10/08/2026
🇺🇸 30 YEARS IN THE MORTGAGE BUSINESS — WHAT A RIDE! 🏡
1996 → 2026 | Celebrating 30 Years as a Mortgage Broker
In October 1996, I was 22 years old, recently released from minor league baseball, and decided to take a chance on this crazy mortgage business.
My first job was with Chase Mortgage Brokers, where I also met Barry Evans — who became a lifelong friend and is still one of my best friends today.
I knew almost nothing about mortgages when I started. Rates were around 8%, Dan Marino was on TV selling 125% LTV second mortgages, and the industry looked a whole lot different than it does today.
But as a competitor and athlete, I immediately loved the fast-paced environment. I quickly found my niche: communicating with clients, providing superior service, and giving people quick, straightforward answers.
Thirty years later, that philosophy hasn't changed.
SERVICE is still #1. Pick up the phone. Communicate. Give people answers. Do what you say you're going to do. And take care of your clients.
Today, I’m incredibly grateful to be recognized as one of the top mortgage brokers in America, but I’m even more proud of the expert team we have built — people who truly care about service and work hard every day to help families fulfill the dream of homeownership.
Over 30 years, I’ve watched interest rates rise and fall, markets boom and crash, lending guidelines change, and the mortgage industry completely reinvent itself.
But great service never goes out of style.
To every client who trusted me, every Realtor and referral partner who believed in me, every member of our team, and all of my friends and family who have supported me along the way — THANK YOU.
30 years later, I’m still here. Still originating. Still competing. Still picking up the phone. And still loving what I do.
Here’s to the next chapter! 🇺🇸🏡🥂
Benji Gecy | Beaufort Lending
NMLS #302188
