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A.W. Pickel III

A.W. Pickel III

Past President of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) and founder of LeaderOne Financial, now President of Blok Home Loans.

Aug 11, 2026

6:57
Go ahead, go ahead AW.
6:59
Uh, I, I became, um, president elect in 2003 following, uh, uh, Armand Cosenza.
7:07
Um, I did, uh, help out Armand somewhat.
7:10
He did have a run-in with cancer during that time.
7:14
Uh, the biggest thing that we had at that point was they were trying to implement a RESPA guideline, um, that would've quite severely restricted mortgage brokers.
7:28
Uh, the brokers across the nation really rallied together, um, and we defeated that piece of legislation.
7:38
Uh, as Joe said though, there were some bad actors, and, you know, it's hard for congressmen to forget those.

5 MINS LATER

13:14
Mm-hmm

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