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For this week's episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna interviews Chris Mace, CEO & Founder at Mace Innovations. Together they discuss the unbeatable power of listening—in sales and life in general.

For this week's Lending Leaders episode, Jim talks with Mike Hajjar of American Financial Network, an experienced mortgage advisor and planning specialist. Mike shares his passion for integrity and empathy, and why they need to be baked in to any business model.

For this week's Lending Leaders, Jim Paolino discusses the power of actionable data with Ardley's Head of Product, Haley Rader.

Just before the LodeStar team hits the road and heads out to MBA Annual in Denver, CO, Alayna sits down with LodeStar's National Sales Representative, Michael Hughes, a Denver local, to talk about the conversations that matter most.

For this week's Lending Leaders, LodeStar's own Kelsey Wright discusses the upcoming changeover to Encompass® EPC.

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.

So, Jim is buying a house (again). Here to talk about why, and what it's been like participating in the current market, is Jim himself. Alayna and Jim talk about a mortgage pro's take on the home buying process.

This week, Alayna sits down to talk with Wes Horbatuck, VP of Marketing at Dark Matter Technologies, to talk all things marketing for the mortgage industry.

One of Lending Leaders's first and most commonly recurring guests, Matt Einheber, Principal of TitleEQ and Creator of TitleBox, joins Jim to gauge the state of the market as we head into Fall 2024. At the time of recording, there's talk of a rate cut, so there's plenty to speculate about. Head into the weeds with us!

For episode of Lending Leaders' fifth season, Alayna Gardner, AMP, sits down with Amanda Morrow, AMP, Director of Investor Relations at Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group. Together they chat all things values, and rep the irreplaceable value of in-person industry conferences.

Welcome back, Lending Leaders listeners, to the fifth season of LodeStar's podcast. Per tradition, Alayna Gardner, AMP is sitting down with LodeStar's co-founders, Jim Paolino and David Spektor to kick off yet another exciting season of insightful conversation and fun!

For this final episode of the Lending Leaders 2024 Summer Session, Jim and Alayna lament the emergence of Halloween candy in grocery stores and reflect on SettleWise's successes so far.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders, Jim interviews Michael Barnett, CEO and Founder of Loanspark, about what SMBs need to know to succeed in the world of finance and lending.

For this week's special episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna Gardner chats with LodeStar's Marketing Content Manager Tim Austen about his original webcomic, "A Tale of Two Mortgages," the cost of content marketing, and the importance of trying new things.

LodeStar's Jim Paolino talks with Melissa Langdale, COO of the Mortgage Collaborative, about how they got started in the industry, the future of mortgage lending, and what it really means to collaborate.

This week, Alayna had the pleasure of speaking with Stacy Holindrake, a veteran of the mortgage industry with a strong background in Mortgage Operations. Together they discuss new opportunities and the joy of problem solving.

For this week's episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna chats with Monica Raciti of Vesta. Together they talk about technology, how it's changed our industry, and how we can build trust amid the changes.

For this week's episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna chats with longtime friend and industry partner, Olga Faynshteyn, Business Development Manager at LenderLogix. Olga is no stranger to the world of optimizing the loan origination process with key tech—especially since she just got to use LenderLogix products to buy her own house.

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.

For this week's episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Jim talks with Rich Swerbinsky about his long career, growth over the years, leadership, and developing a decision maker mindset.