This morning (as I head to Chicago) and every morning, I keep myself sharp by regularly asking myself the tough questions like, “What happened yesterday?” and “What was I planning on doing just now?” Looking forward, as some attendees of last week’s conference made note of the MBA Annual’s dates in Denver for next year butting up against Halloween, successful salespeople will tell you that many of their best business meetings last week, or at any conference, contained very little business and didn’t take place in a meeting room. I’ve seen this in action many times over the years. Numerous conversations were personal in nature and took place in the hallways or at social events. Yes, the sessions were valuable, although if you’re a company whose unofficial slogan is, “Survive until ’25,” you’re not likely to care much about some Agency’s “Five Year Plan.” (Today’s podcast can be found here, after 5:30AM PT, sponsored by Visio Lending and its top notch broker program. Visio is the nation's premier lender for buy and hold investors with over 2.5 billion closed loans for single-family rental properties, including vacation rentals. Listen to Part One of an interview with TechMor’s Chris Wiley on how mortgage companies can best assess the benefits of AI for their organizations.) Lender and Broker Software, Products, and Services Given that servicing transfers deal with things called “BLOBs,” it’s not surprising that they can get a little messy. Binary large objects (or BLOBs) are the massive files containing the myriad documentation of a loan, or perhaps multiple loans. And servicers know BLOBs aren’t just a pain… They can open businesses up to risk too. In this new blog article, ICE Senior Vice President of Servicing Technology Product Dana Federspiel explores the pitfalls servicers need to be aware of during a servicing transfer to keep themselves and their borrowers safe. Read the blog, and then contact ICE when you’re ready to see how you can start streamlining your servicing transfers.