Catch Broker to Broker, Episode 207! Learn how a history in mortgage law and retail leads to the fast track of wholesale success with Sr. Loan Officer at GoRascal and featured Fuse 2024 Panelist, Philip Lucrezia!

*NOTE: We apologize for the audio quality in this episode. Due to technical issues during recording, the sound may be less clear than usual. However, the insights shared by Philip Lucrezia are invaluable, and it’s still well worth a listen.

Key Points:

1:54 – Intro / From Law, To Retail, To Wholesale

12:09- Wholesale Misconceptions

20:00 – Mortgage Attorney Stories

26:05 – Philip’s First Fuse Experience

Philip has had an interesting journey towards becoming the successful broker he is today. After 15 years as a mortgage attorney, Philip realized his skills were leaving money on the table, so he entered into originating. Having worked in retail for multiple companies, Philip became frustrated with the limitations on the rates and services he could offer his clients, and chose to make the jump to wholesale.

It hasn’t even been a full year in wholesale, and Philip is already making massive waves in the market, and in the broker community; something that didn’t go unnoticed, when he was asked to be a featured panelist at Fuse 2024’s panel: Retail vs. Wholesale: Untold Stories of Brokers Who Made the Switch.

“Attending Fuse led to me to start hiring; I just didn’t feel like I was ready to do it until then.” states Philip, reflecting on his time at Fuse. “When I was talking with people at my company about Fuse, I really feel like it’s actually making me a better dad; one of the keynote speakers talked about how much your kids don’t do what you teach that day, but they do watch you go out, come home, putting the phone down, and being present in their lives. When I’m home, that’s just something that never really sunk in. That’s the last thing I expected that would come out of Fuse, was for me to come home and learn how to be a better dad to my kids… There’s some kind of magic that happens when brokers all get together. Seriously, when we get together and people are talking, the conversation and communication yields benefits you could never expect.”