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 October 11, 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 Arrington | 4329 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Corona, CA | $6.4M | 32 | $201K |
| #5 | Brian Ortiz Torres | 2447354 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $5.3M | 23 | $232K |
| #6 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | — | $7.5M | 22 | $340K |
| #6 | Rosa Santos | 2174978 | VYSTAR CREDIT UNION | 416319 | Jacksonville, FL | $2.3M | 22 | $103K |
| #8 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $2.0M | 21 | $98K |
| #9 | Hayley Mull | 2565696 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Orlando, FL | $6.2M | 20 | $311K |
| #9 | Thomas Clapp | 2558224 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Bonita Springs, FL | $6.1M | 20 | $303K |
| #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 | Chase Timko | 2561064 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Franklin, TN | $4.7M | 19 | $247K |
| #12 | Erynn Chase | 2553823 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $3.6M | 19 | $191K |
| #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 | Ryan Brown | 2111278 | Shield Home Loans Inc. | 2396589 | Irvine, CA | $5.3M | 15 | $357K |
| #17 | Rosemarie DiDonato | 2613088 | Suncoast Credit Union | 417636 | — | $5.0M | 15 | $335K |
| #17 | Roger Bustos | 1851399 | Coast2Coast Mortgage, LLC | 376205 | Saint Augustine, FL | $5.3M | 15 | $350K |
| #17 | Joshua Jackson | 2590070 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $4.6M | 15 | $308K |
| #21 | Heather Held | 2597505 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.3M | 14 | $96K |
| #21 | Walbert Rocha | 2476807 | Fusion Home Loans, LLC | 2703121 | Winter Park, FL | $4.1M | 14 | $296K |
| #21 | Kellie Pelland | 2573120 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 14 | $87K |
| #21 | William Stanwick | 2609359 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $2.9M | 14 | $206K |
| #21 | Svitlana Lymar | 2597510 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.4M | 14 | $103K |
| #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 |
| #26 | Leah Criner | 2606265 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Jacksonville, FL | $4.2M | 13 | $324K |
| #30 | Maykol Corredeira | 2566710 | Timeless Lending LLC | 2858414 | Coral Gables, FL | $6.3M | 12 | $529K |
| #30 | Cresta Spitzmiller | 2580263 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Charlotte, NC | $4.5M | 12 | $372K |
| #30 | Brian Garcia | 2603320 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.9M | 12 | $325K |
| #30 | Eddie Rodriguez | 2594312 | TOP TIER HOME LOANS, LLC. | 2708884 | Hialeah, FL | $5.4M | 12 | $449K |
| #30 | Elizabeth Delker | 2582009 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Corona, CA | $3.4M | 12 | $283K |
| #30 | Steven Henriquez | 2603321 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $4.9M | 12 | $411K |
| #30 | Arif Caushaj | 2556070 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $3.3M | 12 | $272K |
| #37 | Dawn Wimer | 2533851 | HomeFi Corp | 1804455 | Destin, FL | $4.9M | 11 | $449K |
| #37 | Jesse de Jesus | 2567836 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $5.0M | 11 | $458K |
| #37 | David Dion | 2573705 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 11 | $105K |
| #37 | Aleksei Maksimov | 2561962 | Approol Mortgage LLC | 2533816 | Miami, FL | $4.0M | 11 | $367K |
| #37 | Carlos Gomez Chacon | 2542315 | New World Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 2817898 | Miami, FL | $5.3M | 11 | $484K |
| #37 | Christopher Ambrose | 2590064 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.8M | 11 | $343K |
| #37 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $3.3M | 11 | $304K |
| #37 | Neela Chintalapudi | 2573121 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $960K | 11 | $87K |
| #37 | Karla Heard | 2556024 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $2.3M | 11 | $206K |
| #37 | Srikanth Rentachintala | 2573879 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Cincinnati, OH | $2.7M | 11 | $244K |
| #47 | Raymond Kallabat | 2529768 | NATIONS MORTGAGE, LLC | 2275128 | Troy, MI | $2.5M | 10 | $251K |
| #47 | Christopher Negron | 2543466 | Columbus Capital Lending, LLC | 1044126 | Miami, FL | $3.7M | 10 | $372K |
| #47 | Armani Mills | 2597503 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Dublin, OH | $863K | 10 | $86K |
| #47 | Michael Whitaker | 2549398 | MPIRE FINANCIAL GROUP LLC | 2108504 | Orlando, FL | $4.6M | 10 | $455K |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/florida/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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