If you want to know how to become a loan officer (and because of the high income potential, who would not?), there is quite a bit of information to grasp. But because the rewards are so high, it's worth getting to grips with the info.

The primary function, after your loan officer training, is to negotiate and successfully arrange loans and or mortgages from financial institutions for your clients, in return for a commission payment – and remember that these payments can be quite large. You can find institutions that need loan officers, from banks, finance houses and brokers in every major town and city.

Most loan officers are either paid a salary and given targets to meet in terms of a dollar volume of new business generated or they are paid on a commission basis with their income being a percentage of the new loan business they produce.

Normally, you will not need a formal degree education as a requirement for the job, but most lenders will generally require a good standard of math and communication skills as a condition for employment. Hey, if you can not do simple math you are not going to be able to calculate interest are you?

However, if you do have a university degree it will undoubtedly help you, especially if you are looking for a more senior position within the prospective company.

The main skill sets that are most definitely required are the ability to deal with customers, the ability to know the financial institutions lending criteria as well as their rates of interest and be able to evaluate a prospective borrower’s ability and willingness to repay the loan.

You will be expected to collect and evaluate information about the borrower’s ability to repay the loan and the amount of equity (collateral) in the borrower's assets (their car, home or business assets) that are being pledged as security, which will determine whether or not the loan can be arranged, and at what rate of interest.

These days, you will also be required to know and be able to adhere to the strict legal rules and regulations concerning the lending industry and in many states, you will need to be licensed.

Usually, a person that asks how to become a loan officer will be already working in the customer service department of a financial institution such as a bank teller or a collections clerk – they have the unenviable task, calling existing borrowers who are behind in their payments and getting them to bring their accounts up to date.

Fortunately, there are other routes you can take when you decide how to become a loan officer. I became an independent loan officer as a natural progression from working in the life assurance industry when I was arranging life assurance policies for my clients. More and more of my clients were looking for mortgages and finance – so I grabbed the opportunity, and did not look back

There are many other opportunities when you choose the loan officer career path. You could specialize as being a loan officer who deals in auto loans, or home mortgages, credit cards or commercial business loans.

If you are looking for a rewarding career with the potential for unlimited income while working with and helping people sort out their finances, a job as a Loan Officer is definitely for you.

The author, Kev Birch, has been a mortgage broker / loan officer for several years and has an arsenal of hints and tips available.

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