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What’s more important, the first impression you make or the last?Â
The answer is both.
The Fall
As a loan professional, you certainly want to make a very good first impression, especially if you want an opportunity to work with a referral partner or a potential client. Unfortunately, many people ...
Tim Braheem Interviews Mike Stoddart
In this episode, Tm Braheem sits down with long time mortgage leader Mike Stoddart, currently the President of Luminate Home Loans. Mike has been in the mortgage business for over thirty years and brings a wealth of wisdom and experience to this conversation for...
Embracing The F Word
One of the reasons why people don't take the next step is due to the F word. That's right. Fear.
Million Dollar Question
How often does fear control your decision-making process? How often does anxiety cause you to abort what was planned? What must you do to succeed in this p...
Gold Mining for the Mortgage Professional
It’s no secret that the mortgage business is a cyclical one. When you hit slow periods, it’s easy to get sidetracked. However, these times can also be an excellent opportunity to get inspired, innovate the process, and rekindle relationships with your past ...
IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE, TIM BRAHEEM INTERVIEWS DAVID ALLEN
In this episode, Tim Braheem sits down with internationally recognized expert David Allen, author of "Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Time Management." David shares the necessity of a system for managing time and tasks in one's...
It’s A Matter of Choice
Creativity and growth or constriction and fear. Laid out next to each other it’s not much of a decision of what to choose. But when that decision is left to our subconscious, our choice turns into more of a coin toss. The key to regaining control of that choice is to go back...
IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE, TIM BRAHEEM INTERVIEWSÂ KELLY MARSH
In this episode, Tim Braheem sits down with Mega-Producer and Leader Kelly Marsh of Cornerstone Mortgage. Kelly candidly shares her struggles with a significant drop in volume for 2022, how it negatively affected her team, and impacted her...
Avoiding an Awkward Conversation
Let's talk today about hiring processors, transaction coordinators and other support staff. That probably sounds strange because there’s a decent chance many of you have recently laid off some of your people. But something I know to be true in the mortgage industry ...
IN THIS PODCAST EPISODE, TIM BRAHEEM INTERVIEWSÂ DAVE SAVAGE
Tim sits down with long time friend, mortgage industry icon and entrepreneur Dave Savage. This conversation is a deep dive into marketing, mindset, the key technological mediums and tools that are essential to being successful in today's p...
A Psychological Approach to Rising NumbersÂ
Interest rates have been rising but you may be compounding the issue by taking a lackadaisical approach. Ask yourself if the following sounds familiar.
The Who, The What, and The Why
You start talking to a prospective buyer and for the sake of this scen...