Lending Leaders

Lending Leaders

Empowering Down Payment Assistance

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Alayna sat down with Rob Chrane, Founder and CEO of Down Payment Resource. Together they discussed all things down payment assistance, empowering local lenders to help borrowers, and fighting the uphill battle of homebuyer education.

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Predicting Better Futures

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Jim sat down with Laird Nossuli, CEO of iEmergent, a data and analytics technology provider focused on forecasting the future of the mortgage industry. Since 2000, iEmergent has been focused on delivering insights to help organizations navigate the industry’s changing landscape. Jim and Laird talked about using data to forecast the future, navigating changes, and the importance of championing diversity and underserved markets.

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By the Numbers: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim speaks with longtime friend, Matt Einheber, Creator of TitleBox, to nerd out over some stats and numbers. They take a look back at the 2021 and 2022 markets, and speculate about 2023.

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Live from IMB23!

For this week’s LLL, we chatted with some industry friends and partners at the 2023 Independent Mortgage Bankers Conference in sunny Coronado, California.

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Serving the Larger Conversation with Rob Chrisman

For this week’s episode of LodeStar Lending Leaders, we were beyond excited to sit down with Rob Chrisman of the Chrisman Commentary. In our industry, he’s a legend who needs no introduction. He was kind enough to give some of his time to our podcast while at IMB23 in Coronado, California.

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Mortgage Lending and Personal Brand

For this week’s episode of LodeStar Lending Leaders, Alayna spoke with Joe Wilson, Founder of Social Coach. Together they talked all things social media, the future of the mortgage lending process, and how to develop a personal brand.

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Industry Update with Jim Paolino

For this week’s LLL, LodeStar’s Jim Paolino gives his take on what is going on in the industry and where things are headed.

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“Don’t Get Too High on the Highs”

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Jim had the pleasure of chatting with Bob Ventola, Branch Manager, and Tim Shultz, SVP of National Sales Administration, with Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. Both are industry veterans who’ve seen their share of “good” and “bad” mortgage markets.

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Leveraging AI in Mortgage

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast—the very first of the new year!—CEO Jim Paolino sat down with Hoyt Mann, President and Co-Founder of Alanna.ai, a virtual assistant software for the title industry.

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