Leading rookies in California in 2023, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Hunter Humphrey (Capital One, National Association, NMLS #2462823), BASSEM Khalil (Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc., NMLS #2236981), and Brandi Helms (EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION, NMLS #2497784).
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 | Hunter Humphrey | 2462823 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $3.7M | 40 | $93K |
| #2 | BASSEM Khalil | 2236981 | Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 856170 | South Pasadena, CA | $17.0M | 35 | $485K |
| #3 | Brandi Helms | 2497784 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $10.3M | 34 | $302K |
| #4 | Veronica Fiorella | 287656 | Juniper Financial, Inc. | 2674824 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $21.2M | 33 | $643K |
| #4 | Gurpreet Singh | 724761 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | $20.9M | 33 | $634K |
| #6 | Ariana Ramirez | 2462821 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $3.6M | 32 | $112K |
| #7 | Ryan Whiteside | 2408544 | California Republic Mortgage Corp | 2436142 | Highland, CA | $10.7M | 26 | $413K |
| #8 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $2.6M | 24 | $110K |
| #9 | Jose Magana | 2431881 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.1M | 23 | $220K |
| #9 | Kush Parikh | 2414881 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | $17.2M | 23 | $747K |
| #11 | PAOLA MELENDEZ | 376527 | Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 856170 | South Pasadena, CA | $12.2M | 22 | $553K |
| #12 | Treniece Lewis | 2487862 | Los Angeles Federal Credit Union | 440742 | Glendale, CA | $2.8M | 21 | $135K |
| #13 | Brandon Perez | 2515684 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $4.8M | 20 | $238K |
| #13 | Sherrita Green | 2462828 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $2.7M | 20 | $134K |
| #15 | Tiana Torres | 1722283 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $3.0M | 19 | $157K |
| #16 | Rena Tilghman | 2462827 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.9M | 17 | $110K |
| #16 | Claudia Vargas | 2235680 | Vargas, Claudia | 2409335 | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.7M | 17 | $392K |
| #18 | Zachary Fleishman | 1450701 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $9.6M | 16 | $601K |
| #19 | Michael Cude | 1763571 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $3.6M | 15 | $242K |
| #19 | Joshua Young | 2408424 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $3.5M | 15 | $235K |
| #21 | ALFRED BANDARI | 247352 | BANDARI, ALFRED | 395448 | — | $9.4M | 14 | $671K |
| #21 | Mateo Waldburger | 2397751 | Convoy Home Loans, Inc. | 2130517 | El Segundo, CA | $3.0M | 14 | $212K |
| #21 | Lauren Vanderelzen | 2503187 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $1.3M | 14 | $94K |
| #21 | Darren Tsai | 2438102 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $6.0M | 14 | $431K |
| #25 | Olivia Hernandez De Velazquez | 896004 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Woodland Hills, CA | $12.8M | 13 | $985K |
| #26 | Abram Way | 1952639 | AGWEST FARM CREDIT, FLCA | 2463478 | — | $8.4M | 12 | $703K |
| #26 | Christian Sandoval | 2437631 | Intelliloan, Inc. | 3290 | Irvine, CA | $2.1M | 12 | $173K |
| #26 | Jamieson Marino | 2462824 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $968K | 12 | $81K |
| #26 | Mohamed Zamzami | 2376096 | Northridge Home Loans Inc | 2460390 | Fresno, CA | $4.7M | 12 | $390K |
| #30 | Riley Dodd | 1990522 | Silver Star MTG Corp. | 1916128 | Chula Vista, CA | $6.3M | 11 | $575K |
| #30 | Shyam patel | 1535304 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $5.9M | 11 | $538K |
| #30 | Kyle Aragon | 2095169 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $5.2M | 11 | $472K |
| #30 | Stephanie Turner | 2477300 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $554K | 11 | $50K |
| #30 | Neylan Tran | 1620951 | Vietnam USA Holding Corp. | 2498725 | Westminster, CA | $5.5M | 11 | $501K |
| #30 | Christopher Phillips | 1929696 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $108K |
| #30 | Briana Bailey | 2481341 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $804K | 11 | $73K |
| #30 | Naresh Sakhrani | 397335 | The IVRI Group, Inc. | 2443105 | Pomona, CA | $3.6M | 11 | $323K |
| #30 | Mary Jones | 2503188 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $995K | 11 | $90K |
| #30 | Vesna Stimac | 2481344 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $991K | 11 | $90K |
| #40 | Michael Rivers | 2520406 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $776K | 10 | $78K |
| #40 | YESSENIA CUENCA VARGAS | 2382327 | ALAMEDA MORTGAGE CORPORATION | 271603 | Fresno, CA | $2.1M | 10 | $215K |
| #40 | Christopher James-Green | 1711088 | Zorell Investments, Inc. | 296950 | Westlake Village, CA | $7.5M | 10 | $748K |
| #43 | Sonia Gutierrez | 2452126 | Generations Home Loans, LLC | 252939 | Modesto, CA | $2.6M | 9 | $285K |
| #43 | Brandon Warren | 2459070 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Orem, UT | $765K | 9 | $85K |
| #43 | Alex Xiao | 1972545 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | $6.0M | 9 | $662K |
| #43 | Jaime Arredondo | 2242258 | Better Rate Mortgage, Inc. | 1852295 | Roseville, CA | $3.3M | 9 | $369K |
| #43 | Cherry Love Padua | 2358969 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Costa Mesa, CA | $4.1M | 9 | $456K |
| #43 | Jamie Firat | 1743460 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $925K | 9 | $103K |
| #43 | Marie Pedraza | 2462813 | Partners Federal Credit Union | 442122 | — | $585K | 9 | $65K |
| #43 | Marlyne McLeod | 245310 | McLeod Financial Group, Inc. | 361085 | Walnut, CA | $4.9M | 9 | $547K |
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 Loan Count — California (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-rookie-by-units/2023
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