M&A can be a great growth strategy (or a great way to cash out). But when it’s your vendor that has been acquired, it’s not always a great development for you.

I recently entered into the roiling fray that is home buying in 2022. It’s always a bit of special fun for someone who’s an everyday part of the greater mortgage industry to have the experience from the consumer end—especially someone who grew up in a title and settlement services firm!

Welcome to the 2022 Summer Session of the LodeStar Lending Leaders Podcast. Per our lovely inflatable tropical office decorations, we’ve titled this brief season between seasons “Between Two Palms.” Because why not?

Even on bad days, Octavia is just glad she’s not a real estate agent.

Per tradition, LLL wrapped up its season by sitting down with LodeStar Co-Founders Jim Paolino and David Spektor to reflect on the company’s growth over the last several months. And of course, we checked in on Dave’s inextinguishable dream to purchase a t-shirt cannon.

We’re going to start adding a new dimension to Deeper Thoughts soon. Until this point, we’ve been mostly about thoughts and observations. The very name “Deeper Thoughts” probably implies that anyway.

Horace’s client finally makes it through a credit check after a long delay.

This weeks’ LLL feature’s our second-ever live recording at a conference, where we had the pleasure of talking with Gary Martinek, Senior Account Executive at Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions.