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This week on LLL, LodeStar Sales and Marketing Director Alayna Gardner interviews the CEO of Lender Toolkit, Brett Brumley, to talk all things automation and the mortgage industry. They touch on scalability, layoffs, market downturns, and leveraging tech during tough times.

For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim interviews Anton Tonev , Co-Founder of InspectHOA . Many homebuyers—especially first-timers—known very little about Homeowners Associations. Navigating the ins-and-outs of HOA documents and fees can be a headache. So, we were excited to pick Anton’s brain about how he helps lenders and title agents navigate HOAs, and about the wider need for clarity in the housi...

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.

For this week’s LLL, Jim interviews longtime friend, Kelsey Brown, Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of WebMax, to discuss all things websites and the importance of an online presence for mortgage lenders.

For this week’s LLL, Alayna sits down with Daniel Felt, Founder and CEO of Kura Home to discuss home maintenance, changes in the housing market, and what home maintenance professionals wish first-time homebuyers knew.

For this week’s LLL, we’re excited to share some of the highlights from HousingWire Annual earlier this month! HousingWire knows how to put on a good conference, and we had some great conversations with industry friends and partners while we were there.

For this week’s Lending Leaders, Jim Paolino talks with Jordan Nutter, a loan originator with NFM Lending and a TikTok influencer with over 190K followers. They talk all things TikTok and being a mortgage lender with a huge social media following.

This week we're highlighting some our friends and partners who attended the National Association of Minority Mortgage Bankers of America (NAMMBA) CONNECT conference. We talked all things diversity, equity, and inclusion in the mortgage industry, the importance of progress, and what still needs to change.

For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim interviews Mike Yu, CEO and Co-Founder of Vesta. Together they discuss technology, the role of loan officers in a changing industry, and projecting what the mortgage industry’s future might mean for vendors and lenders alike.

LodeStar’s star Sales and Marketing Director, Alayna Gardner, interviews fellow attendees at the 2022 Digital Mortgage Conference.

Season 3 is in full swing, and we’re excited to chat with Larry Bailey, CEO of Mortgage Workflow Partners. Larry is a big proponent of rolling up your sleeves, getting under the hood, and analyzing how a business really works. Not how the CEO thinks it works, but how it actually works. Investing in workflow is critical to ensure both that your business is working the way you think it is and that y...

For this week's Lending Leaders, Tim Nguyen, CEO and Co-Founder of BeSmartee, shares his thoughts on the importance of balancing good business practices with a sense of social responsibility. He delves into his family history, its impact on his business philosophy, and how that philosophy has grown with him and his company.

The LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast begins its third season with Jim, Dave, and Alayna discussing LodeStar's not-so-proudest moment in business. Here's to learning from your mistakes!

To conclude the LodeStar Lending Leaders Summer Session, we’re capping off our weeks-long discussion of how a mortgage insider buys a home. Alayna interviews Jim and his wife Sarah and invites them to reflect on their homebuying process.

Welcome to part three of Jim's experience buying a home as a mortgage professional. Today we're picking his brain about the mortgage process and how being the CEO of a mortgage software company helped him navigate the ins and outs of the process.

We’re back to talking about Jim’s experience buying a home as a mortgage professional. On part two, we’re diving into his experience using a realtor, the value of realtors, and how his view of realtors changed during the homebuying process. As a mortgage industry pro, Jim was skeptical at first about the need for a realtor, but soon had his mind changed by the expertise and guidance of the realtor...

Per the lighter tone of our Summer Session, Jim and Alayna discuss memes, meme marketing, and new formats.

Ever wonder how a mortgage industry expert navigates the home buying experience? LodeStar's CEO Jim Paolino just bought his first home and is eager to share his thoughts on the experience.

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? During the podcast season proper, we keep things fairly serious and hear from industry professionals and partners in the mortgage lending space. But during the summer, short of throwi...

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.

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.

For this week's Lending Leaders, LodeStar's Sales and Marketing Director, Alayna Gardner, took a moment to chat with Jemila Stewart, Partner Business Development Director at MeridianLink.

LLL was excited to chat with Alex Dunton, Executive Vice President of Sales at Priority Title and Escrow. We talked all things title insurance in today's tech-driven market and how title insurance is one of the most important parts of the lending process.

We're trying something new this week at LLL. Every month, Jim and Alayna will put their heads together to talk about the state of the mortgage industry and discuss relevant topics, headlines, and current events. This time they talk about conferences, meeting clients, and responding to changes in volume. Also, they judge vendors' snack offerings and booth setups at this spring's industry conference...

LLL visited recently with Shana Steigerwalt, the dynamic owner and founder of Modern Driven Media in Philadelphia, a content marketing and CRM implementation firm.