ABOUT
Dale Corley
Mortgage Broker · Specialist · Advisor
For over 20 years, I've worked with the borrowers traditional lenders turn away. Business owners who gross $1M+ but show $80K on taxes. Veterans who earned a $0-down loan but got quoted the same rate as everyone else. Investors who need DSCR, not W-2s. Content creators and franchise owners whose income doesn't fit in a box.
I didn't build The Mortgage Whiz because it was easy. I built it because these borrowers deserve a specialist — not a call center, not a bank that doesn't understand their income, and not a loan officer who only knows one program.
I'm licensed in 9 states and I have one goal: get your deal done when someone else said it couldn't be. I put the Whiz in Wisdom.
My philosophy is simple: I am here to serve. Whatever it takes, however complex the file — I will find a path forward for you.
20+
Years
9
States
$4M+
Max Loan
NMLS
#1547543
"I frequently receive calls from distressed borrowers and their real estate agents seeking urgent help. With a fast-approaching close date, they've just learned their loan was denied. That's why self-employed borrowers and business owners choose The Mortgage Whiz. I put the Whiz in Wisdom — and get your loan approved."
How did I get into bank statement loans?
When I started in this business, I joined one of the country's leading non-QM (non-traditional) lenders. A non-QM loan is a mortgage that sits outside the CFPB's Qualified Mortgage category. The company was built to serve self-employed borrowers and others who didn't fit traditional mortgage lending, because it saw a growing market.
I didn't know there was anything else. About 70% of my business was bank statement loans, 20% was jumbo prime loans, and 10% was DSCR and asset depletion loans. It was years before I realized that a cookie-cutter, W-2 pay-stub conventional loan even existed.
Who were my first clients?
For four years I worked almost exclusively with bank statement borrowers. Many of them turned out to be very affluent business owners, and they were frustrated. They had banked at the same institutions for 20 or 30 years. Those banks, and other respected lenders, told them they couldn't qualify, because their tax returns didn't show what they really earned.
Those first four years were hard. They also turned out to be the best thing that happened to my career. I learned to look at a file through a different lens than most loan officers, who are used to simple guidelines they can look up in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Bank statement borrowers aren't simple, and neither are their files.
Why do these borrowers get overlooked?
After the 2008 financial crisis, Dodd-Frank tightened mortgage rules, and traditional lending moved toward standard documentation. That left a large group of Americans underserved: business owners and entrepreneurs whose income doesn't fit a standard file. Heavy regulation made it hard for traditional lenders to lend to them.
What do I love about this work?
Mastering these loans taught me the nuances you only learn in the trenches, closing difficult files that nobody thought could get done. To me, a complex loan is a puzzle, and I love solving puzzles. It's what I was meant to do, and it's how I became The Mortgage Whiz.
I'm adding a section to this site where I share anonymized recent fundings and how each complicated loan got solved.
What do I do outside of work?
I train at Orangetheory Fitness, play pickleball, travel internationally, and hold season tickets to the local Broadway theater.
Who do I work with?
- Business owners and self-employed borrowers whose tax returns understate what they actually earn.
- Real estate investors who need DSCR loans that qualify on the property's rent, not W-2 income.
- Veterans who earned a VA loan and want the benefit used well.
- Content creators and franchise owners whose income does not fit in a box.
- Borrowers and real estate agents in a hurry, when a loan was denied close to the closing date.
What loans do I specialize in?
- Bank statement loans, which qualify you on 12 months of personal or business bank statements instead of tax returns.
- DSCR rental property loans for investors.
- VA loans, including jumbo VA.
- Jumbo and high-balance conventional loans.
How do I work?
I'm a mortgage broker with NEXA Lending. As a broker, I can shop your loan across a wide network of lenders instead of being stuck with one bank's programs. If you're self-employed, I read your tax returns first, because a loan based on returns usually costs less. If they don't get you to the number you need, we look at bank statements. Programs, rates and approval depend on your full file.
What do borrowers and agents say?
Clients leave their reviews on Google, where anyone can read them. Read my Google reviews →
Where can I learn more?
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About Dale Corley
Licensed: CA, CO, TX, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA
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