Leading rookies in California 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 Veronica Fiorella (Juniper Financial, Inc., NMLS #287656), Gurpreet Singh (Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #724761), and Kush Parikh (Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2414881).
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 | Veronica Fiorella | 287656 | Juniper Financial, Inc. | 2674824 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $21.2M | 33 | $643K |
| #2 | Gurpreet Singh | 724761 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | $20.9M | 33 | $634K |
| #3 | Kush Parikh | 2414881 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | $17.2M | 23 | $747K |
| #4 | BASSEM Khalil | 2236981 | Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 856170 | South Pasadena, CA | $17.0M | 35 | $485K |
| #5 | Olivia Hernandez De Velazquez | 896004 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Woodland Hills, CA | $12.8M | 13 | $985K |
| #6 | PAOLA MELENDEZ | 376527 | Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 856170 | South Pasadena, CA | $12.2M | 22 | $553K |
| #7 | Ryan Whiteside | 2408544 | California Republic Mortgage Corp | 2436142 | Highland, CA | $10.7M | 26 | $413K |
| #8 | Brandi Helms | 2497784 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $10.3M | 34 | $302K |
| #9 | Zachary Fleishman | 1450701 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $9.6M | 16 | $601K |
| #10 | ALFRED BANDARI | 247352 | BANDARI, ALFRED | 395448 | — | $8.7M | 13 | $666K |
| #11 | Abram Way | 1952639 | AGWEST FARM CREDIT, FLCA | 2463478 | — | $8.4M | 12 | $703K |
| #12 | Christopher James-Green | 1711088 | Zorell Investments, Inc. | 296950 | Westlake Village, CA | $7.5M | 10 | $748K |
| #13 | Paul Gambs | 2222559 | Emery Financial, Inc. | 79057 | Danville, CA | $7.4M | 4 | $1.9M |
| #14 | Claudia Vargas | 2235680 | Vargas, Claudia | 2409335 | Moreno Valley, CA | $6.7M | 17 | $392K |
| #15 | Riley Dodd | 1990522 | Silver Star MTG Corp. | 1916128 | Chula Vista, CA | $6.3M | 11 | $575K |
| #16 | Darren Tsai | 2438102 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | $6.0M | 14 | $431K |
| #17 | Alex Xiao | 1972545 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | $6.0M | 9 | $662K |
| #18 | Shyam patel | 1535304 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | $5.9M | 11 | $538K |
| #19 | Ryan Kang | 345329 | First Standard Financial Corp. | 325645 | Los Angeles, CA | $5.8M | 8 | $724K |
| #20 | Neylan Tran | 1620951 | Vietnam USA Holding Corp. | 2498725 | Westminster, CA | $5.5M | 11 | $501K |
| #21 | NEIL GAVANDE | 1410248 | Farm and Community Asset Advisors LLC | 2390737 | Los Gatos, CA | $5.5M | 5 | $1.1M |
| #22 | Stephanie Lucero | 2134360 | ANDREW ARROYO REAL ESTATE INC. | 2000000 | San Diego, CA | $5.3M | 8 | $665K |
| #23 | Kyle Aragon | 2095169 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $5.2M | 11 | $472K |
| #24 | Kaylah Fleishman | 2119970 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | $5.1M | 6 | $851K |
| #25 | Jose Magana | 2431881 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.1M | 23 | $220K |
| #26 | roni noaman | 1918926 | World Wide Credit Corporation | 242502 | San Diego, CA | $5.0M | 8 | $629K |
| #27 | Vichitra Mady | 922128 | CALIFORNIA FINANCIAL AND REAL ESTATE CENTER, INC | 340656 | Huntington Beach, CA | $5.0M | 7 | $707K |
| #28 | Marlyne McLeod | 245310 | McLeod Financial Group, Inc. | 361085 | Walnut, CA | $4.9M | 9 | $547K |
| #29 | Brandon Perez | 2515684 | EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION | 457253 | Fresno, CA | $4.8M | 20 | $238K |
| #30 | Arlene Estrella | 1671027 | FOUNDATION FIRST HOME LOANS | 2743600 | Huntington Beach, CA | $4.7M | 8 | $587K |
| #31 | Mohamed Zamzami | 2376096 | Northridge Home Loans Inc | 2460390 | Fresno, CA | $4.7M | 12 | $390K |
| #32 | Daniel DeVille | 2447655 | Trident Home Loans, LLC | 65716 | Pensacola, FL | $4.6M | 7 | $652K |
| #33 | Jeff Kim | 2441434 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Ramon, CA | $4.5M | 8 | $557K |
| #34 | Gerardo Ramirez | 2374415 | August Mortgage Group | 2642110 | Brea, CA | $4.3M | 7 | $611K |
| #35 | Jaime Gonzalez | 2318390 | Envision Real Estate & Loans Inc | 2679217 | Hayward, CA | $4.2M | 6 | $696K |
| #36 | Cherry Love Padua | 2358969 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $4.1M | 9 | $456K |
| #37 | Yulia Zadvornova | 2088122 | Welcome Home Lending LLC | 1620101 | Citrus Heights, CA | $4.0M | 8 | $502K |
| #38 | Bikash Siwakoti | 2186534 | Realty King Mortgage | 2698865 | Artesia, CA | $3.9M | 6 | $643K |
| #39 | Predita Zakaryan | 2419397 | Lending by Us INC | 2413490 | Montrose, CA | $3.8M | 4 | $960K |
| #40 | Frank Garay | 2477104 | ProLending Mortgage, LLC | 262563 | Webster, TX | $3.8M | 7 | $542K |
| #41 | Brian Suarez | 2249332 | Just Jill, Inc. | 1884513 | Torrance, CA | $3.8M | 6 | $630K |
| #42 | Nima Fathi | 1775776 | Pacific Financial Mortgage & Real Estate Inc. | 328506 | Westlake Village, CA | $3.8M | 3 | $1.3M |
| #43 | Hunter Humphrey | 2462823 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $3.7M | 40 | $93K |
| #44 | Shadi Alkhudari | 2394985 | Blue Fig Lending | 2395108 | Hayward, CA | $3.7M | 4 | $914K |
| #45 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $3.6M | 6 | $607K |
| #46 | Michael Cude | 1763571 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $3.6M | 15 | $242K |
| #47 | Ariana Ramirez | 2462821 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $3.6M | 32 | $112K |
| #48 | Naresh Sakhrani | 397335 | The IVRI Group, Inc. | 2443105 | Pomona, CA | $3.6M | 11 | $323K |
| #49 | Aaron Most | 363201 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $3.5M | 7 | $507K |
| #50 | Joshua Young | 2408424 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $3.5M | 15 | $235K |
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 — California (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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