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LodeStar curates a variety of content through our Lending Lenders
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Lending Leaders

Building Trust in Mortgage

For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna chats with Monica Raciti of Vesta. Together they talk about technology, how it’s changed our industry, and how we can build trust amid the changes.

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Lending Leaders

Homebuying with the Right Tech

For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna chats with longtime friend and industry partner, Olga Faynshteyn, Business Development Manager at LenderLogix. Olga is no stranger to the world of optimizing the loan origination process with key tech—especially since she just got to use LenderLogix products to buy her own house.

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Lending Leaders

Sticking to Core Values

While at TMC’s “The Mane Event” in Louisville, Kentucky, Alayna had the opportunity to chat with Stephen Huang, Key Account Director at MeridianLink, about sales, the benefits of being a vendor vs. a lender, and the importance of sticking to your core values.

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Deeper Thoughts

What To Do When Things Are “Kind of OK”

One of our core values at LodeStar is Clarity. We aspire to be honest and straightforward. Sometimes that’s easy. Sometimes, especially when the market is just “kind of OK,” that’s tough.

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Lending Leaders

The Decision Maker Mindset

For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Jim talks with Rich Swerbinsky about his long career, growth over the years, leadership, and developing a decision maker mindset.

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Lending Leaders

Building Bridges with Technology

For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders, Jim chats with Allen Pollack, a product innovator, board advisor, and strategist, about the mortgage industry, tech, and how to build bridges and relationships in lending.

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Lending Leaders

The Tech That Matters Most

For this week’s Lending Leaders episode, Greg Uttal, President at Cyberlink Software Solutions, was kind enough to talk with us about tech, implementation, the benefits of AI, and what matters most when it comes to implementing automations.

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Loan Estimate Challenges

North Carolina’s Biggest LE Challenges

Like many others, North Carolina is an “attorney state,” requiring all real estate closings involve an attorney.

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Lending Leaders

How to NOT Miss Lending Opportunities

For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders podcast, Jim Paolino interviews Josh Friend, the CEO and Founder of InSellerate, a powerful marketing automation platform for lenders. Together they discuss missed opportunities and how to avoid them.

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