So I’ve been wanting to change career paths and become a loan officer.

@Max Emory "Oh, how the turn tables…" Office reference?  

County offices should have owner info.

Anyone else have a partner on any of their properties and taken Life Insurance polices out?

Police were called and the squatter knows his rights and now has to be evicted.

My office typically does 100% to investors until their capital contribution has been returned, then a split for the equity growth.

I've been assigned a loan officer who confirms it to be valid.Trust but verify, they say.

@George GlessnerThat is incorrect talk to a loan officer, a lot of them are unfamiliar with the actual Fannie Mae guideline and cite the Freddie Mac guideline or their bank overlay.

The concern with some lenders is frankly the loan officer sucks and it takes more of my time to manage them than it does the transaction.With that said, if the loan officer is popular in the real estate community, it can help. 

If you want to work for an institutional investor or have any desire to play in the middle market or above [which the best way to do the latter is to have worked at for an institutional shop] then a degree is a requirement and if you want to work at the shops that do the most interesting deals [family offices, pension funds, REITS ect] you will have had to work at some of the larger firms to cut your teeth and they do care where you went to school.