Leading rookies in Arkansas in 2023, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Caleb Royal (Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #2460871), Nesha Guest (FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK, THE, NMLS #2457193), and Whitley Shaffer (DAS Acquisition Company, LLC, NMLS #2448264).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Caleb Royal | 2460871 | Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. | 224149 | — | $4.6M | 16 | $287K |
| #2 | Nesha Guest | 2457193 | FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK, THE | 623411 | — | $2.7M | 9 | $299K |
| #3 | Whitley Shaffer | 2448264 | DAS Acquisition Company, LLC | 227262 | — | $2.3M | 10 | $234K |
| #4 | John Kunkel | 1416078 | Heritage MortgageKC LLC | 1720438 | Ash Flat, AR | $1.6M | 7 | $226K |
| #5 | Dustin White | 2466089 | FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc. | 75271 | Sheridan, AR | $1.5M | 10 | $154K |
| #6 | Seth Bubbus | 2448790 | FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc. | 75271 | Little Rock, AR | $1.5M | 7 | $218K |
| #7 | Michelle Phillips | 2486921 | First Security Bank | 414458 | Conway, AR | $1.0M | 6 | $174K |
| #8 | Rachel Romine | 2344845 | Mortgage Hub LLC | 2612803 | — | $804K | 3 | $268K |
| #9 | Garrett Tuggle | 2456405 | First Community Bank | 539634 | Batesville, AR | $799K | 6 | $133K |
| #10 | Logan Alva | 2431566 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | — | $757K | 2 | $378K |
| #11 | Christopher Kubat | 2421105 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $751K | 2 | $376K |
| #12 | Connie Stevens | 2429730 | Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America | 4082 | — | $670K | 4 | $167K |
| #13 | Harry Cummins | 2508097 | FIRST SERVICE BANK | 408102 | Little Rock, AR | $664K | 3 | $221K |
| #14 | Randee Barr | 634652 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $658K | 2 | $329K |
| #15 | Jessica Maxon | 2467992 | HURRICANE CREEK FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 504708 | — | $656K | 5 | $131K |
| #16 | Douglas Robison | 2445515 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Rogers, AR | $655K | 2 | $328K |
| #17 | Patrick Kashat | 978734 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | $541K | 1 | $541K |
| #18 | Amelio Akrawi | 1096823 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | — | $537K | 1 | $537K |
| #19 | Lucas Jenkins | 2446149 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $517K | 2 | $259K |
| #20 | Kevin Speegle | 2395611 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Little Rock, AR | $515K | 3 | $172K |
| #21 | Hannah Morris | 2504454 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $460K | 1 | $460K |
| #22 | Blake Brown | 2518995 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $440K | 1 | $440K |
| #23 | Michael Batchelder | 1810952 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $421K | 3 | $140K |
| #24 | Dustin Prenger | 2486137 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $417K | 1 | $417K |
| #25 | Christopher Saunders | 2495464 | Bank of 1889 | 673864 | Berryville, AR | $415K | 4 | $104K |
| #26 | Claire Shepherd | 2463667 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $403K | 1 | $403K |
| #27 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $399K | 2 | $200K |
| #28 | Luis Nieto Leal | 2507673 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | — | $369K | 2 | $184K |
| #29 | Jamieson Marino | 2462824 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $350K | 4 | $87K |
| #30 | Sean Hearron | 2401872 | Infinity Home Loans, LLC | 2220721 | — | $341K | 1 | $341K |
| #31 | Brittany Taylor | 2503184 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $335K | 3 | $112K |
| #32 | David Zitting | 3869 | SNB Bank, National Association | 469590 | Shattuck, OK | $321K | 1 | $321K |
| #33 | Saameer Virani | 2494919 | MiLend, Inc. | 148769 | Alpharetta, GA | $320K | 1 | $320K |
| #34 | Alexandria Jajou | 2366834 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $317K | 1 | $317K |
| #35 | Clint winberry | 2475127 | Centennial Bank | 466091 | Searcy, AR | $304K | 2 | $152K |
| #36 | Blake Lebbossiere | 2211666 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $290K | 1 | $290K |
| #37 | Kevin Turner | 2500325 | Arkansas Federal Credit Union | 418494 | Little Rock, AR | $283K | 4 | $71K |
| #38 | Rosalyn Brookes | 2477989 | Utopia Mortgage LLC | 2421702 | Texarkana, TX | $280K | 1 | $280K |
| #39 | Kyle McCabe | 2495544 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | — | $275K | 1 | $275K |
| #40 | Tyler Gatlin | 2491090 | Premier Mortgage Resources, L.L.C. | 1169 | — | $247K | 1 | $247K |
| #41 | Sarah Jones | 2457549 | Arkansas Federal Credit Union | 418494 | — | $241K | 4 | $60K |
| #42 | Kristen Word | 2455759 | Encompass Lending Group, LP. | 292897 | — | $240K | 1 | $240K |
| #43 | Tyles Staten | 2498951 | Orion Federal Credit Union | 561224 | — | $234K | 1 | $234K |
| #44 | Leiah Morey | 2495535 | Legacy National Bank | 478465 | — | $232K | 1 | $232K |
| #45 | Cristina Gargiulo | 2489062 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Cary, NC | $225K | 1 | $225K |
| #46 | Cooper Smith | 2502026 | FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 523210 | Walnut Ridge, AR | $216K | 3 | $72K |
| #47 | Jose Gutierrez | 2453618 | SUNFLOWER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 709491 | — | $208K | 1 | $208K |
| #48 | John Jones | 2464182 | Arvest Bank | 403249 | — | $200K | 2 | $100K |
| #49 | Anthony Corcione | 2492544 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | — | $199K | 1 | $199K |
| #50 | Ryan O'Neill | 2513802 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $196K | 1 | $196K |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Volume — Arkansas (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/arkansas/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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