{"podcast":{"title":"Vetted VA: VA Loan - Your Journey Home","slug":"vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984","podcast_index_feed_id":6505984,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dd05d470/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://vettedva.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36981468/36981468-1689358943996-1ffc07ce24b38.jpg","author":"Vetted VA","episode_count":76,"summary":"Welcome to the Vetted VA Podcast, VA Loan - Your Journey Home. Hosted by Nathan Knottingham and Christopher Griffith, this podcast covers all things VA home loan benefits. Veterans deserve access to accurate information. Overlays, warehouse lines, ignorance, and bad actors or brands all presently manipulate the VA Home Loan Guarantee benefit in ways that do not benefit the veteran, even placing the entitlement’s future existence in jeopardy. Vetted VA aims to fix this for all.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T16:18:18.605156+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984"},"episode":{"title":"Get to Know VVA Professional- Andy Treno","slug":"get-to-know-vva-professional-andy-treno","published_at":"2025-05-02T20:50:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984/get-to-know-vva-professional-andy-treno","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vettedva/episodes/Get-to-Know-VVA-Professional--Andy-Treno-e32a8vh","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/dd05d470/podcast/play/102097329/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-2%2F0e80cb24-86ad-5b59-f30e-fe77ef50b6cb.mp3","summary":"Andy Treno, known affectionately as The Loan Goalie , is a seasoned mortgage professional based in Minnesota with over 15 years of experience helping clients navigate home financing. Standing tall in both stature (6'3") and personality, Andy blends his background in finance, his family's legacy in mortgage, and his commitment to ethical lending into a career focused on education, transparency, and doing right by the borrower. After earning his degree in Finance and Real Estate and a short stint working in the banking world, Andy quickly realized the limitations of a one-size-fits-all lending model. He pivoted into the broker channel, where he found greater freedom to serve clients with personalized solutions. Since 2009, he’s built a reputation for cutting through industry noise and advocating for veterans, particularly in the VA home loan space. Now with Edge Home Finance , Andy runs his business with the independence of a solo practitioner but the support of a best-in-class brokerage. He is deeply engaged with the Vetted VA community, helping veterans understand and leverage their VA home loan benefits. Known for his straight talk and educational approach, Andy is often the go-to guy for complex entitlement scenarios, particularly for veterans looking to use their VA loan benefit more than once. Beyond mortgages, Andy is a husband, father, former hockey player, and current coach. He volunteers in youth hockey and on local boards, always diving in headfirst to give back. Whether he's in the office or at the rink, Andy brings the same level of care and commitment to every conversation. Connect with Andy Treno:⁠ (952) 688-6066 andy@andytreno.com https://andytreno.com/vettedva","meta_description":"Andy Treno, known affectionately as The Loan Goalie , is a seasoned mortgage professional based in Minnesota with over 15 years of experience helping clie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1718,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984/episodes/get-to-know-vva-professional-andy-treno/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vetted-va-va-loan-your-journey-home-6505984/get-to-know-vva-professional-andy-treno.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}