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NV MLO study plan

NV MLO · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Federal Law and Regulation

  • Map every required federal disclosure (Loan Estimate, Closing Disclosure, servicing transfer, APR/affordability) to its trigger event and delivery deadline on a single one-page timeline

  • Differentiate Regulation Z tolerance categories (zero, 10 percent, unlimited) by reclassifying a 20-line fee list into the correct bucket

  • Calculate the earliest permissible closing date for three scenarios using the Loan Estimate delivery, Closing Disclosure delivery, and rescission timing rules

  • Translate RESPA Section 8 and Section 10 prohibitions into five original fact patterns and label each as violation or permitted

Your checkpoint

One-page federal disclosure timing chart covering at least 8 disclosures with trigger and deadline, plus a scored 25-question RESPA/Reg Z quiz (target 80% or better) with a written error log

Week 2

Federal Law and Regulation

  • Apply Regulation B adverse action requirements - timing, content, and notice options - to three denial scenarios

  • Compare ability-to-repay general, rebuttable presumption, and safe harbor thresholds and classify five sample loan files

  • Identify HOEPA high-cost triggers using the points-and-fees, APR, and prepayment-penalty tests on two loan scenarios

  • Outline SAFE Act licensing, registration, and annual continuing education obligations for an MLO

Your checkpoint

A 15-file classification table showing QM status and high-cost status for each file, plus a 30-question timed quiz on ECOA, HMDA, ATR/QM, HOEPA, and the SAFE Act scored at 85% or higher

Week 3

Uniform State Content & Federal Law and Regulation

  • Describe the NMLS licensing workflow - pre-licensing education, testing, sponsorship, and renewal - and the state regulator's supervisory authority over licensees

  • Explain the state-law consumer protection provisions covered by Uniform State Content: advertising rules, required disclosures, and prohibited practices

  • Distinguish where state law supplements federal consumer protection requirements and where federal rules govern

  • Re-answer every item from the Week 1 and Week 2 error logs and rewrite the underlying rule for each miss

Your checkpoint

A 40-question Uniform State Content practice set scored at 80% or better, plus a rewritten error log with zero unresolved items

Week 4

General Mortgage Knowledge

  • Define core mortgage terms - note rate, APR, PITI, LTV and CLTV, escrow, amortization - and use them correctly in written explanations

  • Compute monthly principal and interest, total interest paid, and LTV for fixed-rate loans, and show how discount points and temporary buydowns change the APR

  • Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA programs by down payment, mortgage insurance or funding fee, and borrower eligibility

  • Classify primary, subordinate, and specialty products (ARM, balloon, interest-only, reverse mortgage) by risk profile and disclosure implications

Your checkpoint

A 20-item loan math worksheet scored at 90% or better and a one-page comparison grid of the four major loan programs

Week 5

General Mortgage Knowledge & Mortgage Loan Origination Activities

  • Sequence the origination workflow from prequalification through funding and name the responsible party at each step

  • Complete a sample loan application and identify the information Regulation B requires the lender to collect

  • Explain each closing cost category on the Closing Disclosure and trace how fees map back to the Loan Estimate

  • Evaluate red flags found during title, appraisal, and credit report review and state the follow-up action for each

Your checkpoint

A completed sample loan application plus a 15-question workflow and loan-program quiz scored at 85% or better

Week 6

Mortgage Loan Origination Activities

  • Describe the underwriting decision process using the four Cs - credit, capacity, collateral, and capital - and apply each to a sample file

  • Verify income, asset, and employment documentation requirements for agency-eligible loans

  • Explain the role of title insurance, appraisal, flood determination, and hazard insurance in clearing a loan to close

  • Interpret escrow account setup, escrow limits, and aggregate accounting for a sample closing

Your checkpoint

A 25-question Domain 3 practice exam scored at 80% or better plus a written one-page analysis applying the four Cs to a sample borrower file

Week 7

Ethics & Mortgage Loan Origination Activities

  • Identify mortgage fraud typologies - occupancy, income, appraisal, and straw-buyer schemes - and list the red flags for each

  • Apply fair lending rules under ECOA, FHA, and HMDA to advertising, steering, and pricing decisions

  • Explain the MLO's duties of good faith, confidentiality, and conflict-of-interest avoidance under SAFE Act ethics provisions

  • Summarize the disciplinary consequences of fraud and consumer protection violations for an individual licensee

Your checkpoint

A 30-question ethics and fraud quiz scored at 90% or better and a 10-item red-flag checklist usable during application review

Week 8

Federal Law and Regulation & General Mortgage Knowledge & Mortgage Loan Origination Activities & Ethics & Uniform State Content

  • Take two full-length 100-question timed practice exams under test-day conditions

  • Rank every missed question by domain and rewrite the governing rule for each miss

  • Recite from memory the key deadlines and thresholds: disclosure timing windows, adverse action timing, tolerance categories, and high-cost triggers

  • Drill the two lowest-scoring domains with flashcards until each reaches 90% mastery

Your checkpoint

Two full-length practice exam scores at 85% or better with no domain below 80%, plus a one-page numbers-and-deadlines sheet written from memory

Milestones

Week 2: Score 80% or higher on a 30-question Domain 1 mixed quiz; disclosure timing chart is complete with no missing disclosures or deadlines

Week 4: Domain 1 and Domain 5 practice sets both at 80% or higher and the 20-item loan math worksheet at 90% or higher

Week 6: Domains 1, 2, 3, and 5 each score 80% or higher on domain-specific practice sets, with error logs current

Week 8: Two full-length practice exams at 85% or higher with no individual domain below 80%, and the from-memory numbers sheet complete