Hosted by Connor Bartley · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 110 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast is THE podcast where we talk to the Top 20% of Loan Officers about the path to growth, the struggles they encountered along the way and the triumphs they celebrated. Each episode is packed with valuable insights on how to grow and scale from $1-2M a month in volume to $2-5M a month and beyond. If you're serious about growing your production volume, learn from those that have already been through it.
Connor Bartley hosts The LO Down Mortgage Podcast, a business show with 110 episodes published.
Most loan officers spend 20 years getting better at closing loans. Richard Lytle spent 20 years getting better at building a business. There is a difference. And this episode is that difference made audible. Richard got
She went commission only in January 2013 with two kids under six, no salary, and a mother who thought she had lost her mind. Then 2013 happened. She got hit in the face with a softball. Twenty stitches. Hospital bed. Sta
She couldn't walk for two years. She built a 100-loan business anyway. Blaire Laudermilk got her mortgage license at 19. Closed 8 deals her first year. Then over 100 the next. Then life came for her — hard. Two years of
She was a fisherman, a lighting tech, a bartender, a drafter, a teaching artist, and an escrow officer — before she ever closed a mortgage. And somehow, that's exactly what made Amanda Filori dangerous. In 2023, she went
What if your best business development move wasn't a cold call, a CRM campaign, or a paid ad — but a dog walk? Meet Matt Hunter. Chemical engineer. Farm owner. Nearly thirty years in mortgage. And one of the most quietly
What does a $5 million/month mortgage producer, an elected mayor, and a dad who almost lost his son have in common? The same guy. And he's giving you the playbook. Chet Mann built one of the most productive mortgage busi
She Stumbled Into Mortgage at a Christmas Party. 23 Years Later, She's Just Getting Started. Erin Hamilton didn't plan this career. She ordered Bailey's on the rocks, met a woman who saw something in her, and the rest is
From Yoga Mats to $30M: How Alex Turner Figured Out What Actually Builds a Mortgage Business Most loan officers are out here competing on rates, chasing every lead, and wondering why they're exhausted and stuck. Alex Tur
Most loan officers are out here chasing the next app, the next platform, the next "hack" — while Bryant Delgado is driving to client apartments and closing 100+ units a year doing it. Bryant didn't stumble into mortgage.
Greg Anderson almost got fired in 2005 for refusing to put people in bad loans. Twenty-one years later he's in the top 500 loan officers in the country and building toward a business that runs without him. That is not a
You built a book of business. You've got referral partners. And you're one bad quarter from watching half of it walk out the door with them. Brett Baldwin saw it happen to himself — stepped away from production, handed o
Nearly 4 Decades. One Rule. Zero Shortcuts. Monica Bowman started in finance at 19, managing a branch of middle-aged men while she was still in college. Law school was the plan. Mortgage was the calling. In this episode,
From Cat Memes to Closing Loans: Evan Robinson's Unconventional Playbook Most loan officers will tell you they never planned to be in mortgage. Evan Robinson takes that to a whole new level — we're talking internet cat m
Zero sales experience. Zero origination experience. $51 million by year three. Ben Naranjo did not stumble into mortgage because it was the easy play. He spent a decade in corporate finance building financial models and
What happens when a loan officer stops winging it and starts running a real business? You get David Wechsler — 14-year mortgage vet out of Metro Detroit, who went from 21 units and $4.1M in Q1 of 2025 to 40 units and $13
What separates the loan officers who survive from the ones who build careers that compound for 20+ years? In this episode of The LO Down, Michael Harrington breaks it down with zero fluff and a ton of practical wisdom. T
What if the path to freedom was already mapped — and nobody told you? Shayla Gifford started at 23 with no degree, no network, and $1,000 to her name. Today she leads 85 loan officers across the country, has helped close
What separates a $50M loan officer from someone grinding themselves into the ground? Turns out — it's not hustle. It's identity. Travis Smart didn't come up easy. Mom gone at 15. Kicked out at 16. Working graveyard shift
28 years. Zero clients who regret buying. That's not luck — that's a system. Tony Valdez didn't stumble into mortgages. He watched his parents sign a mountain of paperwork they didn't understand on their first home and d
You don't have a production problem. You have a clarity problem. Chad Lubben hit $100M+ six times, built a team that now closes $50–60M without him touching a file, and coaches loan officers every Monday — for free. This
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their business audience.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast is hosted by Connor Bartley. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 110 episodes.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast has published 110 episodes.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast regularly covers business, entrepreneurship. It sits in the business category, with a entrepreneurship focus.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast is accessible for guests with genuine business expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
The LO Down Mortgage Podcast hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of The LO Down Mortgage Podcast average 31 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates The LO Down Mortgage Podcast's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 10 days ago.
