In this episode of Risk and Roll, the panel tackles a simple but loaded question: if you had to tell a small or mid-sized lender to focus on three things, what would they be?

If you're a licensed mortgage loan originator, there's one date you can't afford to miss every year: your NMLS CE deadline. Miss it and your license goes inactive. No active license means no originating loans, no closings, and no commission. This guide breaks down every deadline you need to know for 2026—the standard cutoff, the SMART deadline, the states with early deadlines, and what happens if you cut it too close. What Is the NMLS CE Deadline For most states, the NMLS continuing education...

Risk & Roll Podcast — Episode 4 Artificial intelligence isn't coming to the mortgage industry, it's already here. But how lenders, compliance officers, and originators respond to it will determine whether AI becomes their greatest efficiency tool or their most dangerous liability. In this episode of Risk & Roll, our panel of mortgage compliance veterans and industry experts gathered to unpack the real state of AI in lending: what's working, what's risky, and what one Los Angeles fraud case...