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Lending Leaders
Evolving with the Market
We couldn’t be more excited to welcome the lovely Liz Short back onto the podcast! Together, she and Alayna discuss how people in the mortgage space can adapt their strategy to evolve with the market.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
The Time Has Come
Rates are trending down. Horace is pumped.
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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 Importance of Expertise
For the fourth episode of the Summer of SettleWise, Lending Leaders host Jim Paolino interviews Shawna Proztman about her role as Title Operations Manager with SettleWise. She recounts her journey into title and how her specific expertise is exactly the kind of thing that differentiates SettleWise’s quality of service.
Lending Leaders
The Power of a Brand
For the third installment of Lending Leaders’ Summer of SettleWise, Jim and Alayna go into the power of branding, and the challenge of acing the particulars.
Lending Leaders
How to Get Your Brand Right
Welcome back to the Summer Session, sponsored by SettleWise. Jim and Alayna jump back in to their discussion of SettleWise and chat all things brand. How to brand, how NOT to brand, and everything in between.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Pressure
Horace and Octavia ponder the pressure that comes with increases in quality.
Lending Leaders
Why We Started a Title Company
Welcome to the 2024 Summer Session, brought to you by SettleWise! We’re diving right in by discussing why we decided to found SettleWise, a national title company, in a less-than-hospitable market.
Lending Leaders
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
It’s that time again! The Lending Leaders Podcast has concluded its fourth season, and Alayna Gardner chats with LodeStar Co-Founders Jim Paolino and David Spektor to mark the occasion.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Summer Slowdown
Horace wrestles with the prospect of a summer slowdown.