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 August 27, 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 | — | $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, LLC | 2444946 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $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 | $10.7M | 26 | $413K |
| #8 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $2.6M | 24 | $110K |
| #9 | Kush Parikh | 2414881 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Strongsville, OH | $17.2M | 23 | $747K |
| #9 | Jose Magana | 2431881 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.1M | 23 | $220K |
| #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 | 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 | Joshua Young | 2408424 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $3.5M | 15 | $235K |
| #19 | Michael Cude | 1763571 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $3.6M | 15 | $242K |
| #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 | ALFRED BANDARI | 247352 | BANDARI, ALFRED | 395448 | — | $9.4M | 14 | $671K |
| #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 | Jamieson Marino | 2462824 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $968K | 12 | $81K |
| #26 | Christian Sandoval | 2437631 | Intelliloan, Inc. | 3290 | Irvine, CA | $2.1M | 12 | $173K |
| #26 | Mohamed Zamzami | 2376096 | Northridge Home Loans Inc | 2460390 | Fresno, CA | $4.7M | 12 | $390K |
| #26 | Abram Way | 1952639 | AGWEST FARM CREDIT, FLCA | 2463478 | — | $8.4M | 12 | $703K |
| #30 | Christopher Phillips | 1929696 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $108K |
| #30 | Stephanie Turner | 2477300 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $554K | 11 | $50K |
| #30 | Mary Jones | 2503188 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $995K | 11 | $90K |
| #30 | Riley Dodd | 1990522 | Silver Star MTG Corp. | 1916128 | Chula Vista, CA | $6.3M | 11 | $575K |
| #30 | Kyle Aragon | 2095169 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $5.2M | 11 | $472K |
| #30 | Shyam patel | 1535304 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $5.9M | 11 | $538K |
| #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 | Neylan Tran | 1620951 | Vietnam USA Holding Corp. | 2498725 | Westminster, CA | $5.5M | 11 | $501K |
| #30 | Vesna Stimac | 2481344 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $991K | 11 | $90K |
| #40 | Sonia Gutierrez | 2452126 | Generations Home Loans, LLC | 252939 | Modesto, CA | $2.9M | 10 | $291K |
| #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 |
| #44 | Cherry Love Padua | 2358969 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $4.1M | 9 | $456K |
| #44 | Dominique Ferrin | 2277031 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $2.7M | 9 | $296K |
| #44 | Brandon Warren | 2459070 | First Colony Mortgage Corporation | 3112 | Orem, UT | $765K | 9 | $85K |
| #44 | Marlyne McLeod | 245310 | McLeod Financial Group, Inc. | 361085 | Walnut, CA | $4.9M | 9 | $547K |
| #44 | Alex Xiao | 1972545 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | $6.0M | 9 | $662K |
| #44 | Gianni Jemmoa | 2399390 | Mortgage One Funding LLC | 2261660 | Clawson, MI | $2.9M | 9 | $326K |
| #44 | Jaime Arredondo | 2242258 | Better Rate Mortgage, Inc. | 1852295 | Roseville, CA | $3.3M | 9 | $369K |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-rookie-by-units/2023
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