Today Skip welcomes Karley Bond, a First Horizon market manager for West Tennessee and North Mississippi with 20 years in mortgage lending and active involvement in the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Tennessee MBA. Bond explains the value of industry association participation—education, advocacy, leadership development, and especially networking, mentorship, and relationships. She shares time management strategies like prioritization and time blocking while balancing work, volunteer leadership, and family.
They discuss avoiding burnout by focusing on relationship-based mortgage banking and impact-driven service. Bond highlights the industry’s aging workforce and the need for recruiting through MBA’s Mortgage Banking Bound 100-hour certificate program and state Future Leaders programs. She also discusses pursuing the Certified Mortgage Banker (CMB) designation and advises new loan officers to build systems, seek coaching, and commit to lifelong learning.
Episode Highlights:
00:00 Welcome and Intro
00:56 Why Industry Involvement Matters
03:46 Mentors and Saying Yes
05:52 Time Blocking and Priorities
08:34 Avoiding Burnout Through Service
12:09 Aging Industry and New Talent
14:01 Mortgage Banking Bound Explained
16:45 CMB Designation Journey
20:03 Career Advice and Systems
22:10 Connect and Closing
