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 October 11, 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 | Hannah Warnell | 2625729 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $307K | 5 | $61K |
| #4 | Jennifer Gomez | 2585599 | Serve Credit Union | 641432 | — | $256K | 5 | $51K |
| #7 | Justin Dorazio | 2632242 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $726K | 4 | $182K |
| #7 | Samantha Maldonado | 2603427 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $645K | 4 | $161K |
| #7 | Brandon Drummond | 2556068 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $577K | 4 | $144K |
| #7 | Brice Byker | 2024317 | Sibley State Bank | 635602 | Sibley, IA | $3.7M | 4 | $914K |
| #11 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $651K | 3 | $217K |
| #11 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | — | $830K | 3 | $277K |
| #11 | Tina Sam | 2584155 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $606K | 3 | $202K |
| #11 | Jennifer Behrens | 2517300 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $440K | 3 | $147K |
| #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 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | — | $400K | 3 | $133K |
| #11 | Taylor Nelson | 2568903 | First State Bank | 562171 | Britt, IA | $437K | 3 | $146K |
| #11 | Aaron Lauters | 2605429 | Fidelity Bank & Trust | 460971 | Williamsburg, IA | $401K | 3 | $134K |
| #11 | Landon Steffen | 2613984 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Grinnell, IA | $65K | 3 | $22K |
| #11 | Jason Hess | 2572475 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Waterloo, IA | $110K | 3 | $37K |
| #23 | Joseph Lechuga | 2613941 | First Class Community Credit Union | 449747 | West Des Moines, IA | $176K | 2 | $88K |
| #23 | Gilbert Bosmans | 2575103 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $138K | 2 | $69K |
| #23 | Mahmoud Basha | 957062 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | $735K | 2 | $368K |
| #23 | Martin Dowdell | 6763 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $432K | 2 | $216K |
| #23 | Sofia Lovato | 2583853 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $529K | 2 | $264K |
| #23 | Maurice Dydell | 2568366 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $113K | 2 | $57K |
| #23 | Brandon Brown | 2555780 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $416K | 2 | $208K |
| #23 | Stephanie Hespen | 2580020 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Altoona, IA | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Daniel Krzak | 2554509 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | $173K | 2 | $86K |
| #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 | Justin Gorman | 2455702 | Priority 1 Lending, LLC | 1375378 | — | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #23 | Briseida Carrillo Ceniceros | 2586923 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $378K | 2 | $189K |
| #23 | Shandy Housholder | 2613173 | First State Bank | 462694 | Agency, IA | $253K | 2 | $127K |
| #23 | Koley Kelly | 2598292 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $46K | 2 | $23K |
| #23 | Cesar Raymundo | 2597940 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Bladensburg, MD | $75K | 2 | $38K |
| #23 | Amber Davis | 2567851 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Sycamore, IL | $197K | 2 | $99K |
| #23 | Savanna Ricci | 2597151 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $817K | 2 | $408K |
| #23 | Nicholas Bradley | 2564138 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $615K | 2 | $307K |
| #23 | Matthew Honeyfield | 2578504 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Marion, IA | $247K | 2 | $123K |
| #23 | Avery Hyma | 2596699 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Logan Siefke | 2573058 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $187K | 2 | $94K |
| #23 | Karine Bullard | 2584114 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $709K | 2 | $355K |
| #23 | Shawn Kennedy | 2584204 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #23 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $405K | 2 | $203K |
| #23 | Justin Boese | 2560395 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $169K | 2 | $84K |
| #23 | Matthew White | 2639934 | Community Choice Credit Union | 405512 | — | $150K | 2 | $75K |
| #50 | James Brecht | 2566585 | Atkins Savings Bank & Trust | 586616 | Atkins, IA | $57K | 1 | $57K |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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