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Johny Fernandez: So Carl, walk
me through where's home base for

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your, for your company?

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Carl Brabander: Oh boy, our
company's operations are based

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in Atlanta, Georgia. We have
offices in Montreal, Canada as

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well, which, which is where I'm
based yeah.

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Johny Fernandez: Okay, so, so
are you finding financial? Yes.

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So an event like this, what's
been the big takeaway so far

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for, you you know, meeting
everyone here and then at the

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preshow?

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Carl Brabander: Well, for me,
it's my first Broker Fair. Um

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it's great to see everyone
coming back, you know, post

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COVID, feeling the buzz and, and
talking to people and just

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knowing that we're all feeling
the same thing that there's a

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really a groundswell of the
economy coming back small

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businesses coming back with
demand for funding stronger than

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ever. So it's, it's very
positive, but in a very, really

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great first first experience.

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Johny Fernandez: So there's been
a lot of different panels that

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are going to be going on today.
Specifically,

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Carl Brabander: I was really
looking forward to Centrex

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Technology. Okay, solution,
which I just saw it was great.

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Johny Fernandez: Kind of walk me
through what was your takeaway

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with that one?

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Carl Brabander: Yeah, well, what
they're doing is they're

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empowering, what they're doing
is they're empowering this

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ecosystem of lenders and brokers
to be able to, to do a lot more

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as far as, like I show. I mean,
I'm happy to see, because

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anytime the ecosystem is
thriving, it's a good sign for

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everybody. Right? So again,
it's, it's, I think my biggest

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takeaway is just how incredibly
strong the industry has come

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back already. And we're seeing
it continue to, to build

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momentum. So,

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Johny Fernandez: So kind of walk
me through, I mean, there's

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people from across the country
here, I mean, it's jam packed

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actually network with these
people and meet with these

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people and see them face to face
versus just online.

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Carl Brabander: It makes a huge
difference, obviously. And you

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know, starting off with an event
like we did last night as well,

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that was a really nice
icebreaker. You know, I mean, I

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think, as a lender, I'm
surprised how many other lenders

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are here, you know, so we're,
but it's great to meet them. I

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mean, it's a in many industries,
you might feel this, like,

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friendly competition, right. But
it's really what it is. It's

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friendly. I think we inspire
each other. I think it's good to

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make new friends. I mean, in
terms of brokers. I'm looking

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forward to meeting some bigger.
It's hard to read these name

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tags from a distance. So I'm
gonna keep hunting for them in

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the crowds here. Yeah. Too many
people.

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Johny Fernandez: Yeah. So
lastly, are not here, yep. What

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would you tell them about Broker
Fair 2021 in a sentence?

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Carl Brabander: Look, every
industry every industry needs an

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opportunity like this to get
together and feed off each

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other's energy. And I think
having seen this in many across

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many different industries, I
would say Broker Fair is really

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you guys have done an awesome
job of bringing the right people

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around and creating the right
energy. Big takeaway. Don't sit

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near the doors when you're
trying to listen to someone

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talk. Yeah. There's too much
noise. Yeah, too much

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excitement.

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Johny Fernandez: Awesome.
Alright. Well, thank you so much

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for your time. Appreciate it.
Thank you Johnny.