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Lending Leaders
What’s Ahead for 2025?
Jim sits down with Todd Hougaard, CEO of BLITS, to discuss the evolution of tech in the mortgage and title spaces, and what’s ahead for 2025.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Use the Technology
Octavia notices someone has updated leads in the CRM.
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Lending Leaders
Navigating the EPC Changeover
For this week’s Lending Leaders, LodeStar’s own Kelsey Wright discusses the upcoming changeover to Encompass® EPC.
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Lending Leaders
The Power of a Brand
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.
Lending Leaders
How to Get Your Brand Right
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.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Pressure
Horace and Octavia ponder the pressure that comes with increases in quality.
Lending Leaders
Why We Started a Title Company
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.
Lending Leaders
Looking Back and Looking Ahead
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.
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Summer Slowdown
Horace wrestles with the prospect of a summer slowdown.
Lending Leaders
Wisdom for Small Business Owners
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.