Three of the nine months I spent getting ready went to tracking down equipment. Here's the whole list in one place so you don't have to guess — the legally required items first, then the loan signing gear, then the things that just make the job easier.
Before you buy anything: don't order your seal until your commission is actually issued. It has to match your commission exactly, and ordering early is the most common expensive mistake.
You also don't need everything here on day one. The seal and record book are required. The printer matters once you start taking loan signings — not before.
Covered in Lesson 3 — Supplies, Technology, and Professional Setup.
Covered in Lesson 13 — Printing, Preparing, and Protecting the Package. This is the real investment. A dual-tray printer is the single most important purchase — loan packages mix letter and legal paper, and shrinking a legal page to letter can get a package rejected.
Knowing what to do with it is the rest. The full course is free — 40 lessons, no email required.