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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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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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Loan Estimate Challenges
Tennessee’s Biggest LE Challenges
Home to The Grand Ole Opry, the longest running radio show in the world for any genre, Tennessee is also the birthplace of cotton candy, Mountain Dew and the Moon Pie.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Summer’s Almost Over”
Horace is concerned that the summer is almost over.
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“Interview”
Octavia vets a potential interviewee for the new LO position.
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Lessons from the Office: Part Four
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Summer Session, we’re concluding our conversation conversation about lessons from the hit sitcom, The Office.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Monthly Payment”
Octavia tries to talk a borrower out of a too-high monthly mortgage payment.
Loan Estimate Challenges
Virginia’s Biggest LE Challenges
Virginia is one of the few states to levy specific grantor taxes based upon a property’s purchase price. The state also requires deed taxes, which are paid by the purchaser, as well as mortgage taxes assessed by both the state and county where the property is located and which are based upon a tiered schedule.
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Lessons from the Office: Part Three
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Summer Session, we’re back to part three of our ongoing conversation: lessons from the hit sitcom, The Office.
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“Solitaire”
Octavia reads a news article that offends her work ethic.
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Lessons from The Office: Part Two
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Summer Session, we’re back to the next installment of last week’s conversation: lessons from the hit sitcom, The Office.