MBB Show Replays & Recordings
The CEO1440 Show
The CEO1440 Show is the Mortgage Broker Builder podcast, hosted by John Jurkovich. Every episode helps bankers make the jump to broker and helps brokers sharpen their skills, with real conversations on sales, marketing, compliance, systems, and growing a mortgage business.
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Mortgage Mindset
Your Personal Brand Is 24/7 — If It Sounds Like Everyone Else, You’re Losing Business
Why Personal Branding Matters More Than Ever in the Mortgage Industry In today’s mortgage and real estate world, having competitive rates and solid service simply isn’t enough anymore. The professionals…
Mortgage Marketing
Why Hiring a Virtual Assistant Feels Risky (And How to Fix It)
In today’s fast-paced business world, one of the most common reasons people give for not taking action is a lack of time. Entrepreneurs, mortgage brokers, real estate professionals, and consultants…
Mortgage Product
The Most Underused Tool in Real Estate & Lending Right Now
If you’re a mortgage broker or real estate agent still chasing the same old post-close email templates and pumpkin pie recipes, you’re doing it wrong. Homeowners don’t want fluff. They…
Mortgage Marketing
The Trigger Bill Won’t Save You — But This Will
You know the scariest part of this market? It’s not the rates. It’s not the inventory. It’s not even lead quality. It’s the fact that your past clients are shopping…
Mortgage Marketing
The Mortgage Conversion Code: What Chris Smith Taught Us About Building a Brand That Converts
Stop chasing leads. Start building a brand.That’s the biggest takeaway from my conversation with Chris Smith, bestselling author of The Conversion Code and co-founder of Curaytor — one of the…
Mortgage Sales
11,000 Seniors a Day = Untapped Deals. Reverse Mortgages Demystified.
If you’re a mortgage broker looking to pick up just one or two more loans a month, you might be overlooking a goldmine that’s hiding in plain sight—reverse mortgages.I know.…
Mortgage Marketing
From Fear to Funding: How Mortgage Brokers Can Win in Commercial Lending with John Jurkovich
In this episode, Michael Barnett sits down with John Jurkovich—industry veteran and Founder of the Mortgage Broker Builder—to demystify commercial lending for mortgage brokers and loan officers. Whether you’re closing…
Mortgage Mindset
Why 90% FAIL in Mortgage Sales with John Jurkovich
In this episode of Test. Fail. Learn. Grow., we sit down with John Jurkovich, founder of 1440 Consulting and The Mortgage Broker Builder, whose decades-long career in sales and nearly…
Mortgage Product
Why Loan Officers Don’t Need More Leads (They Need Predictive Analytics)
Let’s call it like it is — most mortgage pros are wasting a ton of time chasing the wrong leads, working too hard for too little, and blaming everything except…
Mortgage Marketing
From Follow-Up to Follow-Through: Build a CRM That Actually Closes
Most loan officers don’t own their brand. Their company does. Their CRM might. Their marketing vendor probably does.And if they left tomorrow, all those past clients, leads, and hard-earned relationships?…
Mortgage Mindset
Quilts to Closings: How Brenda Ratliff Reinvented Herself (and Her Business)
If you’ve ever felt stuck in your mortgage business, struggling to scale, or wondering whether your side hustle could ever become something real — this one’s for you.Brenda Ratliff’s story…
Mortgage Product
The Smartest Mortgage Processor in the Room Isn’t Human: Meet Addy AI
I’ve been in the mortgage world long enough to remember when closing a loan meant two-hole punches, FedEx packets, and bribing underwriters with Diet Cokes to speed things up.Fast-forward to…
Mortgage Marketing
What If You Could Clone Yourself & Make 1,000 Sales Calls a Day? You can with Helport
If you’ve ever bought a list of leads with big dreams and a new dialer login, only to crash back down to Earth by day three, you’re not alone.That’s why…
Mortgage Broker ToolBox
Not Just another Bridge Loan—Zoom Casa’s Buy Before You Sell is a Whole New Game
If you’ve ever had a deal fall apart because someone couldn’t sell their home fast enough—or just couldn’t qualify with two mortgages—you’re not alone. We’ve all been there. It’s frustrating,…


