If you are not yet involved in giving your clients mortgage and real estate equity advice, someone else will take your place. Don't miss out on this tremendous opportunity to retain your clients' trust and loyalty while adding significant value to your advisory relationships.

• Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist professionals have demonstrated financial knowledge and expertise regarding the tax and financial planning implications of various mortgage and real estate investment strategies. Therefore, CMPS professionals are an essential and highly effective member of your team in helping your clients:
• Increase liquidity
• Better manage their cash flow
• Become debt free sooner
• Achieve true financial freedom
• CMPS Members recognize your value as the quarterback of your clients' advisory relationships and are committed to adding value to your client relationships and the holistic financial planning process.
• 81% of investors surveyed said they wanted advice from their financial planners on more than just investments
• 25% of Americans in their peak earning years (ages 50-65) saved absolutely nothing for retirement last year. CMPS professionals are trained to implement mortgage, cash flow and home equity management strategies to help your clients better prepare for retirement.
• CMPS professionals are equipped to guide you and your clients in implementing the best home equity, mortgage strategies for divorce situations and enable your clients to financially care for ederly parents.
• CMPS professionals can help your clients implement cash flow and financial strategies to finance their children's education.
• CMPS professionals are able to help your clients implement beneficial mortgage and real estate equity strategies before and during job or career changes.
• CMPS professionals can help empower your clients to start or sell their business by implementing viable mortgage and real estate equity strategies.
• CMPS professionals are able to recommend the proper financial strategies when your clients are ready to buy or build a vacation home.
• CMPS professionals are able to help your clients generate tax free income during retirement and add value to various investment "withdrawal" scenarios.
• CMPS professionals are equipped to protect your clients from mortgage and real estate investment scams.
• CMPS professionals are qualified to help you and your clients implement mortgage and real estate equity strategies that save money on income, capital gains and estate taxes.
• CMPS professionals are committed to helping your clients improve their credit score and get the best deal on their financing.
• CMPS professionals can help your clients increase the safety and rate of return of their real estate assets.
• CMPS professionals can help you build a niche with real estate investors by helping them increase their liquidity, tax advantages, profitability and yield on investments.
• CMPS professionals have pledged to follow a Code of Ethics.

You and/or your lending partner are probably already an expert in the real estate or home building business, but take this short quiz just to be sure:

• What is the long-term housing outlook in our local market, and what are the objective factors to evaluate when considering whether this is a good time to buy a home?
• 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?
• What are the top 3 financing incentives your clients can offer in order to sell their home more quickly?
• 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 or your lending partner 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 other financial advisors, do you have the knowledge, skills and presentation tools to impress your audience and turn them into profitable referral partners?
• If you were given the opportunity to consult with or speak in front of 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?