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Michael Piccola

About Michael

Michael earned his B.A. from Northern Kentucky University and started in lending in 2013 on the direct sales side, where the point was to learn how the industry actually worked. He moved off retail and onto a mortgage lending team in 2017, and in June 2022 he opened his own branch in Cincinnati with The Mortgage Exchange.

That progression — sales floor, lending team, running a branch — means he has seen a file from every side of it.

Outside work he is with his wife and two daughters. He golfs and watches sport when the family calendar allows.

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Company: CME Lending Group LLC, doing business as The Mortgage Exchange, NMLS #1248883. In Indiana, The Mortgage Exchange, LLC. Verify the company at NMLS Consumer Access, or see our full licensing table.

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