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 May 28, 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 | North Liberty, IA | $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 | Samantha Maldonado | 2603427 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $645K | 4 | $161K |
| #7 | Justin Dorazio | 2632242 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $726K | 4 | $182K |
| #10 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | $400K | 3 | $133K |
| #10 | Brylee Barr | 2577506 | Great Southern Bank | 423054 | — | $181K | 3 | $60K |
| #10 | Brice Byker | 2024317 | Sibley State Bank | 635602 | Sibley, IA | $3.0M | 3 | $988K |
| #10 | Landon Steffen | 2613984 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Grinnell, IA | $65K | 3 | $22K |
| #10 | Taylor Nelson | 2568903 | First State Bank | 562171 | Britt, IA | $437K | 3 | $146K |
| #10 | Jason Hess | 2572475 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Waterloo, IA | $110K | 3 | $37K |
| #10 | Aaron Lauters | 2605429 | Fidelity Bank & Trust | 460971 | Williamsburg, IA | $401K | 3 | $134K |
| #10 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $651K | 3 | $217K |
| #10 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $830K | 3 | $277K |
| #10 | Tristan Grimes | 2479020 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $2.3M | 3 | $768K |
| #10 | Leah Soutar | 2594764 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $556K | 3 | $185K |
| #10 | Tina Sam | 2584155 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $606K | 3 | $202K |
| #10 | Jennifer Behrens | 2517300 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $440K | 3 | $147K |
| #23 | Cesar Raymundo | 2597940 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Des Moines, IA | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Maurice Dydell | 2568366 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $113K | 2 | $57K |
| #23 | Mahmoud Basha | 957062 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $735K | 2 | $368K |
| #23 | Justin Boese | 2560395 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $169K | 2 | $84K |
| #23 | Shawn Kennedy | 2584204 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Koley Kelly | 2598292 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $46K | 2 | $23K |
| #23 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $405K | 2 | $203K |
| #23 | Avery Hyma | 2596699 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Jerold Carpenter | 1038761 | VisionBank of Iowa | 408547 | — | $504K | 2 | $252K |
| #23 | Nicholas Bradley | 2564138 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $615K | 2 | $307K |
| #23 | Justin Gorman | 2455702 | Priority 1 Lending, LLC | 1375378 | — | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #23 | Karine Bullard | 2584114 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $709K | 2 | $355K |
| #23 | Matthew White | 2639934 | Community Choice Credit Union | 405512 | Johnston, IA | $150K | 2 | $75K |
| #23 | Gilbert Bosmans | 2575103 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $138K | 2 | $69K |
| #23 | Matthew Honeyfield | 2578504 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $247K | 2 | $123K |
| #23 | Martin Dowdell | 6763 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $432K | 2 | $216K |
| #23 | Daniel Krzak | 2554509 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | $173K | 2 | $86K |
| #23 | Stephanie Hespen | 2580020 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Altoona, IA | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Briseida Carrillo Ceniceros | 2586923 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $378K | 2 | $189K |
| #23 | Savanna Ricci | 2597151 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $817K | 2 | $408K |
| #23 | Joseph Lechuga | 2613941 | First Class Community Credit Union | 449747 | West Des Moines, IA | $176K | 2 | $88K |
| #23 | Sofia Lovato | 2583853 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $529K | 2 | $264K |
| #23 | Shandy Housholder | 2613173 | First State Bank | 462694 | Agency, IA | $253K | 2 | $127K |
| #23 | Logan Siefke | 2573058 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $187K | 2 | $94K |
| #23 | Brandon Brown | 2555780 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $416K | 2 | $208K |
| #23 | Amber Davis | 2567851 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Sycamore, IL | $197K | 2 | $99K |
| #23 | Robert Little | 187011 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Henderson, NV | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #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 May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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