Horace weighs the ups and downs of his experience at a mortgage conference.

This week Jim and Alayna are talking all things conferences—especially since our biggest show of the year, ICE Experience in Las Vegas, is just one week away 😱😱😱

Different lenders have different feelings about trigger leads.

For this month’s mortgage industry vibe check, we’re just holding on for dear life. Jim and Alayna discuss the precipice of conference season, the transition into the spring market, and how that’s changing things for mortgage tech.

Horace has no qualms about bumming dinners off desperate mortgage tech vendors.

2026 has been a whirlwind so far. It’s the end of February, but it feels like we’ve done a full year’s worth of work already. Jim and Alayna take a moment from their busy schedules to tell us about new products, plans for growth, and how LodeStar knocks conference season out of the ballpark.

What the heck is GRMA?!

This week it’s “What Grinds My Gears,” the monthly segment where Jim and Alayna vent their frustration on a topic of their choosing. This month, Jim wants to talk about the common assertion, “Renting is throwing your money away.” With the current administration eager to prevent us from being “a nation of renters,” the issue of renting is due for a conversation.

Horace and Emmi touch base about Prince George’s County, Maryland.