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Why Most Mortgage Brokers Fail

New Roots Podcast out now with guest John Murphy, President of MJW Mortgage

May 6, 2025Property Update
Why Most Mortgage Brokers Fail

We just released a new episode of The Roots Podcast, the show about building wealth in all areas of life. We go deep on real estate investing, building business, and creating a life of meaning with top entrepreneurs & investors in Indianapolis.

What’s in this episode?
In this episode, Max and Tyler sit down with John Murphy, Top-Producing Mortgage Originator in Indy & President of MJW Mortgage, to talk about:

  • 🚀 Walking away from a stable job to build a business that could run without him.

  • 🧠 How to stop doing $5/hour work and scale through systems.

  • 🏡 Why first-time buyers are scared right now and how to lead them the right way.

💡 Why listen?
If you’re in the mortgage space, or have ever gotten a mortgage before, just go ahead and press play. How a mortgage brokers paid? Why do 90% of those that start trying fail at it? How do you build a service based industry to the point where you can step away from doing all the selling? 

John has invested in deals all the way from your basic Broad Ripple duplexes all the way to Industrial real estate syndications. He knows his stuff in many spheres of real estate & building wealth.

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