Leading rookies in Georgia in 2022, 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 John McDaniel (Acrisure Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2317422), Katelyn Trotter (The Mortgage Firm, Inc., NMLS #2159230), and Kathleen Carmical (Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2235387).
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 | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | John McDaniel | 2317422 | Acrisure Mortgage, LLC | 152859 | — | $12.4M | 39 | $319K |
| #2 | Katelyn Trotter | 2159230 | The Mortgage Firm, Inc. | 189233 | Atlanta, GA | $12.1M | 38 | $317K |
| #3 | Kathleen Carmical | 2235387 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Smyrna, GA | $11.2M | 26 | $432K |
| #4 | Donald Fuchs | 2235402 | Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc. | 138234 | Alpharetta, GA | $11.1M | 37 | $301K |
| #5 | Ramon Kulich | 2235204 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Rome, GA | $10.5M | 31 | $338K |
| #6 | Emily Barfield | 2307424 | Coastal Mortgage Solutions, Inc. | 1745388 | St Simons Island, GA | $9.5M | 37 | $256K |
| #7 | Lucia Thornton | 2309294 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Richmond Hill, GA | $9.3M | 35 | $265K |
| #8 | Kenny Nguyen | 2223412 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Atlanta, GA | $8.4M | 26 | $324K |
| #9 | Casey Simmons | 2303959 | Homeowners Financial Group USA, LLC | 93718 | Cleveland, GA | $7.5M | 27 | $279K |
| #10 | Yashesh Shah | 2184915 | Perfect Home Mortgage, Inc | 2322347 | Suwanee, GA | $6.8M | 15 | $454K |
| #11 | Lee Smith | 2312089 | Southeastern Credit Union | 449403 | — | $6.1M | 17 | $361K |
| #12 | GAURAV CHHETRI | 2313376 | Goldstar Mortgage Corporation | 1452056 | Norcross, GA | $6.1M | 21 | $292K |
| #13 | Min Hong Park | 1725048 | Bridgeway Lending Partners LLC | 2124167 | — | $5.9M | 17 | $347K |
| #14 | Josiah Burdge | 2305586 | Anchor Home Mortgage, Inc. | 169063 | Alpharetta, GA | $5.7M | 16 | $357K |
| #15 | Odassis Avila | 2247484 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | $5.6M | 13 | $432K |
| #16 | Wade Stephens | 2242255 | Capital City Home Loans, LLC | 75615 | Marietta, GA | $5.4M | 13 | $418K |
| #17 | Christen Ceron | 2358021 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $5.1M | 18 | $282K |
| #18 | Brittany Batten | 2227066 | Luna Mortgage LLC | 2677426 | Jacksonville Beach, FL | $5.0M | 24 | $209K |
| #19 | Timothy Gibson | 214535 | SUCCESS Lending, LLC | 2232431 | — | $4.9M | 12 | $410K |
| #20 | Somelia Stewart | 2333905 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | Johns Creek, GA | $4.8M | 15 | $323K |
| #21 | Trudy Pagan | 2308220 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $4.8M | 11 | $432K |
| #22 | Paola Colina | 2232774 | First Option Mortgage, LLC | 123411 | Suwanee, GA | $4.7M | 16 | $297K |
| #23 | PATRICIA BASS | 2221148 | Shelter Home Mortgage, LLC | 1616534 | — | $4.6M | 14 | $327K |
| #24 | Tram Ton | 2127011 | OrangePath Financial Inc. | 2070941 | Duluth, GA | $4.5M | 16 | $282K |
| #25 | Chandra Holidy | 2308225 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $4.5M | 17 | $264K |
| #26 | Abbas Alziyadi | 2162988 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $4.4M | 19 | $232K |
| #27 | Esme Redman | 2221725 | Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America | 4082 | Birmingham, AL | $4.3M | 17 | $256K |
| #28 | Maricelly Ospina-Agudelo | 2218486 | Panorama Mortgage Group, LLC | 133739 | Norcross, GA | $4.3M | 14 | $309K |
| #29 | Sanford Calhoun | 2171669 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $4.1M | 11 | $372K |
| #30 | Cateeka Gay | 2277169 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Atlanta, GA | $4.0M | 9 | $439K |
| #31 | Emeline Ervin | 2235362 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Decatur, GA | $3.9M | 10 | $385K |
| #32 | Tamara Hauser | 2083834 | Trailblazer Mortgage L.L.C. | 2106646 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.8M | 14 | $270K |
| #33 | Julian Babby | 2188392 | Mortgage Express, Inc. | 1916307 | Bingham Farms, MI | $3.7M | 13 | $281K |
| #34 | Courtney Pollard | 2358019 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $3.6M | 14 | $260K |
| #35 | Brandon Conover | 1165086 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | Fulton, MD | $3.5M | 13 | $272K |
| #36 | Darielle Snider | 2253126 | Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America | 4082 | — | $3.4M | 11 | $310K |
| #37 | Kaetlyn Porter | 2081624 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $3.4M | 12 | $283K |
| #38 | Rossie Tyner | 2091197 | Everett Financial, Inc. | 2129 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.4M | 12 | $281K |
| #39 | Jaime Carrow | 2229868 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | — | $3.4M | 14 | $240K |
| #40 | Matthew Chemis | 2316591 | Hilltop Mortgage Group LLC | 2522152 | Mendham, NJ | $3.3M | 10 | $333K |
| #41 | samuel escobar | 2253778 | OrangePath Financial Inc. | 2070941 | Duluth, GA | $3.3M | 12 | $277K |
| #42 | Bahtiyar Babanazarov | 1651720 | Dear Lender LLC | 1841326 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.2M | 6 | $542K |
| #43 | James Green | 2287379 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Stockbridge, GA | $3.2M | 12 | $264K |
| #44 | Rafelky Antigua | 2405577 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Monroe, GA | $3.1M | 11 | $278K |
| #45 | Dean Stathis | 2279785 | ZOOM HOME LENDING LLC | 2620616 | Tempe, AZ | $2.9M | 14 | $207K |
| #46 | Sabrina Van Putten | 1522225 | Credit Union Financial Services, LLC | 645585 | Decatur, GA | $2.8M | 13 | $217K |
| #47 | Ashley Downs | 2322709 | Rabun County Bank | 448995 | Clayton, GA | $2.7M | 15 | $183K |
| #48 | Collyn Copeland | 2253312 | First Coast Mortgage, LLC | 2244973 | Savannah, GA | $2.6M | 7 | $377K |
| #49 | Mohannad Abdeljaber | 2259151 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $2.6M | 10 | $257K |
| #50 | Brian Duckworth | 2250724 | Ascend Lending USA, LLC | 2506419 | Richmond Hill, GA | $2.6M | 9 | $284K |
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 — Georgia (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/georgia/top-rookie-by-volume/2022
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