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Contracts, Invoices & Legal
The operational infrastructure of a freelance business — and the area most freelancers neglect until a client dispute makes it expensive. This sub-forum covers freelance contract templates, scope creep clauses, kill fees, late payment terms, invoice structures, payment platform comparisons, and the legal protections that separate professional freelancers from hobbyists. Downloadable templates live here alongside member experiences with difficult client situations and the contract language that resolved them.
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Headlines over real estate sales policies, as well as economic upheaval, are having a negative impact on how insiders are seeing the market today. View the full article
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Flood Quotes and the Flood Insurance Portal allows users to compare quotes and purchase policies directly through the platforms. View the full article
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The wholesale lender fell victim to a data incursion two years ago in a months-long period marked by several high-profile cybersecurity incidents. View the full article
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Nations Lending claims two former branch managers diverted business to CMG Financial before leaving to their new place of employment. View the full article
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled the debtor could not prove she was injured by any alleged conduct by Nationstar or other defendants WSFS and A&D. View the full article
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A failure at an Amazon Web Services data center in Virginia caused widespread outages, hitting services at several banks and fintechs. View the full article
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Desmond will be succeeding Pierre Naudé in leading the bank technology provider. View the full article
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Sean Desmond, the new CEO of nCino, hinted at some of the products under development in an interview with American Banker. View the full article
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Several claims in a recent Loan Think column misrepresented how credit scores and resellers work in mortgage lending, according to the president of the National Consumer Reporting Association. View the full article
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Artificial intelligence has opened the door for innovations ranging from virtual economists and compliance assistants to lender-profitability forecasting. View the full article
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The California-based lender announced Wednesday the addition of One Goal Mortgage, a branch serving the Omaha, Nebraska, metro area and Southwest Iowa. View the full article
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The new affiliate, NAF Insurance Services, is teaming up with The Baldwin Group to offer a range of coverage from more than 50 carriers nationwide. View the full article
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The opinion that supports national banks' ability to avoid paying interest on certain mortgage accounts in New York is unlikely to be the last word. View the full article
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A potential government shutdown could create unprecedented risks for housing, delaying data releases, and affecting markets more than past shutdowns. View the full article
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M&A, complementary to widespread artificial intelligence implementation, is also high on the list of upcoming priorities for new Dark Matter CEO Vikas Rao. View the full article
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Affordability has improved and rate drops have exposed millions to incentives, but many more must wait for a break, ICE Mortgage Technology found. View the full article
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Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is the new chair for both and he has removed several members while adding a few new names at each. View the full article
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New residential construction increased 11.2% to an annualized rate of 1.5 million in February, according to government data released Tuesday. View the full article
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The increase in borrower activity came as housing starts ended 2025 on a high note, while mortgage rates were a percentage point lower year-over-year. View the full article
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The new regulation, which passed overwhelmingly in the state legislature, would allow insurers to remove wildfire protections from standard homeowners policies. View the full article
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Whether in fake ads or misleading documents, anywhere fraud might be happening on Google, banks have a new way to quickly shut it down. View the full article
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Rithm Capital, a real estate investment trust, is sponsoring the deal, in which property focused investor loans represent 32.60% of the collateral pool. View the full article
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The terms of NRMLT 2025-NQM7 will not allow it to advance principal and interest on loans that are delinquent by 180 days or more. View the full article
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While originators are not the primary focus of the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act going into effect on March 5, the way they do business is going to change. View the full article
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