Leading rookies in Iowa in 2024, 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 Brice Byker (Sibley State Bank, NMLS #2024317), Tristan Grimes (Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2479020), and Jeffrey Wagenknecht (BankIowa, NMLS #2592906).
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 | Brice Byker | 2024317 | Sibley State Bank | 635602 | Sibley, IA | $3.0M | 3 | $988K |
| #2 | Tristan Grimes | 2479020 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $2.3M | 3 | $768K |
| #3 | Jeffrey Wagenknecht | 2592906 | BankIowa | 410754 | Independence, IA | $1.5M | 21 | $69K |
| #4 | McKenzie Tennant | 2603727 | Pilot Grove Savings Bank | 469593 | West Point, IA | $1.0M | 5 | $205K |
| #5 | Curtis Russell | 2039024 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $830K | 3 | $277K |
| #6 | Savanna Ricci | 2597151 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $817K | 2 | $408K |
| #7 | Mahmoud Basha | 957062 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $735K | 2 | $368K |
| #8 | Justin Dorazio | 2632242 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | $726K | 4 | $182K |
| #9 | Karine Bullard | 2584114 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $709K | 2 | $355K |
| #10 | Reece Bowlin | 2583957 | Serve Credit Union | 641432 | — | $683K | 10 | $68K |
| #11 | Kim Warren | 1534508 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $651K | 3 | $217K |
| #12 | Samantha Maldonado | 2603427 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $645K | 4 | $161K |
| #13 | Nicholas Bradley | 2564138 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $615K | 2 | $307K |
| #14 | Tina Sam | 2584155 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $606K | 3 | $202K |
| #15 | Brandon Drummond | 2556068 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $577K | 4 | $144K |
| #16 | Leah Soutar | 2594764 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $556K | 3 | $185K |
| #17 | Sofia Lovato | 2583853 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $529K | 2 | $264K |
| #18 | Dylan Salinas | 2627352 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | North Liberty, IA | $523K | 6 | $87K |
| #19 | Kyle Lambert | 1566745 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $509K | 1 | $509K |
| #20 | Jerold Carpenter | 1038761 | VisionBank of Iowa | 408547 | — | $504K | 2 | $252K |
| #21 | Jennifer Behrens | 2517300 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $440K | 3 | $147K |
| #22 | Taylor Nelson | 2568903 | First State Bank | 562171 | Britt, IA | $437K | 3 | $146K |
| #23 | Martin Dowdell | 6763 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $432K | 2 | $216K |
| #24 | Brandon Brown | 2555780 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $416K | 2 | $208K |
| #25 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $405K | 2 | $203K |
| #26 | Aaron Lauters | 2605429 | Fidelity Bank & Trust | 460971 | Williamsburg, IA | $401K | 3 | $134K |
| #27 | Rajon Baldwin | 2555781 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | $400K | 3 | $133K |
| #28 | Robert Little | 187011 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Henderson, NV | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #29 | Briseida Carrillo Ceniceros | 2586923 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | — | $378K | 2 | $189K |
| #30 | Brett Adler | 2622812 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | — | $366K | 1 | $366K |
| #31 | Justin Gorman | 2455702 | Priority 1 Lending, LLC | 1375378 | — | $364K | 2 | $182K |
| #32 | John Lawler | 2584146 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $360K | 1 | $360K |
| #33 | Shawn Kennedy | 2584204 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #34 | Avery Hyma | 2596699 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $359K | 2 | $179K |
| #35 | Brenda Ayala | 2565767 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | — | $351K | 1 | $351K |
| #36 | Alexander Brill | 2576820 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $350K | 1 | $350K |
| #37 | Craig Smith | 2391114 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $341K | 1 | $341K |
| #38 | ANDREW WICKS | 2580796 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $338K | 1 | $338K |
| #39 | Davis Erhart | 2586220 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $337K | 1 | $337K |
| #40 | Hannah Warnell | 2625729 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | — | $307K | 5 | $61K |
| #41 | Jay Silva | 2571874 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Plano, TX | $287K | 1 | $287K |
| #42 | Campbell Johnstone | 2586941 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $277K | 1 | $277K |
| #43 | Sophie Welter | 2612597 | Amethyst Mortgage LLC | 2245603 | — | $268K | 1 | $268K |
| #44 | Michelle Armer | 2337855 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $265K | 1 | $265K |
| #45 | Farhan Bashir | 2609697 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $258K | 1 | $258K |
| #46 | Jennifer Gomez | 2585599 | Serve Credit Union | 641432 | — | $256K | 5 | $51K |
| #47 | Anthony Rodriguez | 2594721 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $255K | 1 | $255K |
| #48 | Shandy Housholder | 2613173 | First State Bank | 462694 | Agency, IA | $253K | 2 | $127K |
| #49 | Matthew Honeyfield | 2578504 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Cedar Rapids, IA | $247K | 2 | $123K |
| #50 | Jonathan Adler | 2603319 | First Dignity Mortgage Corp | 2715443 | — | $244K | 1 | $244K |
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 — Iowa (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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