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OK MLO study plan

OK MLO · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Federal Mortgage Laws and Regulations

  • Map the federal disclosure timeline (Loan Estimate delivery and re-disclosure triggers, Closing Disclosure timing, rescission) onto a single one-page chart you draw from memory

  • Explain RESPA Section 8 prohibitions and identify which of ten short scenario descriptions describe lawful vs. unlawful referral-fee arrangements

  • List the ability-to-repay/qualified mortgage core requirements and state which documentation each requires

  • Define the triggering thresholds and consumer notices for ECOA/Regulation B, including adverse action timing

Your checkpoint

A one-page hand-drawn federal disclosure timeline plus a scored 10-scenario RESPA Section 8 worksheet with written justifications for each answer

Week 2

Federal Mortgage Laws and Regulations

  • Summarize TILA/Regulation Z advertising and high-cost mortgage triggers and recite the tolerance rules for fees and APR accuracy

  • Differentiate HMDA reportable data fields and explain who must report and when

  • Describe fair lending and fair housing prohibitions (ECOA, FHA, HMDA) and match each to a compliance failure example

  • Explain SAFE Act licensing and registration duties for loan originators, including the unique identifier requirement

Your checkpoint

A 25-question self-written quiz on federal law with an answer key citing the governing statute or regulation for every item

Week 3

General Mortgage Knowledge

  • Compare conventional, FHA, VA, and USDA loan programs on down payment, mortgage insurance, and eligibility

  • Compute monthly PITI, LTV, and CLTV for three practice scenarios and check each against program limits

  • Explain the roles of the primary and secondary markets and how servicing rights transfer affects the borrower

  • Describe appraisal, title, and hazard insurance requirements and how each protects the lender

Your checkpoint

A completed three-scenario PITI/LTV/CLTV worksheet showing all arithmetic and a pass/fail note against each program guideline

Week 4

General Mortgage Knowledge & Mortgage Loan Origination Activities

  • Sequence the origination workflow from prequalification through funding and name the documents produced at each stage

  • Explain how credit reports, DTI, and reserves are analyzed and identify common compensating factors

  • Interpret an income analysis for a self-employed borrower and document the calculation method

  • Distinguish preapproval from prequalification and explain the borrower disclosures each requires

Your checkpoint

A full mock loan file checklist for one borrower scenario, with each required document, disclosure, and calculation step annotated

Week 5

Mortgage Loan Origination Activities

  • Calculate maximum qualifying housing and total debt ratios for two borrower profiles and justify the result

  • Demonstrate how to read a rate lock, lock extension, and float-down provision and explain the borrower cost of each

  • Explain the purpose and timing of the appraisal, flood determination, and title commitment in the file

  • Identify red flags in a loan application that require further verification and state the follow-up action for each

Your checkpoint

A written loan-origination case study of at least two pages resolving one borrower file end-to-end, including ratio calculations and a red-flag log

Week 6

Ethics

  • Apply fiduciary duty concepts to conflicts of interest, compensation, and referral arrangements in origination

  • Analyze fraud typologies (occupancy, income, appraisal, identity) and name the detection step for each

  • Describe permissible and impermissible uses of borrower nonpublic information and the privacy safeguards required

  • Explain the ethical duty to disclose costs accurately and to correct errors discovered after closing

Your checkpoint

A written ethics decision log covering six scenarios, each with the competing duties identified and a defensible course of action

Week 7

Oklahoma State-Specific Laws and Regulations

  • Outline Oklahoma licensing, examination, and enforcement structure for mortgage loan originators and the state regulator's authority

  • Summarize Oklahoma-specific consumer protection rules on disclosures, fees, and prohibited practices

  • Compare Oklahoma requirements against the federal baseline and note where the state rule is stricter or additive

  • Explain Oklahoma recordkeeping and advertising rules applicable to licensees

Your checkpoint

A two-column comparison table of Oklahoma-specific rules versus the federal baseline, with a citation note for each entry

Week 8

Federal Mortgage Laws and Regulations & Mortgage Loan Origination Activities & Ethics & Oklahoma State-Specific Laws and Regulations

  • Complete two timed full-length practice exams and log every missed item by domain

  • Re-teach your five weakest concepts in writing without consulting notes, then verify against source material

  • Drill federal disclosure timing and Oklahoma-specific rules until recall is automatic

  • Build a one-page pre-exam review sheet limited to high-frequency, high-risk facts

Your checkpoint

A scored practice-exam report with a per-domain accuracy table and a one-page final review sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 80% on your self-written federal law quiz and correctly explain every missed item aloud without notes

Week 4: Produce the complete mock loan file checklist with no missing required disclosure and pass all three PITI/LTV calculations on a second attempt without reference

Week 6: Complete the six-scenario ethics log with a defensible justification for each and no unresolved conflicts of duty

Week 8: Score at least 85% on both timed practice exams, with no single domain below 75%