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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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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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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Fax Fear
Octavia must face her fear of using Horace’s outdated tech.
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Oklahoma’s Biggest LE Challenges
Home to the nation’s first parking meter, the Sooner State is a fairly straight-forward state when it comes to LE challenges.
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A Person-First Approach to Lending
Alayna Gardner sits down with Travis Dyson, VP of Sales at Flagstaff Bank, on the power of relationships in lending, the importance of planning, and the primacy of putting people first.
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Kansas’s Biggest LE Challenges
Nestled among the plains states, Kansas is home to over 800 caves. None of them have applicable fees, to our knowledge.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Lord High Rates
The Fed continues its primordial heroic struggle against its cosmic arch nemesis, Lord High Rates.
Deeper Thoughts
What Differentiates LodeStar’s Quality of Service?
The LodeStar Kelsey joined was three people, including her. Now, LodeStar, though still a small business, has nearly twenty employees spread across several departments. And with that growth in personnel has come a growth in the amount of knowledge LodeStar possesses.
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South Carolina’s Biggest LE Challenges
Home to 187 miles of coastline, The Palmetto State actually outproduces Georgia with its peach crop.
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Innovation in a Tough Market
LodeStar’s Jim Paolino interviews Dave Savage of Trust Engine and Mortgage Coach. Together they chat about the spirit of innovation, how to weather tough markets, and the importance of customer service.
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Iowa’s Biggest LE Challenges
Easily the most unique state in the nation when it comes to the regulation of title insurance, Iowa is the only state to provide a title guarantee.