Navigating Real Estate in Divorce: What Every Loan Officer Needs to Know with Jimmy Evans of Evans Family Law Group

Divorce is one of the most overlooked opportunity channels in the mortgage industry — yet nearly every divorce involves real estate, refinancing, assumptions, equity buyouts, or forced sales. In this powerful and personal episode of Lykken on Lending, I sit down with board-certified family law attorney Jimmy Evans to unpack the real challenges divorcing homeowners face: assumable low-rate mortgages, short sales, capital gains exposure, credit risk, and poorly written divorce decrees that can derail future financing. What shocked me most? After handling thousands of divorce cases, Jimmy has virtually no consistent mortgage referral relationships. For loan officers looking to add value and build a steady referral pipeline, this conversation reveals a massive untapped opportunity hiding in plain sight.