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 October 11, 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 | Orange, CA | $17.0M | 35 | $485K |
| #3 | Brandi Helms | 2497784 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $10.3M | 34 | $302K |
| #4 | Gurpreet Singh | 724761 | RateSecure Financial Inc. | 2815879 | Danville, CA | $20.9M | 33 | $634K |
| #4 | Veronica Fiorella | 287656 | Juniper Financial, Inc. | 2674824 | — | $21.2M | 33 | $643K |
| #6 | Ariana Ramirez | 2462821 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $3.6M | 32 | $112K |
| #7 | Ryan Whiteside | 2408544 | California Republic Mortgage Corp | 2436142 | Highland, CA | $10.8M | 27 | $398K |
| #8 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $2.8M | 25 | $111K |
| #9 | Jose Magana | 2431881 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.1M | 23 | $220K |
| #9 | Kush Parikh | 2414881 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Strongsville, OH | $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 | Sherrita Green | 2462828 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $2.7M | 20 | $134K |
| #13 | Brandon Perez | 2515684 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $4.8M | 20 | $238K |
| #15 | Tiana Torres | 1722283 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $3.0M | 19 | $157K |
| #16 | Claudia Vargas | 2235680 | Vargas, Claudia | 2409335 | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.7M | 17 | $392K |
| #16 | Rena Tilghman | 2462827 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.9M | 17 | $110K |
| #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 | Darren Tsai | 2438102 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $6.0M | 14 | $431K |
| #21 | Mateo Waldburger | 2397751 | Convoy Home Loans, Inc. | 2130517 | El Segundo, CA | $3.0M | 14 | $212K |
| #21 | ALFRED BANDARI | 247352 | BANDARI, ALFRED | 395448 | — | $9.4M | 14 | $671K |
| #21 | Lauren Vanderelzen | 2503187 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $1.3M | 14 | $94K |
| #25 | Christian Sandoval | 2437631 | Intelliloan, Inc. | 3290 | Irvine, CA | $2.2M | 13 | $166K |
| #25 | Abram Way | 1952639 | AGWEST FARM CREDIT, FLCA | 2463478 | — | $10.0M | 13 | $772K |
| #25 | Olivia Hernandez De Velazquez | 896004 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Woodland Hills, CA | $12.8M | 13 | $985K |
| #28 | Jamieson Marino | 2462824 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $968K | 12 | $81K |
| #28 | Mohamed Zamzami | 2376096 | Northridge Home Loans Inc | 2460390 | Fresno, CA | $4.7M | 12 | $390K |
| #28 | Mary Jones | 2503188 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 12 | $103K |
| #31 | Vesna Stimac | 2481344 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $991K | 11 | $90K |
| #31 | Shyam patel | 1535304 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $5.9M | 11 | $538K |
| #31 | Kyle Aragon | 2095169 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $5.2M | 11 | $472K |
| #31 | Naresh Sakhrani | 397335 | The IVRI Group, Inc. | 2443105 | Pomona, CA | $3.6M | 11 | $323K |
| #31 | Briana Bailey | 2481341 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $804K | 11 | $73K |
| #31 | Riley Dodd | 1990522 | Silver Star MTG Corp. | 1916128 | Chula Vista, CA | $6.3M | 11 | $575K |
| #31 | Neylan Tran | 1620951 | Vietnam USA Holding Corp. | 2498725 | Westminster, CA | $5.5M | 11 | $501K |
| #31 | Stephanie Turner | 2477300 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $554K | 11 | $50K |
| #31 | Christopher Phillips | 1929696 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $108K |
| #40 | Christopher James-Green | 1711088 | Zorell Investments, Inc. | 296950 | Westlake Village, CA | $7.5M | 10 | $748K |
| #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 | Sonia Gutierrez | 2452126 | Generations Home Loans, LLC | 252939 | Modesto, CA | $2.9M | 10 | $291K |
| #44 | Jaime Arredondo | 2242258 | Better Rate Mortgage, Inc. | 1852295 | Roseville, CA | $3.3M | 9 | $369K |
| #44 | Dominique Ferrin | 2277031 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $2.7M | 9 | $296K |
| #44 | Marlyne McLeod | 245310 | McLeod Financial Group, Inc. | 361085 | Chino Hills, CA | $4.9M | 9 | $547K |
| #44 | Gianni Jemmoa | 2399390 | Mortgage One Funding LLC | 2261660 | Clawson, MI | $2.9M | 9 | $326K |
| #44 | Alex Xiao | 1972545 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | $6.0M | 9 | $662K |
| #44 | Cherry Love Padua | 2358969 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $4.1M | 9 | $456K |
| #44 | Jamie Firat | 1743460 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $925K | 9 | $103K |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-rookie-by-units/2023
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