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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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‘Tis the Season for Earnest Introspection
Now is a great time to rethink how well we pool resources and collaborate for mutual benefit. Especially in markets like this, our tendency is to cut expenses and then cut some more. While that’s a cry for even better use of technology, it’s also a great reason to explore strategic partnerships and scaled resources.
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Clarifying Homeowners Associations
For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim interviews Anton Tonev, CEO and Co-Founder of InspectHOA.
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“Cybercriminals”
Horace is determined to stop cybercriminals before they strike.
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The True ROI of Bad Service
One of the best ways to gauge the true priority a company gives to client service is to deal with that company when times are good. Really good, in fact. As in, historic refinance origination volume good.
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Mortgage, Tacos, and DEI
For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, we were so excited to sit down with the host and founder of Love and Tacos, the indefatigable Dalila Ramos. LodeStar’s Alayna Gardner chatted with Dalila about the mortgage industry, the origins of Love and Tacos, and the importance of DEI.
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The Return of Coopertition
Coopertition is popping up in many forms. In spite of the withering market conditions, businesses are partnering for sales and marketing initiatives.
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“Thanksgiving Break”
Horace is finding it difficult to stay productive.
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When Will Clarity and Creativity Become Indispensable to Mortgage Marketing?
I’m going to take a bit of a different direction with this week’s Deeper Thoughts. But we’re now in a competitive purchase market, which means marketing and sales will be on everyone’s minds as firms compete for share. We’ll all be seeing a lot of it. Good. Bad. And ugly.
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LIVE from MBA Annual 2022!
For this week’s LLL, Alayna Gardner and Jim Paolino touch base with some friends, partners, and fellow industry experts at the 2022 MBA Annual conference in Nashville, TN.