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The 2-24-48
Mortgage Standard

Every promise has a time on it.

2 hours to review credit, on a soft pull. 24 hours to put a signed Pre-Qual in your hands. 48 hours to have your buyer sitting down with the numbers.

Your number one complaint about lenders is communication. Ours is a system built so that nobody, not you, not your buyer, not the listing side, ever has to ask where the loan is. Every update lands before you think to check.

The promises, with the clock running
  • Credit reviewed, soft pull2 hrs
  • Document list to your buyersame day
  • Signed Pre-Qual in your hands24 hrs
  • Buyer consultation booked48 hrs
  • Loan Status Update, every weekTue 9:00am
  • Milestone update to yousame day
  • Reply to your text1 business hr
The standard

Why it is a number and not an adjective

Any lender can call themselves white glove. Nobody can be held to it. A number you publish is a number you can be measured against, which is the entire point. Underneath it sit three rules.

Anticipate the ask

You hear from us before you wonder. Application received, credit reviewed on a soft pull, docs in, Pre-Qual signed, appraisal back, clear to close, funded. Each one reaches you the day it happens, in writing, with the AAR Loan Status Update attached.

Every promise has a time

"I'll get to it" isn't a promise. "Pre-Qual in your hands by tomorrow at 5" is. Our system holds our own feet to the clock on every stage and flags us before a deadline slips, not after.

Never "not my department"

Ricky owns every file, start to finish. One number to text, one person accountable. Our team works behind the scenes; you and your buyer always talk to the person who can actually fix it.

The process

From application to keys, with the clock showing

Left column is what we promise. Middle is what happens. Right is what you get, without asking.

MINUTE 0application received

Your buyer applies

Within minutes your buyer has a text and an email in Ricky's voice: what happens next, when, and a secure upload link. You get a text the same minute with the two promises that matter: a soft pull credit review today, Pre-Qual within 24 hours.

You receive
Text: "Justin's application is in. Soft pull credit reviewed today, no hard inquiry, Pre-Qual in your hands within 24 hours."
HOUR 2soft pull credit review

A soft pull, and the real plan

A tri-merge credit report reviewed within two hours, pulled as a soft inquiry. If your buyer qualifies, they hear good news the same hour. If it needs work, they get a written credit plan with a target date instead of a vague "we'll see."

Soft pull only. That is the default, not the exception.

A soft pull does not affect your buyer's credit score, and other lenders cannot see it. That second part matters more than most people realize: a hard mortgage inquiry is what lets the bureaus sell your buyer's name as a trigger lead, which is why some buyers get a wall of cold calls the day after they apply somewhere. A soft pull does not set that off.

We do not run a hard pull unless and until it is genuinely necessary, which in practice means your buyer is moving forward on a real property and the file has to go to underwriting. Even then, your buyer hears it from us before it happens, never after. Nobody's credit gets pulled hard so we can feel busy.

You receive
Nothing yet. This one belongs to the buyer. Worth having in your pocket though: when a buyer tells you they are "not ready to have their credit run," this is the answer.
SAME DAYdocument list

The needs list, then the chase

A short, specific list. Not "send everything," but paystubs for 30 days, two months of bank statements, all pages. Reminders go out at 24 and 48 hours if something's missing. At 72 hours you get a heads-up so you can nudge, and we never let a file go quiet.

You receive
Only if stuck: "Waiting on Justin's paystubs since Tuesday. Mind giving him a nudge?"
HOUR 24pre-qualification

Signed Pre-Qual on the AAR form

Your buyer signs the Arizona Association of REALTORS Pre-Qualification Form on their phone in about a minute. The second it's signed, it's in your inbox and your texts with a download link that works anywhere for 60 days.

You receive
Text + email: the signed Pre-Qual, plus "Justin's ready to write offers. Call me with the address and I'll run the numbers while you're standing in the house."
HOUR 48consultation

The 15-minute mortgage consultation

Before an offer is written, your buyer knows their payment, their cash to close, and their ceiling cold. No surprises at the CD. Afterward they get a personal video and a handwritten card. Yes, a real one.

You receive
Tuesday and Friday: a two-line status text while the buyer shops, so you never have to ask "where are we?"
CONTRACTday 0 of escrow

Under contract: the clocks multiply

Every AAR contract clock (LSU day 10, inspection, PTD notice, docs to escrow) and every TRID clock is tracked against the close date and called out before it's at risk. Lock expiration is checked against closing every day.

You receive
Every Tuesday, 9:00am: the Loan Status Update email with the signed AAR LSU attached, current to that morning. Plus a same-day update at every milestone below.
MILESTONESsame-day, every time

Submitted, appraisal, approved, clear to close, docs out

Each milestone fires an update to the buyer, to you, and a version for the listing side, each written for its audience. The buyer's version explains what the step means. Yours has the numbers. The listing side hears "on track for the 18th" and nothing that isn't theirs to know.

You receive
Email + text: "Justin is APPROVED on 3469 E Cabazon. Conditions are routine, 9/18 is solid. Go make your client's day."
FUNDEDkeys

Funded and recorded

You hear the minute it funds. The listing agent gets a thank-you and a review request. Your buyer gets a welcome-home note and a lender for life, which is the part most lenders skip.

You receive
Text: "Justin is FUNDED. Congrats on the closing and thank you, you were great to work with. Let's do it again."
Your inbox

What it actually looks like on your phone

Real formats, real cadence. Short texts for speed, one email a week with the paper the seller's side will ask for.

RKRicky, EPiQTue 9:02am
Michael, Tuesday LSU on Justin Pecora: at underwriting, next is approval (expected Thu). Close 9/18 on track. Full LSU in your email. Ricky, EPiQ
weekly status · text
RKLoan Status Update, Justin PecoraTue 9:00am
Michael, quick Tuesday Loan Update: for Justin's VA purchase at 3469 E Cabazon Ct, the appraisal is in at value, the file is with the underwriter, and closing is on track for Friday 9/18. Attached: the signed AAR Loan Status Update, current as of this morning.
weekly status · email · LSU attached
RKRicky, EPiQThu 2:41pm
Michael, Justin is APPROVED on 3469 E Cabazon. Conditions are routine, 9/18 solid. Go make your client's day. Ricky, EPiQ
milestone · text · same day
RKRicky, EPiQMon 11:15am
Michael, Justin's Pre-Qualification Form is signed and ready for the offer. Download it here: closepaytracker.com/d/… Call me with an address and I'll run it on the spot.
pre-qual · text + email · within 24h
The appraisal rule

Who hears what when the appraisal lands

The appraisal is where deals get saved or lost, and where loose lips cost your buyer money. We have a rule for every outcome, and it's automatic.

At value, as-is

Everyone hears, same day

Buyer, you, and the listing side all get "appraisal complete, on track for the 18th." Clean and done.

Above value, as-is

You and I talk first

The buyer and you get the "came in higher" opportunity: seller credit, buydown, costs covered. The listing side only ever hears "appraised at value." Their leverage is not our problem to hand them.

Low, or subject-to

Red flag. You hear first. Only you.

Nothing goes to the buyer or the listing side until you and Ricky have a plan. Price, credit, gap, reconsideration of value, or conditions we can clear fast. Then we execute it together.

After closing

Your client stays your client

Most lenders disappear after funding, and your buyer's next transaction goes to whoever mails them first. We keep them warm for you, in your name and ours.

30

days

"How's the house?" plus the rule for life: if anyone pitches a refi or a sale in year one, call Ricky first. He'll tell them the truth even when it costs him.

90

days

Rate and equity on watch. Every refi mailer they get, they forward to us and we tell them in two minutes whether it's real. Most aren't.

180

days, then yearly

A 15-minute mortgage review, a home-anniversary note, and Rate Watch: the week a refinance actually saves them money, they hear from us first, before any ad does.

"The loan is the smallest part of what we do. The experience is what your buyer talks about at the next open house. That's what sends you referrals, and that's what we build for."

Ricky KhamisPresident & Certified Mortgage Planner, EPiQ Lending · NMLS #173141
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Fifteen minutes with Ricky and you'll know exactly what your buyers get, what you get, and when. No pitch. Bring a live deal if you have one and we'll run it on the call.

Call or text(480) 999-9842
Emailricky.khamis@epiqlending.com
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