to our members.
Our members enjoy a number of benefits including coverage under our ACL, inclusion in our COSL membership, free software and access to our lead generation. This means considerable savings for all of our members.
Over the years we have helped many brokers to build successful businesses, and Broker Mentor was created to help us with mentoring both new and existing members of our team. Whether you are a full member or an associate members still studying your Cert IV, this website is designed to help you to connect with other brokers and to provide the information you need to help you to grow your business.
To register, click on the Login button and follow the instructions to register.
Once you have logged in as a registered user, the Forum link will appear in the main menu.
We encourage you to post messages in the appropriate areas of the forum as the site is about gathering the experience and thoughts of the entire network, but please be aware that the Forum is moderated and offensive of counter-productive posts will be removed.
To find out more about us or our mentoring programs, please call 1300 797 144 or email info@visionms.com.au
In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our site.
Regards
Michael Calam
Managing Director
Vision Mortgage Solutions
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Written by Michael Calam
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Wednesday, 19 May 2010 09:48 |
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With the advent of the Australian Credit Licence requirement for Australian Brokers, it is important for all brokers to register their intent to operate under and Australian Credit Licence.
The process is quite simple and does not commit the broker to a particular path. It simply enables the broker to express an interest in operating under the new licencing scheme. However, if you haven't registered before the 1st of July, then the process for registration after that point is much more difficult.
Even if you believe that you will be operating under another company's licence, you must still register as an individual.
I will re-iterate that it is our intention to support all of our Vision brokers under our company ACL. We believe that this will help to support our broker team both financially and administratively.
For all Vision brokers, follow these steps. Visit the ASIC website. Click on register for an ACL. Make sure that you register as a natural person and not as a company etc.
In other news, we are currently seeking a new Broker Mentor to operate out of Melbourne. If you are an experienced broker who is genuinely interested in moving towards a management role, then please express your interest to
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Written by Michael Calam
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 08:55 |
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Mortgage Broking has become a fast paced industry, with many changes occuring at the moment as the new licencing regime comes into play. As brokers it's vitally important to keep up to date with the latest changes etc.
While there is a wide range of publications and websites to provide the latest updates etc. one of the most overlooked but (in my humble opinion) most valuable tools is networking with other brokers. Over the years that we have been mentoring new brokers we have seen the best results from those brokers who continuously make an effort to network with other brokers. This interaction helps brokers to keep abreast of what their colleagues are doing, how changes are impacting them and what efforts they are taking to keep up with the market.
Our Qld Vision team meets once a fortnight for a lunch and catchup. It's an invaluable way of helping your business to grow. |
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Written by Michael Calam
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 10:36 |
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It's been a very exciting 24 hours.
First, I would like to express my excitement for the newly announced merger of our Aggregator, National Brokers Group with two other aggregators, The Brokerage, and The Mortgage Professionals. It has been a long process since it's inception last year but finally it has settled and we are now associated with one of the largest Aggregators in Australia. I have yet to meet the new CEO Jeff Zulman, but I have heard great feedback about him and I'm delighted that National Brokers Group CEO, Steve Lambert has moved into the role of Chief Operating Officer of the new company. Steve has been with NBG (formerly FASA) for a long time and his association with us goes back to the days when he was our BDM and also the Special Projects Officer for NBG.
The name of the newly formed group is Vow Financial. Given the complexities of the merger it will take some time to bring it all together, so in the meantime it is business as usual. Over time we will definitely see some changes and so for our existing members it is a great time to send me through your suggestions for possible improvements so that we can provide this input to the group.
On another note.
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a piano recital by David Brodsky, the event which was sponsored by one of our brokers, Ian Cook. The night was a great success and for the modest investment to sponsor the night, Ian obtained some great exposure and has already seen two new home loan leads as a result of it.
In March, Ian is holding the official launch of his mortgage broking business and I'm really excited to be invited to be there for him on that night. It is fantastic to see someone really take hold of their business and to look for opportunities to put it out there. Activity breeds success.
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Written by Michael Calam
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 09:28 |
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I hope that you all had a safe and happy easter break.
Tuesday morning after the break and it's certainly all go here. Vision Mortgage Solutions has just registered with ASIC for the new Australian Credit Licence, which will become mandatory for brokers to have soon.
We have made the decision within Vision that we will allow the brokers in our team to operate under our licence. This will save our team members from having to hold their own ACL. If you have any questions about this, please contact us directly.
In other news, RAMS have announced that they are re-entering the broker market after their short hiatus away from the broker channel. It appears as though they will have a new structure and possibly some new products as well. Watch this space.
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Written by Michael Calam
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 08:24 |
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No I'm not kidding. Free marketing is here and you can use it.
Brokers are always concerned about home loan lead generation, but sometimes they miss opportunities which are right in front of their eyes.
There are many forms of free marketing, you just need to take the time to research them. One of the best ways of finding out about marketing opportunities is to talk with other brokers about how they run their businesses. Yes, networking within the industry (while something like sleeping with the enemy) is a gold mine of information.
I'll be discussing some of the free marketing opportunities in our Forum later today.
On another note, I would like to take the opportunity to welcome Oscar Pascual in the Northern Territory, and Mark Healey in Queensland to our team. Welcome aboard!
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