How To Choose a Good Mortgage Broker

Published: Jan. 24, 2021, 9 p.m.

b"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcwUCx4pjBo\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nOne of the most important people to have on your team as a property investor is a mortgage broker. But how can you actually find a good mortgage broker?\\n\\n\\n\\nContact Michael at Mortgage Broker Sydney\\n\\n\\n\\n0:54 - Start with a recommendations1:15 - Look at customer reviews, level of experience and time in industry1:50 - Access to as many lenders as you can5:15 - You need to be able to get on with your broker7:45 - How does someone engage a mortgage broker10:20 - Getting a feel for your broker11:00 - Finding someone who has longevity in the industry12:55 - Summary of how to find a good mortgage broker15:04 - A good broker will give you a path\\n\\n\\n\\nRecommended Videos:\\n\\n\\n\\nSummary of Australian Lending Changes: 2021 Update\\n\\n\\n\\nDo These 6 Things Before Applying For a Mortgage\\n\\n\\n\\nTranscription\\n\\n\\n\\nRyan 0:00One of the most important people to have on your team as a property investor is a good mortgage broker, someone who can access multiple different lenders show you how much money you can borrow, advise you on how to get better rates, or how to increase your borrowing capacity. But how do you actually find that good mortgage broker and that good person for your team? So today I have with me Michael Brown, from mortgage broker, Sydney Comdata. You to talk through this about how can you find a good mortgage broker? How can you approach a mortgage broker and how the whole process works? So hey, Michael, thanks for coming on today.\\n\\n\\n\\nMichael 0:34Good Ryan. Good to be here.\\n\\n\\n\\nRyan 0:36So finding a mortgage broker, if someone's you know, not in the industry, they don't have a recommendation from someone they just kind of googling mortgage broker? How can they go about kind of starting to identify who might be a good fit for them? And who might not be? Alright,\\n\\n\\n\\nMichael 0:53well, the first thing, of course, is if you've got friends or family colleagues who have at least had someone and dealt with a mortgage broker and have had a positive experience, we all know, that's probably going to be the best way. But if you're starting green, if I could put it that way, and you're just going to put it out there, then I guess you're looking for things like customer reviews, you're looking for the level of their experience, perhaps their time within the industry. Now, none of those things on its own is a guarantee, but at least it'll start pointing you in the in the right direction. Because I'm a mortgage broker needs to have I Well, I think, and I'm probably attached by us having even been in the industry for a while, but you should have some pretty good industry experience, you want to have as many of the lenders, that the sorry, you want to have access to as many lenders as you can. And you want to have\\n\\n\\n\\nRyan 1:57does that vary significantly from mortgage broker mortgage broker, which lenders they have access to, or the most mortgage brokers have access to everyone?\\n\\n\\n\\nMichael 2:05No, most mortgage brokers don't have access to everybody. Because different people are employed under different I suppose in different within within different silos. So you could have, you know, completely independent mortgage brokers who will have access to the broad range of the industry, but some of the branded brokers would have less or fewer accreditation across all the major banks. So you might have someone who is within a franchise, for example, would have a significantly limited portfolio,\\n\\n\\n\\nRyan 2:47which is interesting, because you would kind of think, as a lay person who's not in the industry, you would kind of think the opposite, that if someone's franchise, and it's a big company, then they're actually going to have access to more lenders than an individual. But I don't know if it has something to do with, you know, buying power and these groups negotiating with particular lenders and featuring them?\\n\\n\\n\\nMichael 3:08Well, some of those things are true. Look, I'm not necessarily saying that just because you're..."