716: How to Hire Before You Burn Out - Nate Atkin ($100 Million Dollar Journey Ep. 4)
I Love Mortgage BrokeringShow Notes
This is episode 4 of Nate Atkin’s $100 Million Dollar Journey, where we follow the real-time decisions, bottlenecks, and breakthroughs involved in building a mortgage business at scale. We talk about what happens when your business starts working and you become the bottleneck. Nate shares where his pipeline is at, how he used an HR company to hire his first underwriter, and what he’s learning about letting go, onboarding well, and building the business for the next stage of growth. If you’re busy, buried in files, and know you need help but are nervous about hiring, this episode will be useful. In this episode, we cover:
Why Hiring Helped - Nate shares how using an HR company saved time and helped him find the right underwriter faster. How to Let Go - We talk about what it takes to hand off work and trust someone else with the file flow. How to Onboard the Right Way - A strong hire still needs clear systems, a mapped client journey, and a plan. What Comes Next - Once the hire is in place, the next focus is lead gen, capacity, and removing the next bottleneck.
Hiring the right person is not the finish line. It’s what gives you the capacity to grow. Follow Nate’s journey through the links below:InstagramFacebookLinkedInTikTokhttps://www.hummingbirdmortgages.ca/ $100 Million Dollar Journey SeriesEp 1 - $100 Million Dollar JourneyEp 2 - How to Find and Hire an UnderwriterEp 3 - What Breaks When You Scale? Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/scottpeckford/I Love Mortgage Brokering: www.ilovemortgagebrokering.comFind out more about BRX Mortgage: www.whybrx.com Subscribe to my email list, Peckford's PlaybookJoin the Mortgage Mindset DailyGamify your prospecting with the 10@10 AppI Love Mortgage Brokering is in partnership with Ownwell.To see how top brokers are keeping clients engaged and generating leads from their database, visit ownwell.ca/scott.
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