Good. Better. Broker.

The following guest sits down with host Justin White:

• Eric Katz – President, Independence Home Loans

You can’t always win a deal in the first minute and a half of a sales call, but you can certainly lose it. How can mortgage loan originators set themselves up for success on the phone? Listen to episode 89 of Good. Better. Broker. as we sit down with a mortgage broker who reveals a sales philosophy that helped his company bring in almost $1 billion in loans last year.

In this episode of the Good. Better. Broker. podcast, you’ll learn strategies for nailing the first 90 seconds of a sales call.

In this episode, we discuss...

• 1:32 – keys to Eric’s success as a mortgage loan originator
• 2:45 – how Eric trains his sales team
• 3:47 – 3 keys to the beginning of a sales call
• 5:19 – why the first 90 seconds of a sales call are crucial
• 6:45 – starting calls the same way
• 8:46 – building trust and understanding clients’ needs
• 10:14 – having the right mindset before getting on a call
• 11:43 – the importance of having no distractions while on a call
• 12:36 – learning and using sales scripts
• 14:53 – how to disarm and differentiate
• 16:28 – tracking data and call coaching
• 19:21 – Eric’s message to LOs on the first 90 seconds of a call

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About the Host:

Justin White is UWM’s in-house brand journalist and the host of the daily news video, Inside Pass. He creates engaging content across multiple platforms to promote the benefits of the wholesale channel and partnering with UWM. A seven-time Emmy-award winner, Justin is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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