Larry Bailey

As the Founder and CEO of Mortgage Workflow Partners Inc., I consistently work with clients who are generally underserved. We provide services to help our clients understand and document their workflow so that they may exploit every aspect of the technology they are already using. If additional technology is needed, we assist our clients in using the most appropriate and cost-effective solutions. We train our clients on all the technology they are using to ensure complete success throughout their company. My newest online community for the mortgage industry can be found at https://mortgage.community. It is a forum of various topics from various providers, and it is free and open for anyone to join, regardless of where they work. Education and sharing information to help others is the bedrock of growth in our industry.

Figuring out solutions to complex problems is a passion of mine. I started my career in mortgage banking in 1993 as a loan processor for a mortgage broker. There was a clear future in helping people with home financing as well as other mortgage banking professionals. After 30 years and counting, my resolve to help everyone, from borrowers to peers, remains unchanged. I have helped company after company develop and grow to be something much bigger and better for themselves and their customers, which is always my intention. Because of my experience in the complete life-of-loan workflow and my extensive technology background, I can help others see how to determine a path to success and then help everyone through the journey to completion. Pivots happen too, but that is what makes life interesting.

I enjoy spending time with family, hiking, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and snowboarding whenever possible.

December 9, 2023

Deciding to move forward

Everyone has moments with being faced in a frustrating or upsetting situation. The natural human tendency tends to be anger, but it does not need to be. The funny thing about time is you could never go backwards. All you can do is keep moving forward. One place you definitely do not want to stay though is in place. Staying in place to ...

December 3, 2023

Doing the work

I cannot stress enough how important it is never to stop actually doing the work yourself. This doesn’t mean that you always do the work individually, but it does mean that you need to make sure that you’re not one of the many managers who actually have no idea how to get the job done. I see this far too often with middle and upper man...

November 19, 2023

What is your main focus for 2024?

As I write this there are about 45 days left in the year which by any stretch of the imagination will be gone in a blink. This leaves you with wondering what is your main plan or main focus for 2024 going to be? You may be part of the group that is still trying to do everything they can each month just to stay alive, But that cannot be...

November 11, 2023

Once a year complete review is required

I am still trying to honestly figure out why it is not part of every companies annual plan to thoroughly review their most critical business applications. The idea that you would create something and then never go back to look at it a year or more later typically only leads to problems. One of the services that I perform is a complete ...

November 10, 2023

Another example of why workflow comes before technology

I’ve encountered another example of a situation where workflow should have come before technology and once again, the client is the one who suffers. In this particular example, it is not a very black-and-white situation. The parable goes something like this. How are you supposed to know what you don’t know before you know it? Meaning, ...

November 7, 2023

Plug-ins and technology are nice, but is that actually what you need right now?

Plug-ins and other technology can give the illusion of help, especially in turbulent times such as these, but is it what you really need for your company right now? What you need is to review what is actually happening in your company and how you are currently using all the technology that you currently own or are leasing. In addition ...

November 7, 2023

What does having “Drive“ mean to you?

I recently saw a post on LinkedIn, by someone was speaking to their thoughts of people having “Drive“ in their personality. It made me immediately remember playing tackle football game as a kid when I was maybe about 12 years old. It was just me versus just another friend and he had had me wrapped up in a pretty good tackle, but he jus...

November 6, 2023

The urge to go back is palpable

Ever set off on an exciting trip or start finally doing something you’ve been talking about doing for quite so long and the first pothole you hit or wrong turn you make produces the urge to go back? Yeah it’s a real feeling and it’s really something to do your best to talk through. Try to remember why you started in the first place. Tr...

November 5, 2023

Change is hard!

Change is always hard as I’m sure you’ve heard that many times before. So why keep trying to change? That is a personal question for everyone as well as a professional question for every business. Typically the one unifying reason is because of pain. A person will make a change, because it hurts to stay exactly where they are. The chan...

November 4, 2023

Focus without distraction

If you ever wonder why you feel like you can’t get something done, it’s probably because you’re trying to do more than one thing at once. It’s funny that we learned in school that we could only study one subject at a time during a particular period of the day, but in the professional world, we decide that we can do things in some kind ...