Want to know how to win in today’s competitive marketplace? “Wake up at 5am, and give every client 110%,” says Valentina Estes, Benchmark Branch Manager in Imperial County, California. Estes started her career in the mortgage industry as a processor and worked her way up to leading her department for 10 years. Then, she became …
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Lubbock Branch Gives Back
‘Giving Back’ is the Benchmark Lubbock Branch’s middle name. They sponsor veteran families, stock food pantries that give kids hot meals and snacks, buy Christmas items for families in need, read to and craft with second graders through United We Read, and deliver monthly meals on wheels. They also raised almost $4,000 for a family …
11 Mortgage 2021 Teammates Spotlight
WELCOME NEWEST HIRES! Lola Mendoa Shaun Batin Hank Zimmerman Ashley Menard Zoraida Rodriguez Ryan Bagan Polly Cracchiolo Josh Overton William Chaney Allan Dinh Grace Perez Ryan Cherry Tressa Opelka Barbara Marez
Rising Star Ben Szabo
Here’s what you said about Ben Szabo, Wholesale Support Specialist, when you nominated him to be named Eleven Mortgage’s first rising star! Speaking with and getting to know Szabo was a pleasure that I’m happy to share with you all in this write up. Each winner will be showcased and celebrated in this way. Szabo …
The Birth of Eleven Mortgage
Three years ago, following the continued growing success of Benchmark Mortgage, the company found a way to create a new business in a market they had been trying to enter for over a decade. “[Only] About 30 of our 70 employees know the full story leading up to our birth,” said Thomas Michel, Executive Vice …
Q3 2021 Appraisal Update
Appraisal Department Spotlight
Eight and half years ago, 3 individuals made up the appraisal department. Denise Graham, who is currently an Appraisal Review Team Lead in Wholesale Appraisals, was one of the three. “There wasn’t much appraisal experience in the appraisal department at that time, and our system was an archaic, proprietary system called Appraisal Ease,” said Graham. …
Jason L, Marine Veteran, Loan Story
Jason L., Marine Veteran, worked with Cindi Lea, Benchmark Branch partner in Lubbock, Texas. Jason had applied for VA disability prior to starting the loan process. Jason found the house he really wanted prior to his disability evaluation and decided to move forward with the loan. After closing Benchmark continued to follow up with him. …