Leading rookies in Mississippi in 2023, 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 Blakely Walden (LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, NMLS #2513492), Marina Castro (Premier Mortgage Resources, L.L.C., NMLS #2460845), and Lakisha Harris (Quality Lending Group LLC, NMLS #1125702).
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 | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Blakely Walden | 2513492 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | — | $1.8M | 2 | $875K |
| #2 | Marina Castro | 2460845 | Premier Mortgage Resources, L.L.C. | 1169 | Olive Branch, MS | $1.4M | 5 | $280K |
| #3 | Lakisha Harris | 1125702 | Quality Lending Group LLC | 2014622 | Ridgeland, MS | $1.2M | 4 | $291K |
| #4 | Joe Vegas | 2500319 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | $646K | 2 | $323K |
| #5 | Francis Papaleo | 134141 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Christiana, DE | $569K | 3 | $190K |
| #6 | Kelvin Abram | 2453164 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | — | $547K | 2 | $274K |
| #7 | Patrick Kashat | 978734 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | $517K | 2 | $259K |
| #8 | Austin Beachler | 2454522 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $512K | 3 | $171K |
| #9 | Mark Samples | 2472273 | Liberty 1 Lending Inc. | 2551187 | — | $480K | 2 | $240K |
| #10 | Jeffrey Humber | 2506382 | Bank of England | 418481 | — | $467K | 2 | $233K |
| #11 | Charles Bouldin | 86146 | Mortgage Solutions of Colorado, LLC | 61602 | Tupelo, MS | $463K | 2 | $231K |
| #12 | Fadi Merza | 2429053 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $403K | 2 | $201K |
| #13 | Kevin Teddy Vega | 2498092 | Neighbors Bank | 491986 | — | $397K | 1 | $397K |
| #14 | Marina Guzman | 2406377 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Memphis, TN | $369K | 2 | $185K |
| #15 | Manal Farhate | 2472263 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $351K | 2 | $176K |
| #16 | Emily Kyser | 2074425 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $326K | 1 | $326K |
| #17 | Michelle Hall | 1477227 | Gum Tree Mortgage, LLC | 70653 | — | $320K | 2 | $160K |
| #18 | Jan Molina | 2252048 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $290K | 1 | $290K |
| #19 | Nicholas Burns-Kerslake | 2479722 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Plano, TX | $274K | 1 | $274K |
| #20 | Chase Noonan | 2446263 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $262K | 1 | $262K |
| #21 | John Qafa | 2453829 | Home Advantage Lending LLC | 2510157 | — | $260K | 2 | $130K |
| #22 | Nesha Guest | 2457193 | FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK, THE | 623411 | — | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #23 | Taylor Spaid | 2472047 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Maryville, TN | $239K | 2 | $119K |
| #24 | Michael Haveman | 2495772 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $216K | 1 | $216K |
| #25 | Marcus Wood | 2482007 | Bank of Commerce | 471825 | Starkville, MS | $206K | 2 | $103K |
| #26 | Kathleen Ramirez | 2503186 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $201K | 3 | $67K |
| #27 | Thomas Tupa | 2463836 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $183K | 1 | $183K |
| #28 | Shawn Winter | 2433320 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Abilene, TX | $183K | 1 | $183K |
| #29 | Ebony Jefferson | 2507535 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $178K | 1 | $178K |
| #30 | JAIME ADAMS | 1393958 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $174K | 2 | $87K |
| #31 | Hayley Bialecki | 2469552 | First Technology Federal Credit Union | 466914 | — | $174K | 1 | $174K |
| #32 | Nicholas Tiburcio | 2454035 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $167K | 1 | $167K |
| #33 | Jennifer Fowlkes | 2251213 | Link Enterprises LLC | 2467558 | — | $166K | 1 | $166K |
| #34 | Brandon Brown | 2461576 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $159K | 1 | $159K |
| #35 | Gwendolynne Spadie | 2461346 | J Deuce, LLC | 1596089 | Tyler, TX | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #36 | Brandon Hamrick | 2443101 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #37 | Dawn Impastato | 2354629 | ARGENT LENDING LLC | 2342251 | Mandeville, LA | $142K | 1 | $142K |
| #38 | James Frank | 2424537 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | — | $133K | 1 | $133K |
| #39 | Mackenzie Gonzales | 2497904 | Neighbors Bank | 491986 | Columbia, MO | $132K | 1 | $132K |
| #40 | Chivonne Smith | 2464614 | EVABANK | 414640 | Cullman, AL | $113K | 1 | $113K |
| #41 | Kiara Robinson | 2520401 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $100K | 1 | $100K |
| #42 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $95K | 2 | $48K |
| #42 | Ariana Ramirez | 2462821 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $95K | 2 | $48K |
| #44 | Claudet Miller | 2335738 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $90K | 2 | $45K |
| #45 | Courtney Mims | 2472208 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Charlotte, NC | $90K | 1 | $90K |
| #46 | Alea Walker | 2520387 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $88K | 1 | $88K |
| #47 | Loredana Rasmason | 2520403 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $87K | 2 | $44K |
| #48 | Dakota Malone | 2464407 | Regions Bank | 174490 | Mt Olive, MS | $82K | 1 | $82K |
| #49 | Arthur Hernandez | 2472344 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | — | $76K | 1 | $76K |
| #50 | Hunter Humphrey | 2462823 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $64K | 1 | $64K |
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 — Mississippi (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/mississippi/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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