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LodeStar curates a variety of content through our Lending Lenders
podcast, Reports newsletter, and Deeper Thoughts blog.

A Tale of Two Mortgages

“Ice Cream Shop”

Octavia doubts Horace’s newfound enthusiasm for mortgage industry conferences.

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Deeper Thoughts

We Learn Best Through Mistakes

More than occasionally, we all fail to get the result we want. We come up short. We make mistakes. And it’s here that we can truly take our lessons and develop judgement.

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Lending Leaders

Industry Update with Jim Paolino

For this week’s LLL, LodeStar’s Jim Paolino gives his take on what is going on in the industry and where things are headed.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“No Dabbing!”

Dabbing. It wasn’t cool then. It isn’t cool now.

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Deeper Thoughts

Opportunity is Coming. Are We Ready?

It’s time to take our industry’s conversation du jour beyond current market conditions. We’ve done that enough.

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Lending Leaders

“Don’t Get Too High on the Highs”

For this week’s episode of the LodeStar Lending Leaders podcast, Jim had the pleasure of chatting with Bob Ventola, Branch Manager, and Tim Shultz, SVP of National Sales Administration, with Draper & Kramer Mortgage Corp. Both are industry veterans who’ve seen their share of “good” and “bad” mortgage markets.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

“New Year’s Stress”

Horace vents some New Year’s stress.

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Deeper Thoughts

Understand the Power of “No”

Saying “yes” to every last request doesn’t just hold the potential to strain resources. It also threatens to take a brand off of its mission, possibly even diluting what it does best.

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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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