Loans Elevated
The Loans Elevated Podcast delivers clear, strategic conversations on mortgages, real estate, and homeownership.
Hosted by Broch Lassig alongside TJ Heidenreich and Ryan King of The Lassig Team, a top 1% nationally ranked mortgage team, the show explores how housing decisions impact your financial future.
Each episode breaks down real-world mortgage strategy, market dynamics, and the role homeownership plays in building wealth, managing debt, and creating long-term optionality.
Whether you’re a homeowner, first-time buyer, or real estate professional, Loans Elevated helps you think differently about real estate and use it as a tool, not just a transaction.
Episodes
202 episodes
Episode 200: Reacting to Codie Sanchez: Is Real Estate Actually a Scam?
In this episode of the Loans Elevated podcast, we react to Codie Sanchez’s viral take claiming real estate is a bad investment compared to stocks. While sensational claims get views, omitting core financial principles paints a misleading pictur...
Episode 199: AI Isn’t Replacing You… But the Person Using It Will (Rent vs. Buy Truth)
Is AI coming for your job, or is it giving smart operators an unfair advantage? 💡 In Episode 199 of Loans Elevated, we break down how AI is reshaping real estate and mortgage operations—from freeing up cognitive bandwidth to narrowi...
Episode 198: The Truth About the 183% Eagle Mountain Tax Hike (and Meta’s Tax Break)
The economy dropped 23,000 jobs, CPI inflation is cooling, and yet talk of interest rate hikes is still on the table. Welcome to the 2026 economic landscape! In this episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, Broch and TJ sit down to an...
Episode 197: Is It Really a Buyer's Market? (The Real Estate Reality Check)
National headlines are screaming that we’re in the best buyer’s market in over a decade—so why are so many homebuyers feeling defeated? In this episode of the Loans Elevated podcast, presented by The Lassig Team, we dive into the split...
Episode 196: Are Temporary Rate Buydowns a Trap? The Truth About 2-1 Buydowns
Are temporary rate buydowns actually providing real relief for home buyers, or are they setting people up for failure years down the road? In this episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, we take a deep dive into 2-1 temporary buydown...
Episode 195: Fed Holds Rates Again + Is Renting Better Than Buying? (Plus: AI Homeowner Stack)
The Federal Reserve met again and opted to keep interest rates unchanged, keeping markets in a holding pattern as global tensions and inflation readings unfold. In this episode of Loans Elevated, we dive into what this rate volatility means for...
Episode 194: Buy the Fear: How Smart Buyers Are Winning in a Dead Housing Market with Jack Andrews
Is the housing market broken, or are buyers missing the biggest opportunity of the last decade?In this episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, Broch Lassig sits down with Jack Andrews from Edge Homes (ranked in the top 0.4...
Episode 193: The 80/20 Rule, Active Triage, and Surviving Market Crashes with Emily Lowry
In this episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, we sit down with industry veteran Emily for an open, masterclass-level discussion on navigating high-level ambition, family life, and long-term career survival in real estate.
Episode 192: The Reality of Airbnb Regulations in Utah: What Investors and Neighbors Need to Know
Salt Lake City just sent shockwaves through the local housing market by passing major new restrictions on short-term rentals (STRs). Effective July 1st, the rules for Airbnb and Vrbo hosts have shifted toward heavier business regulation. <...
Episode 191: Is the Traditional "Starter Home" Dead in Utah?
The standalone single-family home with a big yard and a white picket fence in a prime Wasatch Front neighborhood is officially a thing of the past. Post-COVID, Utah’s housing market entered parabolic, "hockey-stick" growth, shifting core metro ...
Episode 190: Cash vs. Mortgage | Why Being Debt-Free Can Be an Expensive Mistake
Should you buy your next property in cash or aggressively pay off your current mortgage early?On this episode of the Loans Elevated podcast, Broch and TJ look past the emotional "debt-free" headlines to break down the hidden risks of tyi...
Episode 189: The Warsh Era Begins: The Fed Flipped 180° & What it Means for Real Estate
The playbook has officially been flipped on its head. In this episode of the Loans Elevated podcast, we break down the massive philosophical shift under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh following his explosive first SEP press conference. From...
Episode 188: 3-Star General Reveals the Hidden VA Loan Secret Most Vets Miss
In this week's episode of Loans Elevated, we are joined by an incredibly special couple who flew in just for this conversation: retired U.S. Army 3-Star General Doug Gabram and his wife Lori, an Army Veteran and combat nurse. Together,...
Episode 187: Utah's AI infrastructure Dilemma: Water, Power, National Security, and the Kevin O'Leary Data Center
The Big Lie About Utah’s Data Centers? Are Utah’s massive new data center projects an environmental threat to our natural resources, or the biggest economic opportunity of the decade?In this episode of the Loans Elevated ...
Ep 186: Cracking the AI Code | Why Your Business Isn't Ranking with Kimber Walton
Why didn't ChatGPT rank a top 1% national mortgage team as the best in Utah?In this episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, we sit down with Kimber Walton, a Keller Williams expert obsessed with AI, research, and understanding what...
Episode 185: The Truth About Kevin Warsh, Jerome Powell, and Mortgage Rates
The Federal Reserve just entered a brand-new era with the swearing-in of Kevin Warsh as Chairman. But the transition is anything but standard. Former Chair Jerome Powell is pulling a rare move not seen since 1948, refusing to leave the Fed comp...
Episode 184: How to Shop for a Mortgage Without Getting Ripped Off – The Truth About Rates, Points, and Fees
Are you shopping for a mortgage based only on getting the lowest interest rate and monthly payment? You might be walking straight into a predatory lending trap. In this week’s episode of Loans Elevated, we strip aw...
Episode 183: The Tax Strategies Every Business Owner Needs Before Buying a Home
Self-employed buyers often get blindsided during the mortgage process — not because they don’t make enough money, but because of how their taxes are structured.In this episode, we sit down with CPA and real estate tax strategist Dan to b...
Episode 182: Self-Employed? Your Tax Return Might Be Costing You Houses
Most self-employed borrowers assume they don’t qualify because their tax returns don’t show enough income.But what if the problem isn’t your income… it’s how lenders are measuring it?In this episode, we break down how bank stateme...
Episode 181: How Steve Maddox Built Edge Homes | What It Really Takes to Win in Real Estate
What does it actually take to build something that lasts in real estate?In this live episode of the Loans Elevated Podcast, recorded at the Hale Centre Theatre, we sit down with Steve Maddox — the founder of Edge Homes — to talk about hi...
Episode 180: How Renovation Loans Turn Overlooked Homes Into Opportunity
Most buyers are chasing the same move-in ready homes and losing.But what if the best opportunity in today’s market is the one that needs work?In this episode, we break down how renovation loans are helping buyers get into better h...
Episode 179: Mortgage Rates Just Jumped… Here’s What Buyers Need to Know
Mortgage rates were expected to fall… but instead, they spiked.In this episode, we break down what’s really happening behind the scenes — and why this market could actually create opportunity for buyers who know how to play it right....
Episode 178: Stop Chasing Leads. Do This Instead | Dustin Brohm
Most agents are still building their business by chasing the next deal.Cold calls.Open houses.Buying leads.It works… until it doesn’t.In this episode, Dustin Brohm breaks down the shift from chasing business to buil...
Episode 177: Utah Has a Serious Problem (Great Salt Lake Crisis) | Josh Romney
Most people think the Great Salt Lake is just an environmental issue.It’s not.This is a public health risk, an economic risk, and a real estate risk for the entire state of Utah.In this episode, we sit down with Josh...
Episode 176: Why Billionaires Still Get Mortgages (And Why You Probably Should Too)
If you had enough cash to buy a house outright… would you?Most people say yes.But the wealthy do the opposite.In this episode, we break down why high-net-worth individuals and billionaires still choose to finance real estate—a...