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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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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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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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When the Market Swings Back Up, Will We Have Learned from the Downturn?
If my hopeful diagnosis does prove to be correct, it’s probably time for the industry to look around and, more importantly, take a good hard look in the mirror.
Lending Leaders
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.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Break Up”
Horace expresses his true feelings to Big Corporate Closing Cost Provider™.
Deeper Thoughts
Now, More Than Ever, The Little Things Mean a Lot
We at LodeStar have built our success on doing one thing well—mastering closing fee data and helping LOs and brokers access that information instantaneously.
Lending Leaders
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.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Three More Weeks”
Horace reports back from Big Corporate Closing Cost Provider™.
Deeper Thoughts
Has Your Business Reached “Escape Velocity” Yet?
It’s impossible to know when a turnaround in the mortgage industry will happen, but I can guarantee it is going to happen.
Lending Leaders
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.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
“Still Nope”
Octavia is waiting to hear back from Big Corporate Closing Cost Provider™.