re: How hard is the mortgage licensing exam?

Took it 15 years ago also. Worked in the industry several years beforehand on the servicing/post-closing and title side prior to origination. Stayed originating for years. Pivoted into another field a decade ago but still close a few mortgages a month as a notary public as part of my side hustle.

Study. Take a class. Shouldn’t be difficult. But be prepared to toil. Fresh originators are like blondes getting off the bus in Hollywood. New ones arrive every day. All with the same ideas (some would refer to them as illusions-or delusions) as yourself.

The money does not grow on trees, relationships matter and must be cultivated and constantly tended to. But what’s most troublesome for me is that you think your current profession can be, “stressful.”

If you think the insurance industry is stressful, prepare thy anus for the last day of the month at a closing table watching thousands walk away over technicalities or dumbassery you may-or may not-have anything to do with you. Bad timing can cost you-literally-thousands.

Better be wired the right way. If you don’t love it, it will eat you alive.