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Lending Leaders

Viewing Challenges as Opportunities

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Alayna talks with SimpleNexus CTO Lori Brewer about women in STEM and the impact that unforeseen challenges can have on your career.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“Good for Them”

Horace and Octavia discuss their borrowers “capitalizing on current market volatility.”

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Deeper Thoughts

It’s All About Culture

Building business cultures based upon equity, respect, trust, diversity and clarity is yet another example in which doing the right thing is also the best business decision.

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Lending Leaders

Recapping ICE Encompass Experience 2023

For this week’s LLL, Jim and Alayna sit down back at LodeStar HQ to recap their experience exhibiting at ICE Experience 2023 in Las Vegas.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“SVB Collapse”

Horace and Octavia discuss the SVB collapse.

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Deeper Thoughts

Thoughts on the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

As we explored more deeply our potential relationship, I was struck by how densely concentrated SVB’s investments were. The focus was on high-value, high-yield businesses. That’s great when everything’s going well. But with high wealth comes high risk.

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Lending Leaders

The Irreplaceable Value of Mentorship

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders Podcast, Jim sits down with Michele Kryczkowski, a passionate advocate of mentorships with twenty years of mortgage industry experience.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“Looking for ARMs”

Horace searches for ARM buyers.

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Deeper Thoughts

With Great Automation Comes Great Responsibility

It’s fairly simple. The decisions we make when designing and implementing these incredible and advanced technologies are going to reflect our own biases, principles, beliefs, and viewpoints.

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