I know you’re likely overwhelmed but Jacque Sommer of Vellum mortgage is the best mortgage lender. She’s non discriminatory between gender and nationality/ethnicity (she has gone way out of her way to find documentation for immigrants from their home countries, which many mortgage lenders will basically blow off.) She also goes out of her way to advocate for her clients (will tell their agents and listing agents off if they’re pulling BS.) She’s usually responsive like 16 hours per day and closes loans faster than anyone else in DC/MD/VA. She also reads the federal loan guidelines for fun, will argue with underwriters when they’re wrong, and once lost a job because she refused to let an underwriter (who was legitimately in the wrong) screw over a veteran.

Note: I’m a realtor for like 30 more days, but got out of the business to go back to working in nonprofits, I get nothing for suggesting her but I’ve also seen a lot of bad loan officers ruin lives and cost people thousands.