I Love Mortgage Brokering

In this episode we’re joined again by Dave Sims from Floify, which is an app that allows you to manage your deal process. Dave was first a guest back in December 2016, and Floify has had considerable growth since then.   Broker Help: https://www.brokerhelp.ca/   Floify: https://floify.ca/scott   Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/floifydave   Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floifyda...

Jodi Whalen is an $80 million per year producer, and this year she is on track to do over $100 million. She joins Scott on today’s show, and he describes her as having an incredible work ethic and drive. Jodi discusses her staff and how she has expanded into other markets.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.get25m...

Scott welcomes Dion Beg back to the show today. Together, they discuss how an event generated twenty-four leads from six realtors in a single hour. The guys talk about why it’s better to create rather than give deals and typical conversion rates from holding an event like this.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.g...

Today Tim Lacroix, a mortgage broker in Calgary, joins Scott to share his experience working with the 10 Loans a Month program. When Tim entered the program, he was doing decent business despite having no systems in place. After joining the program, Tim implemented the right processes and increased his business by 20%. This year, he is expecting to double his numbers.   I Love Mortgage Brokering:...

Brian Moran, the author of 12 Week Year, joins Scott today. If we have a bad month in an annual plan, we usually just try to make it up later, so Brian’s strategy is to shorten the time cycle into a 12-week year. When Scott has implemented this into his mortgage business, he finds Brian’s vision to be 100% true. Brian talks about why his concept works, what it entails, and how we can implement it...

Sitting in again on this episode of the podcast is Dion Beg who works alongside Scott in the 10 Loans a Month program. He is here to talk about the recent implementation of his lead generation strategy that he guided a real estate agent through. We hear about what this process was like, which involved Dion only meeting the real estate agent for the first time on the night of the event they planned...

Dion Beg joins Scott in today’s podcast. Dion worked with Scott in the 10 Loans a Month program and is an excellent deal creator. He uses a strategy that he first learned in the program to hold events that allow for collaboration between realtors and deals for all. Dion walks us through this process and talks about how even real estate agents suddenly discover that they should invest in real estat...

We welcome Mike Michalowicz, the author of "Clockwork", in this podcast. This book is about the concept of your business running like a fine-tuned clock so that if you temporarily leave it, it won’t fall apart. Mike provides a preview of his book and the frameworks contained within that enforce better business practices. He tells us about the productivity trap and an important exercise that every...

In today’s episode we are joined by Cornell Tullock. He is a client of Scott’s 10 Loans a Month program and wanted to share his experience with the program and the amazing results he’s been seeing from it. Open houses are often the most intimidating strategy to recruit realtors, but as Cornell shows us, even open houses are easy when you have enough confidence.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilo...

Ron Butler joins Scott in this episode to talk about their top three predictions for the mortgage industry in 2019. Ron is well-known in the mortgage industry, very intelligent, and outspoken. His company, Butler Mortgage, is very high-producing at about $840 million per year. Throughout today’s conversation, Ron and Scott each share their personal predictions, with the other then chiming in to gi...

Chuck Nash is here today to talk about his business, Mortgage Guys. Headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Mortgage Guys was founded in 2015 by Chuck and his business partner after patrons of the two bars they owned began asking for private loans. The two then decided to pursue mortgage brokering full-time. Chuck talks about his journey through business and mortgage brokering, including a failed health...

We are joined today by Sherry Corbitt, a mortgage broker based in Brooklyn, Ontario. Sherry was originally a realtor, but a major accident put her in a position where she needed a new career. Mortgage brokering was a natural transition for her because many of the skills she learned as a realtor transferred to the mortgage industry. Despite a disappointing first year that saw her closing just one d...

Today’s guest is Sandro Mariotti, a mortgage broker based in North Vancouver. Before becoming a broker, Sandro was an area sales manager for a large manufacturer. His main motivator for leaving that position was to spend more time in the same city, and his sales experience made for a painless transition into mortgage brokering. Sandro shares what he did to find immediate success in brokering, alon...

Alex Benjamin, CEO of Lendful, returns to the podcast as the guest for this episode. Lendful is an unsecured lending platform that was launched in 2015 that allows clients to borrow money in a way that is better than a credit card. There has been a lot of things going on with Lendful lately, such as their acquisition by Peoples Trust. Alex talks about what has happened since his last podcast appea...

Today we are joined by Noel Burdock and Tim Osbourne. This episode will be different as our guests are people who finished Sua Truong’s commercial finance program. Noel and Tim have both been in the business for 3 years and the results of what they’ve been able to do from what they learned in commercial finance has been really great so far. Listen in as they both tell us their experience in doing...

Today we are joined by Sue Hameed. She has been a mortgage broker in Ottawa for five years and has grown every single year. She has been hosting her own segment on CTV for the past 18 months. Sue takes a non-traditional approach to her business because her focus when starting was not to build partners with realtors, but rather to put her energy into networking events. She tells us about how she fo...

Today’s guest is Asim Ali, a newcomer who has only been in the business for two years. Despite this, he has funded a combined volume of nearly $100,000,000. He is extremely action-oriented and began knocking on doors the day after he got his mortgage broker license. Asim tells us about how he was able to succeed so quickly and gives valuable advice to people who want to follow his path.   I Love M...

This episode’s guest is Alex Benjamin, CEO of Lendful. Lendful is an unsecured lending platform that was launched in 2015 that allows clients to borrow money in a way that is better than a credit card. Alex gives us an overview of the service with special insight about how brokers and their clients can make use of Lendful.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more...

Today we hear from Susanna Penning, a mortgage broker in Ottawa, Ontario. Susanna was working at Scotiabank and had planned to quit to get into mortgage brokering. However, she was devastated when she arrived home to find her daughter sick – her child passed away later that day. After taking three months of grievance, she quit her job and pursued mortgage brokering. Now, she is on pace to close ar...

Our guest is Dennis Plintz, a successful real estate business owner in Calgary. His major strength is the investment that he does in his customer database. He gives us insight into his exact practices regarding this, from sending anniversary cards to having a Red Seal chef sent to a client’s house to cook a meal. Dennis also talks about the two books he has written and the differences between them...

This episode’s guest is Kurt Henry, a mortgage broker out of Oshawa, Ontario. Kurt’s mortgage business, which he started at age 24, has a unique process which he brings us through step-by-step. He also shares insight on how he created this process and how he keeps it running smoothly.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint...

In this episode, Simon Lefave from Get A Better Mortgage shares how working with 10realtors.com  has put him on track for a 300% increase in production this year. Simon has only been in the mortgage business for two years, but is already making a name for himself as one of the new up and coming brokers in Toronto. We discuss why your phone is the “magic wand’ for your business.   I Love Mortgage B...

Making origination software better with Geoff Willis we will discuss changes and innovations with Velocity a mortgage origination platform. Creating one system to create life and the mortgage business easier for brokers, lenders and most importantly the customer. We’re talking the future and new standard in the Canadian mortgage world. Building bridges through an easy to use customer interface. Em...

Julie Jeffery's is back! Check out Julie's last interview in episode 159!   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.get25million.com   Check out our other podcast, 10 Loans a Month: www.10loansamonth.com

We had Scott Westlake back to the show (previous episode 140) to talk about networking and the direction he has taken his business.   I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.com   Find out more about the $25 Million Dollar Blueprint: www.get25million.com   Check out our other podcast, 10 Loans a Month: www.10loansamonth.com