I use it every day, many times a day. I would just suggest that you be very cautious about what you read and how you handle the information. For example, I recently pulled up some information off a very popular Web site, under the heading of Real Estate Center - Brokers versus Bankers.
Mortgage bankers have as many products, usually more, than mortgage brokers.
They try to be competitive in every type of product offered, and I know of none that encourage their agents to sell one product over another. To continue to quote the piece on the Web site, Direct lenders are captive to their own products. Most often, however, we have more products than the average mortgage broker and usually more experience in dealing with the investors who ultimately buy the loans in the secondary market. The one thing they said that was right was, What does matter is giving you the best loan for your needs. It takes knowledge, training, and experience to make the mortgage process smooth.