Lending Leaders

Lending Leaders

Leveraging AI in Mortgage

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast—the very first of the new year!—CEO Jim Paolino sat down with Hoyt Mann, President and Co-Founder of Alanna.ai, a virtual assistant software for the title industry.

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2022: Reflecting on a Crazy Year

2022 has been, well, a year. To quote Jim: “Least fun but most important year of business we’ve had.”

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Let’s Talk About Automation

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.

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Clarifying Homeowners Associations

For this week’s episode of LLL, Jim interviews Anton Tonev, CEO and Co-Founder of InspectHOA.

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Mortgage, Tacos, and DEI

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.

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LIVE from MBA Annual 2022!

For this week’s LLL, Alayna Gardner and Jim Paolino touch base with some friends, partners, and fellow industry experts at the 2022 MBA Annual conference in Nashville, TN.

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It’s All About the Website

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.

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What Home Maintenance Pros Wish Homebuyers Knew

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.

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Live from HousingWire Annual 2022!

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.

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