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So the best thing about Broker Fair is chatting

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with people and what they do and,

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and their role in this industry.

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I'm here with Connor. Connor, thanks for stopping by.

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Thanks for chatting. Thank you.

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Um, so a couple of quick questions.

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First, introduce yourself and the company that you're with.

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Sure. So my name's Connor Leer.

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I'm the director of underwriting with Spartan Capital.

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So 2025. How has business been for you?

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It has been wonderful. Really, really good.

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So, uh, you know, Spartan's seen a lot

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of pretty explosive growth, a lot

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of growth in our submission volume and our funding volume.

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Um, and just, you know, company-wide

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overall adding new team members.

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So it's been a really good year.

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So let's talk about personal relationships,

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because this industry, uh, that is a key thing.

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So why is it important for your book of business

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and for others in this space?

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Of course. I mean, it's huge, right? Spartan.

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I think we really pride ourselves to do the right thing.

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We really care about personal relationships,

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we care about our customers, security,

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data security, everything.

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So, uh, you know, just really trying to do everything

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by the book and, uh,

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associating our ourselves with people who do the same.

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So, um, you know, trustworthy partners are, are

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what makes this business, uh,

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you know, continue to move. So

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What makes you guys different than

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other people in this space?

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First positions huge on first positions, so, you know, we,

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we've really ramped up our first position funding.

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Uh, we're funding anywhere from, you know, 5K all the way up

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to a million on first position deals.

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So, um, I think, you know, speed, uh,

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accuracy in our offers, reliability, trustworthiness,

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and just the overall offer.

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I think we, we beat a lot

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of people across the board When it comes

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to dollar term rate, you,

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you'll really get the best package at Spartan.

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If someone's interested in chatting with you guys,

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learning more about your product than working with you guys,

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what's the best way for them to reach you?

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Yeah, I mean, definitely we have a dedicated, uh,

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you know, iso reps sales team, so I think that's, you know,

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a really good first point of contact

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and uh, you know, we are onboarding a lot

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of partners right now.

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Um, so yeah, definitely reach out

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and we'll see if, uh, the relationship would work.

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And is this your first time at, at a banked event?

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It's my first true time, so I did, uh, I did go over

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to San Diego back in the day for a, the banked event,

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but, um, didn't really actually go inside too much.

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So just kind of did the after party thing.

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So this is the true first experience.

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So what, what have you experienced so far

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and do you think, I mean, in, in the past event,

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did you connect with anyone that helped your business out?

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Definitely more so this time. Yeah.

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So I mean, it's been good this time just seeing some

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of the providers we use, right?

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Like multiple different people who we use

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to help our process along.

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So just connecting with them, right?

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You see a lot of people on Zoom, a lot of people on, uh,

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you know, Google meet all the time.

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But face-to-face interaction I think is super important,

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very important for me, especially, um, in underwriting,

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dealing with these people on a weekly, even daily basis.

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So good to just put a face to the name.

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Alright, Conwell, it was a pleasure.

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Thank you so much for chatting. Appreciate it.

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Again, chatting with Connor, chatting

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with different people here in this space, in this industry,

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and hearing what they have to offer and the roles.

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So it's definitely been amazing to chat

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with different people so we have more coming up.