Leading rookies in Iowa 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 Jeffrey Wagenknecht (BankIowa, NMLS #2592906), Reece Bowlin (Serve Credit Union, NMLS #2583957), and Dylan Salinas (GreenState Credit Union, NMLS #2627352).
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 | Jeffrey Wagenknecht | 2592906 | BankIowa | 410754 | Independence, IA | $1.5M | 21 | $69K |
| #2 | Reece Bowlin | 2583957 | Serve Credit Union | 641432 | — | $683K | 10 | $68K |
| #3 | Dylan Salinas | 2627352 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $523K | 6 | $87K |
| #4 | McKenzie Tennant | 2603727 | Pilot Grove Savings Bank | 469593 | West Point, IA | $1.0M | 5 | $205K |
| #4 | Jennifer Gomez | 2585599 | Serve Credit Union | 641432 | — | $256K | 5 | $51K |
| #4 | Hannah Warnell | 2625729 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $307K | 5 | $61K |
| #7 | Brandon Drummond | 2556068 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $577K | 4 | $144K |
| #7 | Justin Dorazio | 2632242 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $726K | 4 | $182K |
| #7 | Brice Byker | 2024317 | Sibley State Bank | 635602 | Sibley, IA | $3.7M | 4 | $914K |
| #7 | Samantha Maldonado | 2603427 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $645K | 4 | $161K |
| #11 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $651K | 3 | $217K |
| #11 | Tina Sam | 2584155 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $606K | 3 | $202K |
| #11 | Jennifer Behrens | 2517300 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $440K | 3 | $147K |
| #11 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $830K | 3 | $277K |
| #11 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | — | $400K | 3 | $133K |
| #11 | Aaron Lauters | 2605429 | Fidelity Bank & Trust | 460971 | Williamsburg, IA | $401K | 3 | $134K |
| #11 | Jason Hess | 2572475 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Waterloo, IA | $110K | 3 | $37K |
| #11 | Leah Soutar | 2594764 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $556K | 3 | $185K |
| #11 | Tristan Grimes | 2479020 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $2.3M | 3 | $768K |
| #11 | Brylee Barr | 2577506 | Great Southern Bank | 423054 | — | $181K | 3 | $60K |
| #11 | Landon Steffen | 2613984 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Grinnell, IA | $65K | 3 | $22K |
| #11 | Taylor Nelson | 2568903 | First State Bank | 562171 | Britt, IA | $437K | 3 | $146K |
| #23 | Brandon Brown | 2555780 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $416K | 2 | $208K |
| #23 | Cesar Raymundo | 2597940 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Bladensburg, MD | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Joseph Lechuga | 2613941 | First Class Community Credit Union | 449747 | West Des Moines, IA | $176K | 2 | $88K |
| #23 | Amber Davis | 2567851 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Sycamore, IL | $197K | 2 | $99K |
| #23 | Avery Hyma | 2596699 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Daniel Krzak | 2554509 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | $173K | 2 | $86K |
| #23 | Martin Dowdell | 6763 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $432K | 2 | $216K |
| #23 | Koley Kelly | 2598292 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $46K | 2 | $23K |
| #23 | Gilbert Bosmans | 2575103 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $138K | 2 | $69K |
| #23 | Matthew White | 2639934 | Community Choice Credit Union | 405512 | — | $150K | 2 | $75K |
| #23 | Briseida Carrillo Ceniceros | 2586923 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $378K | 2 | $189K |
| #23 | Logan Siefke | 2573058 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $187K | 2 | $94K |
| #23 | Nicholas Bradley | 2564138 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $615K | 2 | $307K |
| #23 | Shandy Housholder | 2613173 | First State Bank | 462694 | Agency, IA | $253K | 2 | $127K |
| #23 | Shawn Kennedy | 2584204 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Justin Gorman | 2455702 | Priority 1 Lending, LLC | 1375378 | — | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #23 | Justin Boese | 2560395 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $169K | 2 | $84K |
| #23 | Stephanie Hespen | 2580020 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Altoona, IA | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $405K | 2 | $203K |
| #23 | Savanna Ricci | 2597151 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $817K | 2 | $408K |
| #23 | Mahmoud Basha | 957062 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | $735K | 2 | $368K |
| #23 | Matthew Honeyfield | 2578504 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $247K | 2 | $123K |
| #23 | Karine Bullard | 2584114 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $709K | 2 | $355K |
| #23 | Robert Little | 187011 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Henderson, NV | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #23 | Jerold Carpenter | 1038761 | VisionBank of Iowa | 408547 | — | $504K | 2 | $252K |
| #23 | Maurice Dydell | 2568366 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $113K | 2 | $57K |
| #23 | Sofia Lovato | 2583853 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $529K | 2 | $264K |
| #50 | Kyle Lambert | 1566745 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $509K | 1 | $509K |
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 — Iowa (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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