Education is Key


As you may know, NAMB’s Education Program offers a variety of courses that meet both your licensing and professional needs. Our volunteer leadership and education department staff have focused on accomplishing this goal by working with your states to get courses approved for continuing education credits and making sure that the courses we provide will not only help you stay licensed but also help you learn strategies to increase your business.

For NAMB/WEST, we have secured course approvals in 16 out of the 17 participating states. Securing these approvals means that you can get credit not only for the courses you take within your state but that you can use courses you take at the NAMB/WEST meeting for continuing education in your home state.

To get courses approved for continuing education, state regulators must often evaluate both the quality of the course content and the faculty and procedures NAMB and your state use when offering the courses. State regulators are asked not only to recognize the courses given in their own state but also to certify the program as a whole so that you can use credits for the courses for credit that you take outside of your state.

Many state regulators have shown that they recognize that the NAMB brand of education means high standards and consistency, and they are willing to work with us. The efforts to secure state approvals are constant, and NAMB has now secured course approvals in almost every state that requires continuing education.

For you, these approvals mean that when you take courses at NAMB conferences, many of you can use those credits in your home states. It also shows that when you take a NAMB course, you’re taking a class that has been approved by an outside body as meeting high standards and providing necessary information.

We are also working on providing more education that will help you increase your business. The courses offered provide more than just credits to meet state requirements; they also provide information to help you improve your business.

Courses such as the ABCs of FHA and Reverse Mortgages help provide you with the information necessary to expand your business. We are constantly working to make sure that our course offerings not only provide you with the basic information you need to stay licensed, but that they offer you new insights into the business. When you finish a NAMB course, you come away not only with credits for your license but with a better understanding of your business.

On a final note, I’d like to thank all of our NAMB education participants for showing their commitment to increasing their knowledge of our industry. I’d also like to thank all of the NAMB members who continue to work to improve the housing market and support reforms that will protect consumers and our industry.
 
Marc Savitt, CRMS
President of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers