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All right, you guys. Welcome back. So in just a moment,

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we're gonna go ahead and recap the funding Your Arsenal session and what that's

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been about. But right now we have a very, very, very exciting guest here.

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So go ahead and introduce yourself and the company that you're with. Sure.

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Uh, my name is Brenda LaFave and I'm with Currents, Brenda and Monahan. Uh,

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we've been around for 18 years and we do commercial debt recovery. Um,

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a large part of our portfolio is in the MCA industry and alternative lending.

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So, you know, we're really excited to be here.

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Great to be able to come and meet with a lot of our clients, and, uh,

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excited to kind of meet some new ones.

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So let, let's talk a little bit. You just, you just got off your flight,

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you're here, you're gonna enjoy the day so far.

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What are you looking forward to the most?

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Honestly, it's just putting a, a face to name. Uh, you know,

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a lot of the time our work is done over the phone, over Zoom. Um,

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so really getting that chance to be able to connect with people and develop that

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kind of relationship. It's, uh, it's key in this business.

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That's what a lot of this is all based on is relationships.

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So let's talk about, I mean, there's different panels,

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there's different sessions going on.

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Is there anyone specific thing that you're looking at because you're, you're,

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where you're at and what you do is a little bit different than your typical mca,

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you know, I'm a broker, I'm a lender.

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So anything specific that you're looking forward to the most? Sure.

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I, I really enjoy looking at the tech side of things strangely. Um,

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and that's just because a lot of the paper that we get,

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a lot of it is due to fraud or, you know, maybe it's some sort of, um,

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mailbox that's been listed as an address, things of that nature. Right.

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So I like seeing exactly how these lenders are gonna be able to underwrite

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better and really go through these documents and try and figure out exactly

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what's worth it and not, um, cause that makes our job easier on our end. Right.

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So it's, uh, it's always an interesting point to go listen to.

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So I know right now there the industry, you know, alternative finance, mca,

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it's in a really interesting transitional time period where there's a lot of

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things changing very quick. What would you say is the one thing that you,

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you're seeing on and off again regarding your clients, you know,

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like going into debt collection, that whole aspect,

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like what's been the one pattern that you would say that has kind of been a

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common theme?

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Man, the, the pattern that we have seen is everyone's being very,

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very close to measuring at this point. Um,

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their metrics are pretty much their big key point if you're not hitting the

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numbers, um, you know,

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even though we're just talking about relationships and making sure that those

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are great, those can help your backend if maybe you're having a down month.

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But really people are keeping an eye on their vendors, placing them one, two,

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and three, having them constantly compete against each other.

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So that's the biggest pattern we've seen recently because, you know, we're in,

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uh, economic downturn, uh, more than likely. So, um, it's,

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it's a matter of having that recovery and making sure that, you know,

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business is being done correctly. Yeah.

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So what are you looking forward to the most, uh, while you're here in New York?

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I mean, you didn't do, you weren't at the pre-show obviously, but just,

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you know,

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anything that you're looking forward to besides meeting clients and doing the

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sessions. Is there anything else that you're looking forward to the most?

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Man, I, I always love a good New York bagel and pizza.

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It sounds so stereotypical, but, uh, I,

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I have to get it every single time I come here. Yeah.

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Is there any specific spot you, you, uh, you're looking at? Oh,

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No, I, I, I'm always open for suggestions to whatever you got for me, prince

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Street Pizza on Prince Street. Yeah. All right. Well Brandon,

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thanks so much for hanging out with us and chatting with us. Appreciate it.

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I'll let you go enjoy the rest of your time here, but appreciate your,

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your insight and your thoughts on collections,

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cuz that's definitely something that we don't hear too much here on the red

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carpet. Yeah. So. Awesome. Well, thank you so much, brother. All right.

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Have a good one, man. Pleasure man. Bye.