2021 Top Veteran Originators

wdt_ID	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Company	State	Total Volume	% Purchases	% Refis	Closed Loans	Broker/Banker	Yrs. in Biz
1	1	Martin	Medve	Trident Home Loans	FL	436,750,454	22%	78%	1,045.00	Broker	18
2	2	Ryan	Purpero	U.S. Bank	CA	297,029,721	54%	46%	352.00	Banker	18
3	3	Larry	Gonzales	American Pacific Mortgage dba Aligned Mortgage	HI	232,018,001	38%	62%	386.00	Banker	4
4	4	Jason	Smith	NOVA Home Loans	AZ	211,018,143	63%	37%	782.00	Banker	16
5	5	Jonathan	Kulak	Trident Home Loans	FL	189,850,360	34%	66%	486.00	Broker	3
6	6	Benjamin	Moon	CF Bank	OH	171,441,070	3%	97%	404.00	Banker	19
7	7	Kevin	Retcher	First Meridian Mortgage Corp.	VA	170,225,396	10%	90%	383.00	Broker	27
8	8	Rick	Ward	Benchmark Mortgage	AZ	162,102,736	49%	51%	480.00	Banker	9
9	9	Ray	Shanahan	TowneBank Mortgage	NC	156,801,207	78%	22%	478.00	Banker	16
10	10	Kevin	Penalvert	JWH Financial Inc	CA	139,477,310	3%	97%	383.00	Banker	8
11	11	Chuck	Walden	Silverton Mortgage	GA	139,439,547	70%	30%	574.00	Banker	18
12	12	Patton	Gade	Paramount Bank	MO	138,610,777	41%	59%	353.00	Banker	7
13	13	Bob	Melone	Radius Financial Group Inc.	MA	136,221,922	56%	44%	369.00	Banker	12
14	14	Jimmy	Alexander	SWBC Mortgage Corp.	TX	135,623,834	81%	19%	594.00	Banker	27
15	15	Sam	Reda	Caliber Home Loans Inc.	MI	132,364,030	52%	48%	496.00	Banker	20
16	16	Zacarias	Cervantes	U.S. Bank	CA	130,790,645	47%	53%	151.00	Banker	20
17	17	Brian	Landis	CF Bank	OH	130,389,544	2%	98%	315.00	Banker	24
18	18	Jason	Scott	Guaranteed Rate	HI	125,922,607	35%	65%	247.00	Banker	7
19	19	Michael	Bendebba	Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.	MD	120,013,154	81%	19%	340.00	Banker	1
20	20	Amy	Goss	Residential Mortgage Services Inc.	NC	118,354,891	92%	8%	582.00	Banker	1
21	21	Cody	Hardridge	Cornerstone Home Lending Inc.	OK	115,572,671	67%	33%	510.00	Banker	20
22	22	Jeffrey	Neilsen	First Heritage Mortgage LLC	VA	113,745,542	63%	37%	300.00	Banker	19
23	23	Brian	Maier	Mortgage Box	NV	107,653,117	29%	71%	374.00	Broker	20
24	24	Charles	Campbell	Primary Residential Mortgage Inc.	CO	107,625,998	62%	38%	388.00	Banker	11
25	25	William	Dodds	V.I.P Mortgage Inc.	AZ	107,569,784	42%	58%	406.00	Banker	10
26	26	Shane	Miller	On Q Financial Inc.	SC	103,362,618	83%	17%	561.00	Banker	17
27	27	Devin	Fahrner	Finance of America Mortgage	ID	103,017,253	50%	50%	369.00	Banker	22
28	28	John	Schuler	Guaranteed Rate	CA	102,602,112	59%	41%	202.00	Banker	17
29	29	Robert	Gaskins	Highlands Residential Mortgage	VA	101,365,462	64%	36%	237.00	Banker	3
30	30	James	Schlehuber	Prospect Financial Group Inc.	MI	94,148,352	2%	98%	258.00	Broker	12
31	31	John	Sego	American Pacific Mortgage dba Aligned Mortgage	HI	93,519,272	44%	56%	156.00	Banker	4
32	32	David	Boliard	Finance of America Mortgage	CA	93,506,669	34%	66%	258.00	Banker	31
33	33	Jimmy	Vercellino	Goldwater Bank	AZ	93,394,302	44%	56%	266.00	Banker	13
34	34	Blake	Wilding	Low VA Rates LLC	UT	92,569,854	0%	100%	374.00	Banker	6
35	35	Allen	Coombs	Bay Equity Home Loans	CO	92,509,411	53%	47%	363.00	Banker	18
36	36	Michelle	Jacinto	Direct Mortgage Loans	IN	91,984,324	83%	17%	478.00	Banker	18
37	37	Carlo	Colantonio	CMG Financial	TX	91,676,802	70%	30%	416.00	Banker	20
38	38	Jerry	Quick	McLean Mortgage Corp.	VA	89,706,932	40%	60%	289.00	Banker	20
39	39	Rick	Mikel	Guaranteed Rate	NC	86,804,107	52%	48%	280.00	Banker	30
40	40	Lee	Barroll	SWBC Mortgage Corp.	TN	86,055,663	39%	61%	305.00	Banker	24
41	41	Adam Richard	Boles	Bay Equity Home Loans	AZ	84,155,740	35%	65%	293.00	Banker	27
42	42	Trevor	Nissen	Guild Mortgage Co.	OR	83,953,903	43%	57%	347.00	Banker	19
43	43	Robert	Flynn	William Raveis Mortgage	MA	83,802,813	43%	57%	182.00	Banker	30
44	44	Derek	Hargrove	Sun American Mortgage	AZ	82,926,948	37%	63%	293.00	Banker	8
45	45	Alexander	Deguzman	Better Mortgage Corp.	CA	82,226,915	0%	100%	265.00	Banker	1
46	46	Mark	Canale	Movement Mortgage	PA	80,104,167	53%	47%	252.00	Banker	6
47	47	Nigel	Farnsworth	American Pacific Mortgage	UT	79,365,411	59%	41%	283.00	Banker	21
48	48	Christopher	Hines	Cornerstone Home Lending Inc.	OK	79,330,178	55%	45%	378.00	Banker	14
49	49	Stephen	Friree	Leader Bank, N.A.	MA	78,967,516	30%	70%	198.00	Banker	15
50	50	Craig	Achtzehn	Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.	IL	77,783,096	38%	62%	215.00	Banker	20
51	51	Jim	Galloway	Caliber Home Loans Inc.	VA	77,323,898	37%	63%	161.00	Banker	32
52	52	Michael	Schenk	Guaranteed Rate	IL	77,191,111	13%	87%	268.00	Banker	23
53	53	Felipe	Ceballos	DHI Mortgage Co.	FL	76,708,444	100%	0%	300.00	Banker	6
54	54	Donnie	Walton	Angel Oak Home Loans LLC	TX	76,327,927	73%	27%	252.00	Banker	15
55	55	Tobie	Love	CrossCountry Mortgage LLC	CA	75,888,672	60%	40%	203.00	Banker	21
56	56	Justin	Ardoyno	PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Co.	TX	75,059,607	75%	25%	340.00	Banker	8
57	57	Wesley	Ket	DHI Mortgage Co.	TX	74,014,846	100%	0%	336.00	Banker	8
58	58	Nicholas	Matko	DHI Mortgage Co.	MN	73,491,384	98%	2%	208.00	Banker	7
59	59	Dawndi	Lavalle	U.S. Bank	NY	73,087,352	48%	52%	278.00	Banker	20
60	60	Becky	Sandiland	First National Bank of Omaha	NE	73,076,248	40%	60%	315.00	Banker	21
61	61	Michael	Quinn	American Pacific Mortgage	CA	72,901,957	52%	48%	202.00	Banker	12
62	62	Tucker	Cusick	New American Funding	CO	72,431,687	34%	66%	225.00	Banker	10
63	63	Louis	Fajardo	U.S. Bank	CA	72,180,107	49%	51%	93.00	Banker	18
64	64	Ricky Nunnally	Khamis	Amerifirst Financial Inc.	AZ	70,664,354	55%	45%	248.00	Banker	22
65	65	James	Burke	U.S. Bank	IL	70,496,274	40%	60%	141.00	Banker	16
66	66	Jared	Paul	LendUS	AZ	70,200,218	23%	77%	206.00	Banker	5
67	67	Douglas	Bateman	Amcap Mortgage LTD dba Gold Financial Services	TX	70,135,568	94%	6%	243.00	Banker	30
68	68	Martin	Yataco	American Pacific Mortgage dba Preferred Rate	CA	70,118,808	22%	78%	182.00	Banker	17
69	69	Jeff	Anderson	Guild Mortgage Co.	TX	70,062,608	64%	36%	277.00	Banker	24
70	70	Kyle	Law	Bailey & Wood Financial Group	IN	69,668,915	57%	43%	342.00	Banker	22
71	71	Andrew	Hannah	R&R Loans	CA	69,430,160	37%	63%	202.00	Banker	5
72	72	Brian	Bonnet	Atlantic Coast Mortgage LLC	VA	69,223,754	67%	33%	119.00	Banker	27
73	73	Doug	Benavides	CrossCountry Mortgage LLC	IL	69,166,751	46%	54%	320.00	Banker	14
74	74	Andy	Wright	Summit Mortgage Corp.	WA	68,396,375	18%	82%	226.00	Banker	15
75	75	Jay	White	Bay Equity Home Loans	GA	67,850,666	31%	69%	270.00	Banker	18
76	76	Jack	Langley	Gershman Mortgage	MO	67,791,920	78%	22%	340.00	Banker	20
77	77	Michael	Badessa	Republic Bank	NJ	67,714,633	55%	45%	202.00	Banker	18
78	78	Eric	Hellkamp	TD Bank N.A.	FL	67,570,128	74%	26%	169.00	Banker	18
79	79	Chris	Catania	Guaranteed Rate	CA	67,283,983	41%	59%	149.00	Banker	15
80	80	Lee	Nguyen	CrossCountry Mortgage LLC	WA	66,659,830	53%	47%	182.00	Banker	3
81	81	Aaron	Duez	Caliber Home Loans Inc.	FL	65,632,142	63%	37%	250.00	Banker	19
82	82	Joshua	Gordon	CrossCountry Mortgage LLC	CA	64,782,450	37%	63%	138.00	Banker	8
83	83	Keith	Howell	Homestar Financial Corp.	GA	64,323,666	57%	43%	258.00	Banker	21
84	84	Vilyam	Toorosian	HighTechLending Inc.	CA	64,283,545	19%	81%	173.00	Banker	12
85	85	Michael	Pennington	Residential Mortgage Services Inc.	SC	64,260,332	68%	32%	234.00	Banker	1
86	86	Rob	Grant	Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp.	DE	64,240,346	47%	53%	173.00	Banker	36
87	87	Robert	Mercer	First Home Mortgage Corp.	MD	64,189,535	44%	56%	168.00	Banker	32
88	88	Michael	Wagner	Guaranteed Rate Affinity	PA	63,590,243	63%	37%	219.00	Banker	22
89	89	Scott	Marshall	A & N Mortgage Services Inc.	IL	62,451,388	16%	84%	194.00	Banker	29
90	90	Chuck	Roach	Supreme Lending	TX	62,337,950	43%	57%	235.00	Banker	20
91	91	Chad	Mullenix	CMG Financial	TX	62,255,647	43%	57%	228.00	Banker	20
92	92	Carter	Short	American Pacific Mortgage	CA	62,074,136	40%	60%	131.00	Banker	7
93	93	Tyler	Hodgson	NXT Mortgage Co.	TX	61,536,820	47%	53%	216.00	Broker	5
94	94	Kelly	Hull	Caliber Home Loans Inc.	VA	61,369,514	60%	40%	142.00	Banker	0
95	95	Shelly	Heimer	H5 Financial dba C2 Financial	CA	60,606,625	27%	73%	145.00	Broker	17
96	96	Scott	McCarty	RPM Mortgage Inc.	OR	60,558,092	43%	57%	152.00	Banker	22
97	97	Todd	Call	McLean Mortgage Corp.	VA	59,463,238	57%	43%	200.00	Banker	17
98	98	Charles	Sterni	Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.	CA	59,090,890	45%	55%	181.00	Banker	1
99	99	Fred	Arnold	American Pacific Mortgage dba American Family Funding	CA	59,046,466	16%	84%	144.00	Banker	30
100	100	Jeffrey	Mountain	Guaranteed Rate	PA	58,907,895	78%	22%	269.00	Banker	6
	Rank	First Name	Last Name	Company	State	Total Volume	% Purchases	% Refis	Closed Loans	Broker/Banker	Yrs. in Biz

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