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As loan officers and mortgage brokers there are many avenues to go down in order to obtain mortgage leads for potential loan customers.

Activity is the key to obtaining leads in any sales industry. Sitting idle will get you no where except hungry and out of a job.

For instance, if you have a one oclock appointment with a customer, dont spend your day waiting around to leave for the appointment, build appointments in and around the vicinity of your one oclock appointment.

This can be accomplished in the following way. Cold calling.

The day before your appointment, spend a couple of hours making some calls to potential customers in the neighborhood of your appointment.

Let them know that you will be in the area and you would like to stop by to introduce yourself and drop off some brochures. Keep it short and sweet.

In the mortgage industry your activities consist of many things to obtain leads. Such as chambers, rotaries, customer referrals, family, friends, community involvement, etc.

That being said, it is always nice to have a back up plan for slow times such as summer months and the holiday season.

This is where mortgage lead companies come in.

But just dont go and invest with any old lead company, you want to make sure you get your moneys worth, so do your research.

Check out the mortgage lead companys web site and speak with someone in their customer service department. Find out how they obtain their leads and what the quality of their leads is.

If the mortgage lead company is not obtaining their leads from web sites they own and operate on their own, than most likely they are recycling old leads and will be selling you old junk.

Remember, if you are not happy with the information you gather on their web site or through their customer service department, chances are you wont be happy with the leads either.

You work hard for your money, so before you go investing in a mortgage lead company, be sure you take your time and do your research.

We have all heard about, or have experienced the pain first hand of being burned by a mortgage lead company. And although this may happen to loan officers more often than not, there are some good lead companies out there, where it is possible to get a good return on your investment.

It is only a matter of taking your time and doing your research.

It also has a lot to do with the type of lead you buy as well, so make sure you research exactly what it is that you are buying.

If a mortgage lead company is buying their leads in bulk from a third party company and selling them to loan officers at a profit, than that lead company is doing what is known as recycling leads. Or, to put it bluntly, they are selling junk.

And who knows how many times that third party company sold their leads to other mortgage lead companies.

If a lead company is obtaining their leads from sites they own and operate on their own, than chances are you will be receiving a good quality lead.

Especially if they sell their leads in real time, and/or, exclusively.

The best way to find out about how a mortgage lead company obtains their leads is to call and speak with a live person in the customer service department.

Ask point blank, how they obtain their leads. If you dont like the answers you receive, than move onto the next company, there are enough of them. Its that simple.

Always remember, if you are not happy with customer service, than more than likely, you will not be happy with leads.