Mortgage Magnates - The Podcast

RFA is about to launch a content channel on BHBTV and their plan is to revolutionize the content you are seeing from lenders in the mortgage industry. Cheryl Buhs from RFA stops by to discuss the channel as well as what's new at RFA, what's coming and their passion for giving back! Watch it on BHBTV on your SmartTV's or iOS or Android devices or listen right here!

We all know that independent mortgage professionals have been busier than ever. Especially during the pandemic. COVID curves have set in for many of us and as we get back to normal it's time for change. But there is a mortgage pro who has been through it all before and now he's here to help you on the BHB Podcast reach your girls and put your health at the front of your priority line. Joe Flor of Equitable Bank joins Chris and Dave this week.

Guest co-host Scott MacArthur of Sportsnet 590 The Fan joins Chris Baker to talk to our amazing industry panel of Casey Archibald, Kyra Wong and Catherine Worthy about Pride month and celebrating Pride across the mortgage industry! They share their personal stories, areas where we all need to improve and some of the great stories of progress we are finally seeing in the and outside of the LGBTQ2S+ community!

The BHB Podcast is taking the workplace harassment and bullying conversation one final step further. On the heels of last week's brave appearance on our panel by Veronica Love, Christine Beumann, Pam Pikkert and Mike Cameron, Darryl Singer of Diamond and Diamond law firm in Toronto joins Dave and Chris to discuss your rights as an independent mortgage professional, what recourse you have and where to go next. Plus some very powerful messaging to those who see it but don't report it. Listen now!

There is one important fact in the mortgage space you can't avoid: Clients demand you meet them where they are. The only way to do that, the only way to provide a seamless mortgage process and experience is by embracing mortgage technology. But for that, it needs to match your business, you need choice and to be able to choice the platform and options that will elevate your success. Greg Williamson of Finmo by Lendesk joined us this week to talk choice, why clients demand tech and how even further innovation is coming so don't fall behind.

Linda Knowlton of the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals (FAMP) joins Dave and Chris this week to talk about why it is so important to go beyond your office front door and be more involved in your industry. She explains how it will not only impact your business in a positive way but also your industry as well and she discusses the upcoming FAMP Conference in September! Don't miss it!

There are few mortgage lenders as passionate about what they do as Atrium Mortgage's Phil Fiuza. He joins the guys this week to passionately deliver the case for you including MIC's and private lenders in your lender portfolio. PLUS Phil has a lot to say about trade shows, brokers not googling properties and lifelong learning!

Having a CRM to help manage your mortgage practice is vital to sustained success. Tom Hall of BluMortgage joins the podcast not only to discuss BluMortgage itself but also how to use a CRM to elevate your success and he outlines why you cannot manage a mortgage practice from a spreadsheet anymore if you expect to succeed. Don't miss this one!

This week, Joseph Fooks of Mortgage Automator and the "Ask a Private Lender" Podcast joins us to talk about the importance of technology in your mortgage practice, why there is disruption in the space right, why that's a fantastic thing, and why you absolutely MUST have choice to tailor your tech to your business and market. PLUS Joseph shares some strong messaging around deal submissions moving forward. Don't miss it!

Carmen Costa has a deep passion for the mortgage industry and growing it to new heights. She is a leader, a motivator and strongly believes in creating better mortgage professionals for the future. She joins the BHB Podcast and delivers a passionate, emotional and inspiring interview you won't soon forget. If you are still selling on rate it may be time to shift that mindset, Carmen explains how, plus, how to become a great person and leader and the human aspect of mortgage brokering. Don't miss Axiom Mortgage Hamilton's Carmen Costa, this week!

Megan Fink of Freedom Mortgage joined us on the Brokers Helping Brokers Podcast to stress what having a really great relationship with your underwriter and servicing teams will mean for your mortgage business. Plus she previews her networking content coming soon to M|M University and more! Don't miss it!

If you have never heard Pankaj Sharma, CEO of iBridge Capital speak then we have and absolute treat for you this week. He joined Chris and Dave on this week's BHB Podcast to help inspire, motivate and bring success your way and he more than achieves that in this incredible interview. Don't miss Pankaj Sharma if you are looking to add more inspiration and connection into your life.

Did you know that there is a lender who focuses much of its time outside of originating mortgages, growing the Broker/Wholesale Channel? Vince Parlove of United Wholesale Mortgage joins Chris and Dave for an energy packed discussion on why UWM makes the effort to recruit and train new brokers and what you should be looking for when you bring a new broker or loan officer/mortgage agent into the business. Vince brings, energy, knowledge and a whole lot of passion to this one...Listen Now!

Nicole Haney of Business Coaching by Nicole Haney at nicolehaney.com joins the podcast this week! Nicole is the former founder of BOHO Bars, and all natural energy bar that exploded across grocery chains nationally just a few years ago. Now she is taking that success and coaching entrepreneurs to greatness in their businesses so they can experience similar success. You can also watch this podcast on video as a member of Mortgage Magnates it's free to join all year and right now you will be entered to win a $5,000 vacation voucher just for joining. Follow Nicole on Instagram @msnicolehaney or contact her by visiting nicolehaney.com

This week we announce our huge new contest and give you some hiring tips for hiring new mortgage pros as well as support teams when Craig Bissett, founder of Hire Results Ltd and now author of "My Worst Hire and What I Learned from It" joins Chris and Dave.

He took a round about way to developing his success as a financial advisor. He used networking instead of his own market to launch his career and now he is here to teach you what you need to know when partnering/networking with financial advisors in your mortgage practice. He also talks about insuring your business and some tax season tips you can give to clients. Get your clients "mortgage ready" by listening to Rob on the BHB podcast!

On the latest Brokers Helping Brokers (BHB) Podcast Dave and Chris were joined by Sportsnet's Scott MacArthur to discuss mental health awareness, #BellLetsTalk day and Scott shares his own powerful story with the mortgage industry. He shares his advice, his journey and helpful support for anyone else struggling with feeling like it is ok to not be ok.

The guys are joined by Fisgard Asset Management's Hali Noble who talks working with MIC's as well as the importance of getting involved in your industry, WIMI (Women in the Mortgage Industry) and so much more! It's a great one! Have a listen!

This week we announce that Mortgage Magnates and M|M University are now FREE for the balance of 2021! We discuss why we're doing it and how to take advantage! Listen in!

Leslie Smith, mortgage professional and host of the "Six to the Stix" Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcasts joins us to discuss how she got into podcasting, how it impacts her mortgage business and why she thinks you should consider doing it to.

If you have ever thought about finding new ways to give back to your community as a local mortgage professional do not miss this episode of the Brokers Helping Brokers Podcast by Mortgage Magnates. Andrew Young, founder of the Modern Mortgage Unlimited Company and recognized London Ontario philanthropist joins us to discuss ideas on how to give back to your community, what it takes to get going, his own stories and so much more. Get into giving now, with the BHB Podcast

They are the duo that delivers one idea per day every weekday for mortgage professionals at oneideaaday.com and now they join us for the premiere episode of Mortgage Magnates' new podcast hosted by Chris Baker and Dave Tanner the BHB Podcast (Brokers Helping Brokers). Listen to our guests the "Mortgage Godfather" Ray Lovuolo and Ski Swiatkowski as we kick off this new weekly podcast, also available on video at mortgagmagnates.com and on YouTube.

This week we are joined by our new Executive Vice President and COO Dave Tanner who talk about his background, his reasons for joining Mortgage Magnates as well as his vision for the future. PLUS we dive a little deeper into some of the lead generation strategies we talked about in the season premiere.

Season 2 kicks off with a bang as we make a major partnership announcement and we are joined by Jamie Vasey, the Mortgage Jedi to talk all about mixing your life passions with mortgage talk to help your business grow fast!

In maybe our most hard hitting episode ever, Chris blows up the theory that new mortgage agents can't and won't make it in this market. We also talk Ryan Estis and being remarkable. There is no shortage of "awesome" in this one. Have a listen

In this week's episode Melodie Champion, founder of Body Love with Melodie joins us to discuss what Canada's mortgage brokers can do to eat healthier, stay fit, and maintain mental wellness in the face of self isolation and the busy world of brokering from home. She is also offering 25% off of her wellness coaching services to any Mortgage Magnates Member. Just log into your M|M University account at mortgagemagnates.com to take advantage. Follow Melodie on Facebook by searching Melodie Champion or by searching "Body Love with Melodie" or on Instagram @bodylovewithmelodie

This episode speaks directly to newer mortgage agents and includes strategies for working with your natural market and a goal of talking to 200 people to build advocates for your business. We talk about how and what that will do for your success when we all come through this unprecedented time in history

It's becoming more of a struggle while we all focus on social distancing and also earning an income in our mortgage businesses. the kids are getting restless, you need to work, here are some ideas on what to do in the face of this strange new world

We're talking specific strategies on how to come out of this unprecedented time in history a better human, family person and mortgage broker than when you shut the door behind you as you went into self isolation. We're all in this together.

We talk the current climate in the mortgage industry as it pertains to the world fighting COVID-19, plus what we are doing to help, new content on M|M University and more! Listen now

We discuss our brand new partnership with MPC, the discounts it means for you, plus Chris goes deeper on the what and why of Mortgage Magnates, don't miss it!

Whether you are new to mortgage brokering or in your sophomore years we have four big keys to making sure your success is sustainable in order to get past the elusive year 5 and truly build a brokering career. PLUS we announce our amazing "Ready to Rock" contest. All this and more, have a listen!

This week we sit down in a round table interview with some of the most influential women in the mortgage industry who have formed the Women Wish Granters in support of Make-A-Wish foundation where they will rappel down Toronto's City Hall on June 5th, 2020 to raise money to grant children's wishes. It is a fantastic interview about their amazing impact, an industry banding together and how and why to give back. You can donate to their cause at the following link: https://makeawishca.donordrive.com/team/7125 Special thanks to the Women Wish Granters including Veronica Love of TMG The Mortgage Group, Barbara Cook of Mortgage Centre Canada and Michelle Webber of Dominion Lending Centre's as well as the entire Women Wish Granters team for doing what they do to give back to Canadian children!

If you have ever been in the online dating scene, you may have had this happen to you. But now in the mortgage world, ghosting by clients is becoming a much bigger problem. Why is this happening, what to do and more...we have your answers.

A fantastic episode designed to be shared with your clients! We're talking in lay-mans terms all about what tax credits, deductions or advantages may be available to homeowners as they prepare their income taxes for the 2019 income tax year. Don't miss out! The episode was recorded for clients to hear so please feel free to share!

We talk a little more about COI development, lifelong learning and then Dan Pauls of Brightpath Capital in Ontario joins us to discuss why it is so important for you as a broker to become more well rounded and offer alternative solutions including MIC's and other private lenders and how to position this option with clients, plus so much more! Listen in! Note: You can reach Dan for further questions at dpauls@brightpathcapital.ca

In this extraordinary episode, we deliver some important tips on how to find, start, build relationships with and leverage centre's of influence in your mortgage practice and we discuss why your current list of COI's may not be influencing you at all. Check it out!

On this week's episode we reveal the podcast name change, we talk your goals for the next 10 trips around the sun, having just completed your most recent decade and we talk the most important sales advice we see as you start the roaring twenties!

Our fall finale closes out 2019 with an episode all about giving back, including an announcement about our partnership at Mortgage Magnates with 100 Brokers Who Care.  Chris is joined by Sabeena Bubber of Xeva Mortgage and founder of 100 Brokers Who Care to talk about that, what 100 Brokers is and does and so much more! You can read more about 100 Brokers Who Care by visiting 100Brokers.org.

In this episode we tackle technology and the mortgage broker and we interview Carter Zimmerman, CEO of Finmo, who talks all about how Finmo is helping the mortgage broker world and we get his thoughts on how technology affects the broker space now and as we move forward into a new decade! Don't miss this trip into the new world of mortgage brokering. This episode brought to you by Otto and Company Appraisals

The real life Elf on the Shelf, Mike Rogozynski joins us this week to talk giving back, it's affect on business and some advice to those who want to increase their giving back efforts!  Proceeds for Mike's cause go to Breakfast Clubs of Canada and you can donate to his efforts at https://give.breakfastclubcanada.org/real-life-elf-on-the-shelf you can also follow Mike on Social Media at @omacmike on Twitter and @mikrogo on Instagram! Special thanks to Mike for joining us! 

In episode 3 we attack the fear of public speaking.  It is known to be one of the biggest human fears but as Mortgage Professionals we can't avoid the need to speak at realtor events, networking events and industry events. If we do avoid it, we don't grow as quickly. So, how can you master this skill? We've got the "story" here and some great strategies to own your audience!

In this episode we talk about our time filming the team at Modern Mortgage Unlimited Company. We talk about the client engagement as a path to success and not being transactional; and we discuss the importance of being and not just doing. Listen in!

This week, we introduce what Mortgage Magnates is, how it will help you, how you can be a part of it all and much more. We also discuss client ghosting, the podcast moving forward and what to expect from us! Check it out!