Episodes

Are you interested in making your loan processing more efficient? On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Steve Sigaty, Enterprise Sales Expert with The Lender Toolkit. Steve explains how the platform provides training and tools, including 42 different plugins to power up your Encompass® mortgage software to streamline your loan processing and efficiently scale your business by automating repetitive processes so your loan officers and Ops team can focus onwhat they do be...

Would you like to learn about a personally proven home buying strategy that can change the game for your aspiring homeowners? 🏡 On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Ryan Cotter, Divisional Leader with The Mortgage Corp, who shares how he is bringing actionable strategies to underserved markets in #Chicagoland who would otherwise not have the opportunities to build wealth through homeownership. Ryan shares the details of his 4-3-2-1 home hack strategy that you can take ...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux is joined by Wendell Couch, Southeast Regional Manager and Parker Couch, Producing Branch anager with American Financial Network, to share their old-school lessons and new-generation tactics for attracting, engaging and converting prospective homebuyers. One of Parker’s tactics is financial education videos thatyou can check out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@parkercouchloans #mortgagemarketing #mortgagetechnology #socialmediamarketing#bui...

Prepare for the Future of Mortgage Lending: How changing to VantageScore 4.0, FICO 10T & Bi-Merge will benefit mortgage lenders and consumers. This episode will help mortgage lenders and originators understand how credit risk will be assessed in the future and be prepared to explain the changes to their borrowers. #mortgagelending #mortgage #futureofcreditscoring #fico #vantagescore #creditscoring #creditscores #riskmanagement #homelending

On today's Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux catches up with Fobby Naghmi, SVP with Homecomings Mortgage & Equity, who provides us with a preview of the new relationship-building CRM tool called Simpl, that he's been developing to streamline the recruiting process for multi-tasking producing managers. Listen to Fobby's own podcast, Laugh, Lend and Eat: https://laughlendandeat.com/ #mortgagetechnology #mortgagerecruiting#relationshipbuilding #loanofficers #mortgageoriginators https://www.lin...

Brian talks with Alex Levi

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux engages in a candid conversation about the state of the mortgage industry with Scott Groves, a successful Producing Branch Manager and in-house coach with Synergy One Lending. For the past 8 years, Scott has drawn on his wealth of experience to serve as a personal coach for loan officers and a compelling motivational speaker through his company, Consolidated Coaching. To help elevate your business to new heights, Scott shares the winning tactics t...

On this Fintech Friday’s podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with Eric Levin, EVP of Client Development with Model Match, a talent management software and relationship development and management platform for the financial services industry. Mortgage lenders can use the Model Match data platform toidentify mortgage originators, operations, and marketing talent they want to build relationships with to scale their business. Loan officers can also use the software’s MLS research to identify real estate age...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks about real estate technology with Steve Gaenzler, SVP, Products, Data & Analytics at Radian, homegenius Real Estate, which leverages data science to create opportunities for consumers, agents, lenders, investors, and other participants in the real estate process to search, evaluate and transact residential properties.Steve shares how homegenius uses AI vision technology to increase personalization for consumers and investors. Consumers and...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks about social media marketing with Greg Sher, Managing Director of NFM Lending and Co-creator of NFM’s Influencer Division. Greg shares how his team of Influencer loan officers used their personal brand to attract 65,000 people in 24 months and drive their realtor relationships by consistently posting on social media. He discusses the importance of having a strategy to turn leads into loans and nurture consumers for 6, 12, 24+ months until th...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with James Duncan, Director of Marketing with Thrive Mortgage, about connecting with Gen Z and Millennial first-time homebuyers on social media. They discuss consumer behavior trends and tactics to start using your authentic brand to consistently create engaging educational content that provides value to future homebuyers. #MortgageMarketing #FinancialEducation #SocialMedia #BuildYourDatabase

Student loan debt has become a major obstacle for many young individuals and families who dream of owning a home, with a staggering 61% of non-homeowning millennials saying that student loan repayments are delaying their ability to buy a home.As we approach the dates when student loan interest resumes (Sept 1) and payments will re-start (Oct), coupled with high mortgage rates and soaring home prices, it is evident that the impact on the mortgage and housing markets will be significant without a ...

On today's Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux talks with Dana Trajcevski from Rebel Chics Media , which uses their mortgage banking experience to create custom branded compliant content for loan officers and real estate agents to educate and inspire homeownership #mortgagemarketing #socialmedia #buildyourdatabase #RebelChicsMedia

On this special Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with Joshua Parish, Founder of VetLife, a non-profit organization that assists veterans in connecting with the benefits they have earned through their military service. They discuss the annual VetFest, Michigan’s largest free veteran event being held on August 12, to enable active duty, retired and veteran families to enjoy a fun social day while learning about various veteran-specific resources. #Veterans #MilitaryVeterans #VeteranBene...

On today's Fintech Friday's podcast, Brian Vieaux talks mortgage marketing with Dan Smokoska, Founder of Loangendary Marketing, a new marketing agency focused 100% on the mortgage industry that developed from the success of Dan's Be Loangendary weekly newsletter for loan officers. They discuss the importance of putting yourself out there to build your personal and business brand and ways to develop your social media audience.

On today's Fintech Friday's podcast, Brian Vieaux is turning the tables on Dustin Owen, Founder of The Loan Officer Podcast. Dustin reveals his remarkable journey, starting from his days as a loan officer, where his passion for improving the financial literacy of his clients ignited. He transformed this dedication into a popular podcast that can be viewed on YouTube, leveraging his expertise to provide loan officers with invaluable insights and inspirational guests. Through his new venture, TLOP...

Using technology to improve profitability is a proven and well-established story in most industries, and yet in home finance the reported results are mixed. Here we will present the findings of our experience with the ability of technology to deliver positive ROI because the need has never been greater.The answers to achieving and maintaining positive ROI in mortgage fintech investments have to do with context. Failure to obtain improved profitability is rarely attributable to the technical so...

On this week’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with Dale Larson, Founder & CEO of Modex, a cutting-edge mortgage data analytics marketplace focused on recruiting for mortgage lenders, banks and credit unions. They delve into the challenges mortgage lenders face when recruiting loan officers with established books of business and how leveraging Modex’s extensive data sets assists lenders to identify the most suitable loan officers to bolster production and streamline sales prospecting...

On today's Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talksmortgage marketing with Katherine Campbell, Chief Marketing Officer withAnnieMac Home Mortgage. They delve into the evolution of the digital mortgageapplication and how traditional and online mortgage marketing fueled consumerdemand for a seamless experience for their entire homebuying journey. Plus, they unlock the secrets to the winning mortgagestrategy that enables loan officers to compete with big-budget lenders bycombining their lo...

On this week’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talkswith Jimmy King, Co-Founder of BankingBridge, a #mortgage solution that enables#mortgagelenders, #creditunions, #banks and #mortgagebrokers to easilyadd mortgage calculators and rate tables to their website to increase theopportunities to capture and convert website visitors. Jimmy shares tips forattracting quality prospects that are lower down the sales funnel to yourwebsite. #mortgagemarketing #mortgagetechnology

On today's Fintech Fridays #podcast , Brian Vieaux, CMB Vieaux discusses with Scott Schang , Founder of FindMyWayHome.com , the short and long-term business opportunities for loan officers who build their database. Scott shares his tips for market-proofing your business by building relationships with first-time homebuyers who are early in their homebuying journey or who've been turned down by other lenders.

On today's Fintech Fridays #podcast , Brian Vieaux, CMB speaks with Jon Rutila, CMB , Chief Revenue Officer with OptiFunder a Warehouse Management System that revolutionizes the way originators fund loans to achieve the absolute lowest cost through full integration, patented optimization, and end-to-end automation. They discuss the savings that small to medium and large lenders can achieve by utilizing machine learning-based automation to achieve operational efficiencies.

On today's Fintech Fridays #podcast , Sean Grapevine , an Atlanta Branch Manager with UMortgage , shares his blueprint for #success with Brian Vieaux, CMB . Sean details how he scaled his business by restructuring his team to enable each person to work to their strengths and developed a new mortgage sales model within the context of his tech stack of sales enablement tools. #mortgage #mortgagetips #successstory

On today’s Fintech Fridays #podcast , Patrick O'Brien , Founder and CEO of LenderLogix , shares with Brian Vieaux, CMB how his early career as a mortgage originator provided the impetus to design and create digital mortgage solutions that deliver efficiencies for loan officers and real estate agents and a ⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐ experience for their borrowers.