Leading rookies in Colorado 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 Brian Adams (Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #2447609), Claudia Fernandez (Independent Mortgage Brokers LLC, NMLS #2429929), and Aidan Adams (New American Funding, LLC, NMLS #2452176).
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 | Brian Adams | 2447609 | Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. | 224149 | Colorado Springs, CO | $14.3M | 45 | $318K |
| #2 | Claudia Fernandez | 2429929 | Independent Mortgage Brokers LLC | 2191655 | Denver, CO | $10.2M | 8 | $1.3M |
| #3 | Aidan Adams | 2452176 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Greenwood Village, CO | $9.8M | 57 | $172K |
| #4 | Marta Olivas | 2338462 | Equity First Financial LLC | 2490013 | Boulder, CO | $5.9M | 16 | $366K |
| #5 | Lakshmish Ramanna | 2449777 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Parker, CO | $4.7M | 8 | $584K |
| #6 | Anna Cardenas | 2462861 | Wealthfront Home Lending, LLC | 2358115 | San Francisco, CA | $3.9M | 18 | $217K |
| #7 | Jeffrey Barnow | 1000582 | Waterman Bank | 414704 | Waterman, IL | $3.6M | 6 | $595K |
| #8 | Valeria Amancio Salazar | 1839962 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Westminster, CO | $3.5M | 13 | $269K |
| #9 | Lizbeth Carrera-Bello | 2398325 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Westminster, CO | $3.4M | 6 | $563K |
| #10 | Lynton Mare | 1837806 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | — | $2.8M | 6 | $472K |
| #11 | Jared Frost | 2449806 | Vanna Lending LLC | 2447767 | Parker, CO | $2.7M | 5 | $545K |
| #12 | Dean Reiber | 2463805 | Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC | 173855 | San Diego, CA | $2.6M | 6 | $441K |
| #13 | Myrna Hernandez Venzor | 2407014 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $2.1M | 5 | $416K |
| #14 | steven fraire | 2436177 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | $1.9M | 9 | $211K |
| #15 | Ana Ornelas Moreno | 2410853 | Centennial Mortgage Alliance LLC | 2530582 | Jacksonville, FL | $1.8M | 3 | $616K |
| #16 | Ana Maldonado | 2412536 | Ixonia Bank | 423065 | — | $1.8M | 7 | $263K |
| #17 | Carmen Garcia Arroyo | 2467046 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | $1.8M | 8 | $227K |
| #18 | Ryan Irish | 2485372 | Able Financial Inc. | 473970 | Greenwood Village, CO | $1.6M | 3 | $546K |
| #19 | Garret Lee | 2471922 | American Liberty Mortgage, Incorporated | 1462 | Denver, CO | $1.6M | 3 | $540K |
| #20 | Natalie Helmuth | 2507002 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Irvine, CA | $1.5M | 2 | $745K |
| #21 | Carla Grumann | 2439775 | Sage Capital Lending LLC | 2475804 | Lakewood, CO | $1.3M | 3 | $444K |
| #22 | Bostyn Brodine | 2452586 | Black Diamond Lending, LLC | 2474765 | Colorado Springs, CO | $1.3M | 3 | $437K |
| #23 | Andrey Grushevskiy | 2422106 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $1.3M | 3 | $437K |
| #24 | Philip Morin | 2310379 | Acre Mortgage & Financial, Inc. | 13988 | Marlton, NJ | $1.3M | 2 | $644K |
| #25 | Yuhuan Wick | 2487451 | Xpert Home Lending Inc. | 2179191 | Braselton, GA | $1.3M | 2 | $632K |
| #26 | Irene Montes Martinez | 2309227 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | — | $1.3M | 6 | $210K |
| #27 | Jennifer Morris | 2485799 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $1.2M | 4 | $305K |
| #28 | Rena Tilghman | 2462827 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $111K |
| #29 | Scott Thomason | 2372888 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $1.2M | 2 | $601K |
| #30 | Noel Chapman | 8953 | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. | 6521 | Iselin, NJ | $1.2M | 5 | $235K |
| #31 | Kristen Brenner | 2262059 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Boulder, CO | $1.1M | 2 | $560K |
| #32 | Brian Dewald | 2310841 | MAVERICK LENDING SOLUTIONS LLC | 2503391 | Broomfield, CO | $1.1M | 2 | $550K |
| #33 | Michelle Lee | 2138790 | 9 Dots Lending LLC | 2129031 | Castle Rock, CO | $1.0M | 3 | $346K |
| #34 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.0M | 10 | $102K |
| #35 | Michael Perron | 2354165 | PBT BANCORP | 257781 | Hazard, KY | $955K | 2 | $478K |
| #36 | Cassandra Harmon | 2456222 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $934K | 2 | $467K |
| #37 | Jahred Cano-Enriquez | 2381144 | V.I.P. Mortgage, Inc. | 145502 | Denver, CO | $917K | 3 | $306K |
| #38 | Joshua Surver | 2459945 | Xpert Home Lending Inc. | 2179191 | Colorado Springs, CO | $877K | 3 | $292K |
| #39 | James Jones | 2289386 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Lakewood, CO | $867K | 2 | $434K |
| #40 | Denise Cummings | 1604003 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Scottsdale, AZ | $855K | 3 | $285K |
| #41 | Jason Stuecher | 2477191 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Wayne, NJ | $820K | 2 | $410K |
| #42 | Chelsea Gardner | 2496830 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | $801K | 2 | $400K |
| #43 | Holley Johnson | 2484427 | Wings Credit Union | 405466 | — | $762K | 2 | $381K |
| #44 | Joshua Johnston | 2486888 | MidFirst Bank | 619047 | Tulsa, OK | $734K | 1 | $734K |
| #45 | David Godwin | 2186045 | Central Trust Bank, The | 407985 | Grand Junction, CO | $724K | 2 | $362K |
| #46 | Talia Jimenez-Ramiro Castelan | 2498271 | Ixonia Bank | 423065 | — | $709K | 4 | $177K |
| #47 | Megan Barranco | 2419740 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Baton Rouge, LA | $697K | 1 | $697K |
| #48 | Brian Reid | 1702268 | Brothers Financial, LLC | 2472145 | Chattanooga, TN | $685K | 2 | $342K |
| #49 | Robert Walter | 2442115 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | — | $683K | 1 | $683K |
| #50 | Kenneth Perkins | 2481342 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $652K | 7 | $93K |
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 — Colorado (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/colorado/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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