Real Estate/Mortgage Professional

Lisa Martell ___________________________________________________________________________

** ***** ******, ************, ** 914-***-**** **********@*****.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Career minded professional with 18 years of real estate experience within the mortgage banking and legal fields. Extremely self-motivated, enthusiastic and focused on making processes the most efficient and effective to serve both the business and client/customer relationship. Ability to develop strong relationships and act as a liaison between entry level and senior management as well as between outside vendors to ensure compliance can be met within and between departments. Hands on leadership style with demonstrated capability of directing employees to work as a team to ensure work is completed quickly and efficiently in this fast paced environment.

EXPERIENCE

QUARTARARO & LOIS, PLLC Fishkill, NY

Director of Residential Mortgage Department/Paralegal – November 2005 to September 2011

-Maintained compliance of mortgage files to insure Freddie Mac, SONYMA, VA, FHA, RESPA, MIDA and HUD as well as all other Federal and State guidelines were being met from pre- disclosures through post-closing sales

-Managed and facilitated up to 25 closings daily including purchases, refinances, cema, workout and relief refinances as well as home equity loans for residential, condo and co-op properties

-Closed real estate loans for lenders, purchasers and sellers; prepare deeds and transfer docs on both purchases and refinances (proficient in ACRIS and PREP systems)

-Insured accurate daily transfers and issuance of checks for closings averaging $2 to $4 million dollars daily

-Handled all closing problems and provided quick and efficient solutions

-Supervised mortgage staff as well as coordinate the scheduling of personnel for closings in 10 different locations

-Prepared bank closing documents (mortgages, notes, cema’s, ucc filings, subordinations, assignments, deferral agreements) for all real estate related loans and transactions

-Reviewed all titles, surveys, UCC lien searches, trust agreements, municipal searches, easements et al. Worked with borrowers as well as act as a liaison between lenders, attorneys, and title companies to resolve title issues quickly

-Made and execute all staffing decisions for the firm (excluding attorneys) as well as create and enforce all firm policies

-Maintained, updated and reviewed all legal documents included incorporating them into company database to ensure compliance

-Managed and maintained the computer systems, security and telephone systems

TENDY & CANTOR Wappingers Falls, NY

Real Estate Paralegal – July 2005 - November 2005

-Handled all aspects of real estate, representing lenders, purchasers and sellers

BERTINE, HUFNAGEL, HEADLEY, ZELTNER, DRUMMOND & DOHN LLP Scarsdale, NY

Supervising Paralegal for Banking Department – May 2003 – July 2005

-Supervised all incoming files, titles being reviewed, scheduling of closings in a timely fashion

-Facilitated 20 to 30 closings daily for 2 major lenders, co-operative, condo & residential

-Acted as liaison between lenders and the borrowers to clear title issues and concerns

-Handled all Bank of New York Private Banking Clients and Trust Account closings for the firm

VERGILIS, STENGER, ROBERTS, PERGAMENT & VIGLOTTI Wappingers Falls, NY

Director of Banking Department – September 2001 – May 2003

-Closed and coordinated 10+ closings daily for 3 major lenders, representing lenders as well as builders

-Managed all aspects of the residential mortgage closing area including staff

-Reviewed and cleared all title work

RHINEBECK SAVINGS BANK Hyde Park, Poughkeepsie & Rhinebeck, NY

Assistant to the President & COO - May 2000 – September 2001

-Assistant Project Manager for renovations of newly purchased 30,000 square ft operation center, over a year long project including all phases of construction, interior design and space planning

-Assisted the President and Executive Officers with the day to day operations and bank projects

-Acted as a liaison for the President, in meetings as well as hold the job of Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees

-Ran bank wide lending and deposit reports on a weekly basis and perform an analysis for executive management and Board meetings

Mortgage Closer/Lending Operations Assistant - March 1999 – May 2000

-Maintained compliance with State and Federal regulations for all aspects of consumer and residential mortgage lending

-Prepared all closing packages for all residential mortgage files

-Reviewed files for accuracy and compliance in preparation of selling loans to secondary marketing

-Sold and packaged closed mortgage files to Freddie Mac and SONYMA

-Responsible for all HMDA reporting

EDUCATION

MARIST COLLEGE, Bachelors Degree in Business Administration

MARIST COLLEGE, Paralegal Certificate

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