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We’re back to talking about Jim’s experience buying a home as a mortgage professional. On part two, we’re diving into his experience using a realtor, the value of realtors, and how his view of realtors changed during the homebuying process.

As a mortgage industry pro, Jim was skeptical at first about the need for a realtor, but soon had his mind changed by the expertise and guidance of the realtors he wound up using.

Per the lighter tone of our Summer Session, Jim and Alayna discuss memes, meme marketing, and new formats.

Ever wonder how a mortgage industry expert navigates the home buying experience? LodeStar's CEO Jim Paolino just bought his first home and is eager to share his thoughts on the experience.

Welcome to the 2022 Summer Session of the LodeStar Lending Leaders Podcast. Per our lovely inflatable tropical office decorations, we've titled this brief season between seasons "Between Two Palms." Because why not?

During the podcast season proper, we keep things fairly serious and hear from industry professionals and partners in the mortgage lending space. But during the summer, short of throwing all professionalism to the wind, we like to keep things pretty light.

This week, we're focusing on getting some rest after conference season and before autumn busyness, enjoying the warm weather, and gauging the state of the industry as the spring housing market crops up.

Thanks so much for being tuning in to LodeStar Lending Leaders! We can’t wait to resume our conversations about the mortgage industry and related topics when season 3 begins in September 2022.

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Per tradition, LLL wrapped up its season by sitting down with LodeStar Co-Founders, Jim Paolino and David Spektor to reflect on the company’s growth over the last several months. And of course, we checked in on Dave’s inextinguishable dream to purchase a t-shirt cannon.

This weeks' LLL feature's our second-ever live recording at a conference, where we had the pleasure of talking with Gary Martinek, Senior Account Executive at Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions.

For this week's Lending Leaders, LodeStar's Sales and Marketing Director, Alayna Gardner, took a moment to chat with Jemila Stewart, Partner Business Development Director at MeridianLink.

LLL was excited to chat with Alex Dunton, Executive Vice President of Sales at Priority Title and Escrow. We talked all things title insurance in today's tech-driven market and how title insurance is one of the most important parts of the lending process.

We're trying something new this week at LLL. Every month, Jim and Alayna will put their heads together to talk about the state of the mortgage industry and discuss relevant topics, headlines, and current events. This time they talk about conferences, meeting clients, and responding to changes in volume. Also, they judge vendors' snack offerings and booth setups at this spring's industry conferences.

LLL visited recently with Shana Steigerwalt, the dynamic owner and founder of Modern Driven Media in Philadelphia, a content marketing and CRM implementation firm.