Attention to all Financial Consultants, Property agents and advisors
Would you like to help your clients generate more wealth, plan finances better, and be seen as the only trusted advisor to them?
Retail mortgages financed
Properties financed
Years combined banking experience
"Sell me this pen."
You’re probably familiar with this question — made famous by The Wolf of Wall Street. Chances are, the people who know and apply the correct response are expert salesmen: trusted by their customers, and able to close deals effortlessly.
Why? Because the technique to sell is to know the person first — what their needs are, what’s important to them. Once you find out what they truly need, they’ll be willing to listen.
But in real life, it’s easier said than done. Unless a client already knows you, chances are their guard is up — tight-lipped about their situation, especially the numbers. Without knowing the customer, it’s almost impossible to provide a recommendation that actually helps them.
What if there’s a way to get your client to open up automatically — and share their full financial status, without you ever needing to ask?
What if you could be THE indispensable advisor they rely on to manage ALL their assets — and stop losing them to bankers and other financial providers, once and for all?
This is the whole purpose of our Mortgage Accreditation Program (MAP): to give you the knowledge and technology to unlock the doors of many opportunities.
What MAP unlocks for your practice
Be the all-round expert in finance
Finances go beyond income & expenses. Property is the piece of the pie you’ve yet to tap. Discover creative ways to unlock cash from properties and open your clients’ eyes to the full potential of their wealth.
Add value to clients easily
Interest rates change every day. Most Singaporeans are overpaying for their mortgage and don’t know it. Imagine helping them save thousands a year — easily, through refinancing.
Uncover full financial status
Once you’ve helped them, it’s a different story. With this info and momentum, you can create opportunities and recommend the right strategy to generate even more wealth — making yourself indispensable.
Enhance earning potential
Mortgage is usually a person’s biggest financial commitment — everyone needs it eventually. With another offering under your belt, you increase the lifetime value of every client.
Make yourself the obvious choice.
It’s obvious that you’re realizing that you need to have a differentiation in the market to make yourself the obvious choice to clients
A course unlike any other
Colab’s MAP course has been put together by some of the finest mortgage experts in Singapore. Our trainers include ex-bankers and insurance agents who walk the talk every single day — leveraging real estate knowledge to generate more wealth for their clients.
This course gives you all the real estate knowledge you need — knowledge that’s actually applicable. Not just the technical rules and policies, but the myths of property purchase, and creative ways to leverage mortgages that most of the industry never learns.
On top of that...
Who says you need to memorize anything? You’ll get access to our proprietary six-figure online platform — your single best resource for everything mortgage-related.
Real-time mortgage packages guide, for instant client recommendations
TDSR & ABSD calculators to generate functional reports in a few clicks
Access to bankers’ contacts from every bank in Singapore
Bank Partners
Backed by relationships across every major bank
Hear From Members We’ve Helped
You might not have noticed how powerful mortgage advisory is, yet.
Watch: a MAP graduate on how the program changed their advisory practice.
“Colab’s training gave me an in-depth knowledge of the Singapore property market — essential when managing my client’s financial portfolio. The support from Colab’s directors is excellent; special thanks to Colin, ever-ready to advise on any case I was dealing with. I’d highly recommend them to any financial planner who wants to add another dimension to their advisory business.”
Abrial Lim
Director, Manulife Financial Advisers
“It’s been an eye opener throughout the entire course. I’m far more confident engaging clients now that I can offer solutions not just for their mortgage, but for their retirement and investment portfolio, with the help of their property.”
Stanley Ong
Assistant Director, Investment Advisory — iFast Financial Pte Ltd
Who We Are
60+ years of banking experience, working for you
Our team at Colab has more than 60 years of banking experience collectively, and is part of Redbrick Mortgage Advisory — the largest mortgage advisory firm in Singapore. We believe in achieving success with our clients by creating synergy through the pooling of resources and expertise.
$2B+
Financed in retail mortgages
4,500+
Properties financed
$80,000 – $25,000,000
Range of mortgages structured, from first-time buyers to high-net-worth portfolios
FAQ
Questions, answered
Why let bankers profit from your clients, when you could be the one doing that for all of them? You don’t have to memorise anything after the course — everything lives in our CRM platform. It’s the effortless way to take your career to the next level.
Yes. The course is geared towards beginners, and no prior real estate knowledge is required. We attract professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds, so extra help is always available for personalised feedback and support.
Definitely. Your trainers continue to offer live support after the course for any complicated cases. Plus, you’ll join a thriving community of top financial practitioners in Singapore who support and inspire one another.
Participants receive a Certificate in Mortgage Advisory after passing an assessment at the end of the program.
Our course and CRM platform come together. Going through the course helps you tremendously — you’ll learn how to make full use of the platform and the tactics proven to upsell mortgages.
Who Is This For
Built for three kinds of professionals
Financial Advisors
Who want to differentiate from the competition, provide complete financial advice, be seen as experts, and unlock new opportunities through mortgage planning.
Real Estate Professionals
Who want to know and access the most effective way to manage mortgages for their clients.
Property Investors
Who want to understand the features of different loan types and choose the one most suited to their investment profile.
More From Our Graduates
Real advisors, real results
“Colab prepared me to make the switch from banking to independent mortgage advisory. The syllabus covers far more than what I learnt during my 5 years as a mortgage specialist in a local bank. Their system helps me present solutions and manage clients’ mortgages without breaking a sweat — I don’t have to collate banks’ rates or track payments anymore. I can focus on what I do best: engaging clients.”
Desmond Ho
Independent Mortgage Adviser
“I’m very grateful to Colab for providing a solid foundation in mortgages. It’s allowed me to creatively structure my customers’ loans — helping them leverage more effectively and save costs over the long term.”
Jacintha Gwee
Independent Mortgage Adviser
“Intellectual capital will always trump financial capital.”
— Paul Tudor Jones, self-made billionaire entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist
Knowledge is the new money. Those who work hard throughout their career but never take time to keep learning risk staying on the bottom rung of today’s highly competitive world. You can stick to the status quo — but why? Stay ahead of the curve, and tap into the knowledge and technology that takes your career to the next level, with Colab.
Fill in the form for a free consultation and demo of our platform, to find out if MAP is right for you.