Keith Merrefield
Position:
Senior Loan Office
Employer:
CH Mortgage (DR Horton)
Job description:
I work with a mortgage
company that is owned by the fourth largest homebuilder int he country.
When a buyer buys one of the builder's homes, they meet with me to
take care of their financing.
Salary range: $80K-120K
Job Satisfaction:
The job is very satisfying.
I put families in homes.
Employment history:
I began
with another homebuilder mortgage company as a Loan Officer Associate
in Ft. Myers, FL. This was basically a receptionist position. I
was aggressive in asking for more challenging work and began to
learn the business. A n opportunity opened in Houston, TX for a
Loan Officer and I accepted. Then transferred to our Clearwater,
FL branch. Our company merged with another and due to some changes,
left the company for CH Mortgage in Atlanta. I then transferred
to another branch here in Orlando. Each trasfer was a new opportunity
to rise in my career.
Suggestions for students:
Find a company that
has a lot of room for advancement. Start at the bottom. It doesn't
matter if you are making $18K per year, if you prove yourself, then
the company will recognize and promote. My income has quadrupled
int he three years since college and I am very happy in my carrer.
Suggestions
for improvement:
I was very pleased with
my advisor, Dr. Ed Azoff, and the Math department. Dr. Azoff turned
out to be my advisor, my professor and my friend. Now that I am
out of school, I look back and can appreciate his guidance.
Willing to be contacted:
Yes
Miscellaneous comments:
In all of the math classes,
I learned a lot of odd things that you say to yourself "When
am I ever going to care how many possibilites there are for 50 red
cars and 25 yellow cars, and 10 blue cars to park in 30 spaces with
no blues touching yellow?" I have learned now that math teaches
your mind to be analytical. When I finance people buying homes,
I have 1000 different loan programs. What makes me a good Loan Officer
is that I am analytical and can choose the right program for my
buyers. THis has helped me rise very quickly in my company.
E-mail
Keith
Date of last update: August 13, 2001
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