Leading rookies in Florida in 2024, 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 Jon Bird (Lennar Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2532912), Zachary Buentello (DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., NMLS #2581285), and Brendon Kozicki (DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., NMLS #2569706).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jon Bird | 2532912 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Tampa, FL | $36.5M | 112 | $326K |
| #2 | Zachary Buentello | 2581285 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Ocala, FL | $13.8M | 51 | $271K |
| #3 | Brendon Kozicki | 2569706 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Tallahassee, FL | $10.2M | 35 | $291K |
| #4 | Amy Palazzi | 4329 | Waterstone Mortgage Corporation | 186434 | Rolling Meadows, IL | $6.4M | 32 | $201K |
| #5 | Brian Ortiz Torres | 2447354 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $5.3M | 23 | $232K |
| #6 | Rosa Santos | 2174978 | VYSTAR CREDIT UNION | 416319 | Jacksonville, FL | $2.3M | 22 | $103K |
| #6 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $7.5M | 22 | $340K |
| #8 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $2.0M | 21 | $98K |
| #9 | Thomas Clapp | 2558224 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Bonita Springs, FL | $6.1M | 20 | $303K |
| #9 | Hayley Mull | 2565696 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Orlando, FL | $6.2M | 20 | $311K |
| #9 | Erica Sunstein | 2584899 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $5.9M | 20 | $293K |
| #12 | Thomas Higgins | 2265557 | Toll Brothers Mortgage Company | 18154 | Fort Washington, PA | $9.1M | 19 | $478K |
| #12 | Erynn Chase | 2553823 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $3.6M | 19 | $191K |
| #12 | Chase Timko | 2561064 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Franklin, TN | $4.7M | 19 | $247K |
| #15 | Taha Zgheib | 2565133 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $4.6M | 18 | $258K |
| #16 | Erick Dominguez | 2609635 | American Bancshares Mortgage, LLC | 217378 | Tampa, FL | $5.7M | 17 | $336K |
| #17 | Rosemarie DiDonato | 2613088 | Suncoast Credit Union | 417636 | — | $5.0M | 15 | $335K |
| #17 | Joshua Jackson | 2590070 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $4.6M | 15 | $308K |
| #17 | Roger Bustos | 1851399 | Maverick Home Loans LLC | 2166695 | Miami, FL | $5.3M | 15 | $350K |
| #17 | Ryan Brown | 2111278 | Shield Home Loans Inc. | 2396589 | Irvine, CA | $5.3M | 15 | $357K |
| #21 | Kellie Pelland | 2573120 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 14 | $87K |
| #21 | Svitlana Lymar | 2597510 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.4M | 14 | $103K |
| #21 | Walbert Rocha | 2476807 | Fusion Home Loans, LLC | 2703121 | Winter Park, FL | $4.1M | 14 | $296K |
| #21 | Heather Held | 2597505 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.3M | 14 | $96K |
| #21 | William Stanwick | 2609359 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $2.9M | 14 | $206K |
| #26 | Leah Criner | 2606265 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Jacksonville, FL | $4.2M | 13 | $324K |
| #26 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $2.3M | 13 | $179K |
| #26 | Joseph Murray | 531433 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Palm Coast, FL | $3.0M | 13 | $234K |
| #26 | Cindy Bengtson | 2573118 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.1M | 13 | $82K |
| #30 | Cresta Spitzmiller | 2580263 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Charlotte, NC | $4.5M | 12 | $372K |
| #30 | Eddie Rodriguez | 2594312 | TOP TIER HOME LOANS, LLC. | 2708884 | Hialeah, FL | $5.4M | 12 | $449K |
| #30 | Maykol Corredeira | 2566710 | Timeless Lending LLC | 2858414 | Coral Gables, FL | $6.3M | 12 | $529K |
| #30 | Steven Henriquez | 2603321 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $4.9M | 12 | $411K |
| #30 | Elizabeth Delker | 2582009 | Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group, Corporation | 3446 | Ann Arbor, MI | $3.4M | 12 | $283K |
| #30 | Brian Garcia | 2603320 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.9M | 12 | $325K |
| #30 | Arif Caushaj | 2556070 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $3.3M | 12 | $272K |
| #37 | Jesse de Jesus | 2567836 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.0M | 11 | $458K |
| #37 | Christopher Ambrose | 2590064 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.8M | 11 | $343K |
| #37 | Carlos Gomez Chacon | 2542315 | New World Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 2817898 | Miami, FL | $5.3M | 11 | $484K |
| #37 | Dawn Wimer | 2533851 | HomeFi Corp | 1804455 | Destin, FL | $4.9M | 11 | $449K |
| #37 | David Dion | 2573705 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $105K |
| #37 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.3M | 11 | $304K |
| #37 | Karla Heard | 2556024 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $2.3M | 11 | $206K |
| #37 | Srikanth Rentachintala | 2573879 | The Golden 1 Credit Union | 669333 | Sacramento, CA | $2.7M | 11 | $244K |
| #37 | Neela Chintalapudi | 2573121 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $960K | 11 | $87K |
| #37 | Aleksei Maksimov | 2561962 | Approol Mortgage LLC | 2533816 | Miami, FL | $4.0M | 11 | $367K |
| #47 | Kathryn Evans | 2579992 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | $4.3M | 10 | $434K |
| #47 | Yliana Torres | 2597511 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $889K | 10 | $89K |
| #47 | Raymond Kallabat | 2529768 | NATIONS MORTGAGE, LLC | 2275128 | Troy, MI | $2.5M | 10 | $251K |
| #47 | Armani Mills | 2597503 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Dublin, OH | $863K | 10 | $86K |
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 — Florida (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/florida/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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