Small lender. Big time opportunity. - Senior Loan Officer Ladera Lending Employee Review

4.0
5 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Phone rings off the hook. Lots of warm transferred leads. Zero micromanagement. Flexibility. Excellent earning potential. The company has a focus on making sure their borrower's have a great experience, that they can share with their friends and family. Competent leadership with decades of lending experience. They know their business and are willing to help... if you ask for it. Good benefits.

Cons

With great reward, comes great responsibility. If you don't want to work hard, take the leads, and write clean closeable loans, then this is not the place for you. You need to have experience in taking quality applications, qualifying properly, following up with borrowers, fixing loans, and getting them funded on time, every time. There is no hand holding. You will be fired quickly if you aren't taking advantage of the opportunity and/or taking care of your borrowers. Hard to sift through all of the lower quality leads to get to the borrowers you can help. 100% commission with recoverable draw. This is only a con if you aren't a professional loan officer. See the beginning of this post.

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5.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fun work environment, good engaged leadership (great site leader and team lead), many lead sources that are well managed. New benefits are a huge improvement.

Cons

none that I can think of

5.0
1 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are so many things I want to praise this company for. I would be doing them a disservice if I didn't mention them first though. The operations team is the BEST team I have ever closed loans with. Absolute professionals and are just generally awesome people at the top of their game. Next would be sales leadership. I was a little lost when I found my way here. Paul and Grant listened to a few of my phone calls and told me what my strengths and weaknesses were. It was hard to hear at first but once I decided to trust them, I literally 4x'd my production. If you can leave your ego at the door and trust you don't know everything and are willing to learn and follow through, these are they guys that will get you there. Plus we have the best front of the house with Mindy, She brightens up everyone's day. The office has plenty of parking and close to a ton of places to go eat or have a afterwork drink.

Cons

Remote options are available but limited.

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