Connect Episode 23 - Rick Arvielo, Co-Founder and CEO, New American Funding - a podcast by The California MBA

Welcome to Connect, a podcast featuring one-on-one interviews with some of the top movers-and-shakers in the mortgage industry. Our 23rd episode features Rick Arvielo, Co-Founder and CEO, New American Funding. In this episode Rick covers a variety of topics around the mortgage industry including the following:

3:26 - What’s your journey in the mortgage industry, and what led you and Patty to found NAF?

4:43 - What were some of the early challenges in building the business? 

8:19 - What’s the secret to building the kind of employee-focused, positive culture that you’ve always had at NAF?

12:36 - So how are things are NAF right now?  What’s your outlook for the rest of the year and into 2021?

16:44 - What’s the biggest number that lenders/servicers should keep an eye on – unemployment rates, mortgage rates, or forbearance rates?

22:24 – You’ve always been a huge supporter of industry advocacy grassroots efforts – why?

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