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2023 Top Veteran Originators

Rankings are based on the previous year production numbers.
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wdt_ID Rank Name Company State Service Branch Total Volume Total Loans Closed Purchases vs. Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz
1 1 Jason Smith NOVA Home Loans AZ Navy 175,477,369 459 83%/17% Banker 18
2 2 Patton Gade loanDepot AZ Army 165,451,176 349 86%/14% Banker 8
3 3 Ray Shanahan TowneBank Mortgage NC Army 159,687,065 328 91%/9% Banker 18
4 4 Martin Medve Trident Home Loans LLC FL Navy 147,632,104 305 78%/22% Broker 20
5 5 Joseph Smith CrossCountry Mortgage/GuaranteedRate MA Air Force 119,275,683 234 84%/16% Banker 29
6 6 Jimmy Alexander SWBC Mortgage Corp. TX Army 115,606,655 386 97%/3% Banker 28
7 7 Jonathan Kulak Trident Home Loans, LLC FL Air Force 112,493,493 239 94%/6% Broker 5
8 8 Mike Bendebba Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. MD Navy 108,161,493 256 91%/9% Banker 0
9 9 Joshua Jelsing PGS Home Loans CA Marine Corps 101,222,458 169 76%/24% Broker 23
10 10 Mike Dunn Guild Mortgage Co. CA Air Force 100,808,668 335 26%/74% Banker 14
11 11 Major Singleton Edge Home Finance TX Navy 98,737,759 162 91%/9% Broker 2
12 12 Charles Campbell Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. CO Air Force 95,474,272 337 96%/4% Banker 14
13 13 Larry Gonzales APM dba Aligned Mortgage HI Navy 92,118,388 121 93%/7% Banker 6
14 14 Amy Goss Guild Mortgage Co. NC Marine Corps 81,441,715 315 98%/2% Banker 0
15 15 Michelle Jacinto Direct Mortgage Loans IN Army 79,768,475 354 93%/7% Banker 19
16 16 Mark Veech NJ Lenders Corp NJ Army 79,520,134 201 87%/13% Banker 4
17 17 Justin Ardoyno PrimeLending TX Army 75,408,736 299 94%/6% Banker 9
18 18 Donnie Walton CrossCountry Mortgage TX Army 72,812,110 195 81%/19% Banker 18
19 19 Jason Higham MHM Lending TX Air Force 72,179,157 187 91%/9% Banker 13
20 20 Kasey Adams Better CA Marine Corps 71,073,611 186 22%/78% Banker 3
21 21 Rick Ward Benchmark Mortgage CO Army 70,540,097 174 84%/16% Banker 11
22 22 Russell Nash George Mason Mortgage LLC VA Navy 68,833,383 205 82%/18% Banker 24
23 23 Carlo Colantonio First United Mortgage Group TX Army 62,324,690 191 94%/6% Banker 22
24 24 Jay Bunte Edge Home Finance Corporation MN Army 61,759,034 131 82%/18% Broker 3
25 25 Gary Myers Cogo Capital ID Army 61,421,991 400 68%/32% Banker 0
26 26 Chris Catania Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. CA Army 59,819,509 104 83%/17% Banker 0
27 27 Jason Hill Flagstar Bank WA Marine Corps 59,815,068 126 85%/15% Banker 21
28 28 Biagino Rocco Olivo MLD Mortgage dba The Money Store CA Air Force 58,303,593 79 65%/35% Banker 13
29 29 Eric Hellkamp TD Bank FL Navy 57,075,168 92 97%/3% Banker 21
30 30 Tyler Hodgson NXT Mortgage Company/UMortgage LLC TX Marine Corps 57,029,201 169 73%/27% Broker 6
31 31 Jamie Fischer iHome Mortgage CO Army 54,717,114 135 82%/18% Broker 8
32 32 Will Tullos Reliant Mortgage LA Army 53,550,496 209 90%/10% Broker 12
33 33 Paul Abair Armed Forces Bank CO Air Force 53,019,461 126 83%/17% Banker 8
34 34 Bob Melone Radius Financial Group Inc. MA Army 52,174,766 126 80%/20% Banker 20
35 35 Peter Barnes CrossCountry Mortgage/LendUS CA Marine Corps 52,084,363 67 60%/40% Banker 18
36 36 Samuel Royer Heroes First Home Loans FL Marine Corps 51,663,683 185 86%/14% Banker 25
37 37 Adam Richard Boles Bay Equity AZ Army 51,552,616 144 61%/39% Banker 29
38 38 Jason Sharon Home Loans Inc SC Navy 51,000,126 163 75%/25% Broker 8
39 39 Elizabeth Cassidy Future Home Loans FL Air Force 50,301,946 140 94%/6% Broker 3
40 40 Omar Lopez View Mortgage CO Army 49,640,746 104 99%/1% Banker 1
41 41 Daniel Anacker U.S. Bank WA Army 49,432,542 58 64%/36% Banker 23
42 42 Frank Brandt Planet Home Lending LLC Army 48,697,436 140 87%/13% Banker 14
43 43 Don Waters Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. NC Army 48,526,009 139 88%/12% Banker 0
44 44 Dwight Taylor CMG Home Loans VA Navy 47,503,648 110 90%/10% Banker 23
45 45 Jon Nichols loanDepot TX Air Force 46,823,914 156 98%/2% Banker 26
46 46 Fernando Ospina Alterra Home Loans NJ Army 46,541,716 114 92%/8% Banker 5
47 47 Jeff Anderson Guild Mortgage Co. TX Army 45,390,512 151 88%/12% Banker 28
48 48 Brian Brooks Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group VA Air Force 45,087,575 128 89%/11% Banker 0
49 49 Benjamin (Ben) Fransen APM dba Aligned Mortgage HI Army 44,492,521 60 98%/2% Banker 3
50 50 Chad Mullenix CMG Home Loans TX Navy 42,966,932 107 57%/43% Banker 22
Rank Name Company State Service Branch Total Volume Total Loans Closed Purchases vs. Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz

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