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Dilip Vishwanat | SLBJ By Diana Barr – Associate Editor, St. Louis Business Journal Mar 7, 2019 THIS ARTICLE IS FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Continue Reading With Your Subscription Access 4 weeks of business news and insights Subscribe for only $4 Subscribe Already have a paid subscription? Sign in Mortgage lender Top Flite Financial looks to attract and retain young talent by making its St. Louis workplace financially rewarding as well as fun. To ensure employees’ early success, Todd Feager and Dave Bray, partners and consumer direct division managers in Top Flite’s St. Louis office, created a “loan officer academy.” Feager and Bray opened Michigan-based Top Flite’s St. Louis office, one of 41 nationwide, in May 2016. The local staff has grown from 13 three years ago to 55 today, having added 28 people in the second half of 2018, during which it closed $160 million in loans. The office targets $250 million in volume in 2019. The mortgage industry suffers from a lack of young talent and a lack of training is one of the biggest road blocks for a new loan officer, Feager said. Top Flite runs a local 30-day boot camp each quarter, with Bray as the trainer. The effort has paid off, with all students passing the national SAFE exam (under the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act), and 92 percent doing so on the first attempt, according to Feager. CREATE YOUR FREE ACCOUNT BECOME A MEMBER Join the St. Louis Business Journal to unlock even more insights! Email Address * Password *Show Zip Code * Join Now Sign-in | Premium Memberships By submitting your information you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and User Agreement . It can take as much as a year to start making good money in the mortgage industry, Feager said. With Top Flite’s training program, “what used to take eight to nine months, now takes two to four months,” he said. New employees are assigned a senior loan officer as a mentor, and Top Flite also provides ongoing skills training in a “master’s course,” he said. Feager said Top Flite holds a number of contests to reward performance and “keep it light, but competitive,” with nearly $175,000 available in 2019 incentives and sales contest prizes in St. Louis. A weekly contest “wheel” is based on new business wins as measured by number of appraisals ordered. Monthly prizes for goals met include a seven-day vacation package and a $1,000 prize for excellent online client reviews. As part of its team-building efforts, Top Flite holds a “huddle” for all employees at the start and near the end of each day. Benefits include a 401(k) match program, a profit-sharing plan for sales staff, and catered lunches and occasional dinners, and a holiday party. 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