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You Didn’t Know, But You Sent A Perfect Bouquet!

Troy, Jody, & Robby-

Thank you all SO much for the gorgeous flowers! They are breathtaking! And I LOVE every flower that is in there! You may not know, but we sadly lost 3 precious babies before having our sweet Marley. We use 3 flowers in every family picture we take to remember them…& the flowers you sent had 3 of each of the main flowers-light Pink Gerbera daisies and light pink roses, my 2 favorite flowers! You didn’t know but you sent a perfect bouquet! Thank you for thinking of us. We are so blessed to have each of you taking care of us!!

Marc, Emily, Tristan, & Marley I.


My referral partners, Troy Baker of Central Bank (providing construction loan) and Jody Petty of Jody Petty Homes and I had flowers sent to our mutual client that just had a new baby last week and will be closing on their new home in the next two weeks.

Robby Cole | Loan Officer in Little Rock, AR

Really Grateful and Thankful for The Benchmark Team

Guys, 

I just wanted to thank everyone for their help on this file.  This client came in and signed docs this past Saturday and it funded on Monday.  They were so grateful they were in literal tears for about 10 minutes.  The seller had let them move in based on the prior lenders word that it would be fine and they were in the process of being evicted by the seller and obviously they were beyond freaked out.  It was a very tough loan and everyone here helped figure it out.  I’m just really grateful and thankful for the Benchmark team and everyone that helped us…

Timothy Hurlbut | Branch Manager – Balboa Island, CA

They get the job done on time if not early with a CAN DO ATTITUDE!

I wanted to share a BIG PRAISE on our closers Dinora Leal and Natasha Scott. We had 6 loans needing to close the week of Thanksgiving. The Friday before, Natasha worked until 10pm to make sure her CDs went to borrowers. Saturday morning, Dinora was up early working to make sure her CDs went out. Both closers went above and beyond to make sure we were ready for closing the next week. This work ethic is what makes the Benchmark Team great! Both of these ladies consistently make us look great to title companies, borrowers and realtors! They get the job done on time if not early with a CAN DO ATTITUDE!

We are thankful for our great team at corporate and how they have made our first year at Benchmark awesome!

GG Millard | Branch Manager – Little Rock, Arkansas

I Would Never Want to Work for Another Mortgage Company

I am so thankful that we followed our heart and joined our Benchmark Family exactly 7 years today!  I was at a closing today and a last minute addendum came up and the attorney advised the client that it would have to go back through underwriting and we would have to close early next week.  I felt confident enough at the closing table to say nope I got this… So a phone call to my processor Nicole back to Jackie, back to Velma at closing and then to Jody at funding.  Bam and it was done!  They couldn’t believe it and my clients were so unbelievably thankful!  I picked up a very good agent on the listing side and they were all in shock as well as the closing attorney that handled the closing.  I just wanted to thank our processor Nicole Ciello for always making things happen and for Jackie Henning, Velma Gray and Jody Price for making this happen for me today!  That’s one of the reasons why I would never want to work for another mortgage company.  Happy Holidays!

Stephanie Medlock | Branch Manager – Mount Pleasant, SC

We Bailed Everyone Else Out and Were Not Left Blamed

Borrower signed CD uploaded. Thank you. Many thanks for the assistance on making this get done today. Top agent’s daughter. I am sure you hear little quips like that all of the time… but it is true, and much appreciated. Not our (Benchmark’s) fault for the time crunch, but we bailed everyone else out and were not left holding the bag of blame.

Thanks again!

– Vince Lyons | Branch Partner – Toledo, Ohio

Big Shout-out to Our Closers and Funders

I just want to give a big shout out to our closers and funders.  We are throwing so many last minute deals at them and they are rocking it!!  Not only did we just get a file CTC’d this morning that locked 10/21, but we’ve also got those NIFA HBA loans to deal with.  Dinora is learning that program, which takes a ton of patience and many changes back and forth.  We also continue to hear from our title companies how much they love working with our funders, so it’s kudos all around!

 We really enjoy working with everyone on both teams and want to be sure they know that.  Since we’ve joined BM, everyone has been so helpful to get our deals to the finish line without delays.  We know that we’ve been pushing them to the limit lately, but we appreciate all their hard work and late hours!!

– Jami Kaufman | Eric Almquist – Omaha, Nebraska