Why do you need a Certified Mortgage Planner? Certified Mortgage Planner's must demonstrate financial knowledge and expertise regarding the tax and financial planning implications of various mortgage and real estate investment strategies. Therefore, Certified Mortgage Planners can better advise you when it comes to: Your single largest debt - mortgage Your single largest asset - real estate equity Life Planning needs and goals - cash flow Certified Mortgage Planners are trained to help you increase your cash flow Certified Mortgage Planners are skilled in helping you become debt free sooner and achieve true financial freedom Certified Mortgage Planners are equipped to help you profitably invest in real estate and protect you from mortgage and real estate investment scams Certified Mortgage Planners are qualified to help you implement mortgage and real estate equity strategies to help you save money on income, capital gains and estate taxes Certified Mortgage Planners are committed to help you improve your credit score and get the best deal on your financing Certified Mortgage Planners are able to explain the benefits and drawbacks of paying off your mortgage before retirement, and help you to determine which strategy works best under your individual circumstances Certified Mortgage Planners can guide you in implementing the best home equity and mortgage strategies for divorce situations Certified Mortgage Planners can help you implement a financial strategy to finance your children's education Certified Mortgage Planners are equipped to better enable you to financially care for your elderly parents Certified Mortgage Planners are able to help you implement beneficial mortgage and real estate equity strategies before and during job or career changes Certified Mortgage Planners can help empower you to start or sell your business by implementing viable mortgage and real estate equity strategies Certified Mortgage Planners are able to recommend the proper financial strategies when you are ready to buy or build a vacation home Certified Mortgage Planners are committed, qualified and equipped to help you implement mortgage, cash flow and home equity strategies to build and conserve wealth when buying a home or refinancing your mortgage Certified Mortgage Planners have pledged to follow a Code of Ethics You may already be working with an expert mortgage planner, but perhaps you can ask them take this short quiz just to be sure: What is the current unemployment rate in your local market and what impact does it have on home values? What are mortgage rates based on? (Answer is not the Fed or the 10 yr Treasury Note) Where are mortgage rates headed in the days and months to come and what are the trends and economic reports that will drive them up or down? How do you help clients evaluate various real estate settlement options during a divorce? How can your clients save money on income, estate and capital gains taxes when buying and selling real estate? What are the specific financial strategies for caring for elderly parents / senior citizen mortgage strategies? What are the specific financial strategies for clients who are changing jobs or careers? How do you help clients determine how they can most effectively finance a vacation home? What are the top 5 tax benefits of investing in real estate and the mortgage planning techniques that make these strategies even more profitable for real estate investors? Are you aware of the top 3 mortgage planning strategies that work well with 1031 Exchanges? How do you help clients calculate, compare and increase their rate of return on real estate investments? If you were given the opportunity to consult with or speak in front of financial advisors or high net worth real estate investors, do you have the knowledge, skills and presentation tools to impress your audience and turn them into profitable clients?