Contacts to Contracts

In this week's episode, John and Bryan begin another two-part episode series where they are discussing the three key things that Loan Originators can do right now to grow their business in a shifting market. In part one, the guys touch on the changing market and mortgage rates before bringing us our first tip - "building a fortress."As rates begin rising to levels we haven't seen s

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by Stephanie Alfonso of Elm Street Technology, in the second part of our two-part series. In this episode, Stephanie shares how to ensure your social platforms are producing lead-generating content as well as how often you should be posting. One of the main things to look at with your social media content is how are you posting it.

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by Stephanie Alfonso of Elm Street Technology, in the first of another 2-part episode series. Stephanie begins by telling us about the company and shares the different marketing techniques that Elm Street offers primarily geared toward social media. Stephanie is a National Business Development Consultant for Elm Street Technology wh

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by a frequent guest to the podcast, Steve Richman, in the second part of our two-part series. How can you differentiate yourself in this market? John, Bryan, and Steve have some answers.Everyone knows that when Friday rolls around, we sometimes are already mentally checked out for the weekend. Being available on Friday is a big day

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are here to talk about what the market looks like for loan officers and realtors in 2022. In this episode, the guys talk about why it is important to compare your business strategies from 2019 to now. What were the good habits that you practiced versus the bad ones that made your business successful?Bryan suggests that loan originators should

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are here to talk about what the market looks like for loan officers and realtors in 2022. In this episode, the guys talk about why it is important to compare your business strategies from 2019 to now. What were the good habits that you practiced versus the bad ones that made your business successful?Bryan suggests that loan originators should

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by Stephen Katz. Stephen is a returning guest on the podcast and a branch manager in Atlanta, Georgia. The three begin this week's episode by comparing mortgage interest rates from his previous appearance on the podcast, versus now. Back in January of 2021 interest rates were around 2.75% and today, we are looking at rates around 5%

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are here to talk about the housing inventory, what it's been doing, and where it is going. John starts us off with some statistics mentioning that we are up nationwide on average with a 30-35% return on your investment. If you have invested in anything other than real estate right now you are watching your money burn. Rates are increasing as f

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by Julie Raisch from EasyKnock.. Julie explains what EasyKnock is and how they can empower homeowners with cash to reach their goals. EasyKnock offers a few different sale lease-back programs where they will purchase your home while you remain as the renter. With EasyKnock, they help you convert your home equity into cash giving you

In this week's episode, John and Bryan are joined by David Spencer from Ribbon. David explains Ribbon's process and how they empower buyers, sellers, lenders, and agents with cash. Their goal is to help put families into homes and have less of Wall Street. David explains that Ribbon is not a mortgage company and that they are simply here to help empower and educate borrowers and se