Leading rookies in South Carolina in 2026, 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 Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2783221), Gabriel De Freitas Medina (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2778392), and Thomas Stroud (Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC, NMLS #2686732).
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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $4.2M | 13 | $325K |
| #2 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $2.6M | 10 | $256K |
| #3 | Thomas Stroud | 2686732 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | Spartanburg, SC | $1.9M | 8 | $232K |
| #4 | Hannah Powell | 2728966 | Mortgage Equity Partners LLC | 1936 | Manning, SC | $1.8M | 7 | $251K |
| #4 | Bradley Roche | 2382170 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Charleston, SC | $2.0M | 7 | $293K |
| #6 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.3M | 6 | $215K |
| #6 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $2.0M | 6 | $336K |
| #6 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $3.3M | 6 | $545K |
| #6 | Pouyan Haji Ghasem | 2497922 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.2M | 6 | $201K |
| #10 | King Evangelista | 2775420 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $404K | 5 | $81K |
| #10 | Richard Vaughan | 2804374 | COUNTYBANK | 462088 | Greenville, SC | $1.7M | 5 | $335K |
| #10 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $795K | 5 | $159K |
| #10 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $714K | 5 | $143K |
| #14 | Charles Davis | 2805542 | Motivation Financial LLC | 2228345 | Charlotte, NC | $2.1M | 4 | $518K |
| #14 | Dane Hertzler | 2784762 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $915K | 4 | $229K |
| #14 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $665K | 4 | $166K |
| #14 | Kurtis Song | 2785936 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $440K | 4 | $110K |
| #14 | Jacob Fogel | 2813568 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $452K | 4 | $113K |
| #14 | JUAN GALEANO ARANGO | 2811976 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Greenville, SC | $978K | 4 | $245K |
| #20 | Ryan Cooper | 2830596 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $349K | 3 | $116K |
| #20 | Embrey Steadings | 2682980 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | Spartanburg, SC | $444K | 3 | $148K |
| #20 | Matthew Warnecke | 2800857 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $783K | 3 | $261K |
| #20 | John St Peter | 2727263 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $520K | 3 | $173K |
| #20 | Joshua Horne | 2788439 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $287K | 3 | $96K |
| #20 | Matthew Meenzhuber | 2792421 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $545K | 3 | $182K |
| #20 | Fabian Torres | 847914 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $342K | 3 | $114K |
| #20 | Gavin Parto | 2789398 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Charleston, SC | $740K | 3 | $247K |
| #20 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | Modern Valley Home Loans, LLC | 2636235 | Novi, MI | $563K | 3 | $188K |
| #20 | Terry Bagsby | 2777749 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | Franklin, TN | $671K | 3 | $224K |
| #20 | Keith Lopez | 2814077 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | North Charleston, SC | $1.1M | 3 | $358K |
| #20 | Michelle Younan | 2189864 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $702K | 3 | $234K |
| #20 | Dustin Floyd | 2792198 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $762K | 3 | $254K |
| #20 | Adam Shamsedin | 2811809 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $488K | 3 | $163K |
| #20 | Connor Keller | 2818654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $561K | 3 | $187K |
| #35 | Maxwell Collier | 2824691 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $578K | 2 | $289K |
| #35 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $271K | 2 | $135K |
| #35 | Tristan Breen | 2812017 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $324K | 2 | $162K |
| #35 | Felico Hanley | 2791020 | Loan Simple, Inc. | 3032 | Chandler, AZ | $656K | 2 | $328K |
| #35 | Brian Scifres | 2121956 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $389K | 2 | $195K |
| #35 | Shane Bauer | 2804845 | Atlantic Coast Mortgage, LLC | 643114 | Myrtle Beach, SC | $811K | 2 | $406K |
| #35 | Joe DeLeon | 2833637 | Pentagon Federal Credit Union | 401822 | San Antonio, TX | $305K | 2 | $153K |
| #35 | Brayden Lopez | 2793583 | SayGo Home Loans, LLC | 2525432 | Scottsdale, AZ | $655K | 2 | $328K |
| #35 | Guillermo Garcia Castillo | 2810411 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | West Palm Beach, FL | $478K | 2 | $239K |
| #35 | Jason Nolley | 2812980 | CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC | 46375 | Charleston, SC | $484K | 2 | $242K |
| #35 | Jose Fuentes | 2811992 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $201K | 2 | $101K |
| #35 | Taylor Hargate | 2773308 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $428K | 2 | $214K |
| #35 | Jayden Renfrew | 2811901 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $296K | 2 | $148K |
| #35 | Christian Perez | 2787808 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $213K | 2 | $106K |
| #35 | John Richert | 2830550 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $258K | 2 | $129K |
| #35 | Abdur-Raufibn Abdullah | 2811840 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $121K | 2 | $60K |
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 — South Carolina (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-rookie-by-units/2026
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