Loan Officer Title - Walker & Dunlop

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Anybody have any insights into a role like one at Walker & Dunlop?

Comp, growth prospects, upside, etc. Appreciate any insights, thank you!

https://walkerdunlop.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/…

Johnny Debt · Accepted Answer

I work at a GSE shop on the underwriting so can’t speak exactly to the position, but I work closely with production so have a little insight. As far as responsibilities, it varies team to team but analysts/loan officers are usually in charge of the initial write up and underwriting. As you get promoted and work you’re way up, you will become more of a producer, going out and getting deals/clients. However, it is very team dependent because I work with some very lean production teams, where everyone does a little of everything.

lemickey · Answer

Short answer: No, loan officers/associate directors are not originators. They support originators.

I’m not able to get into the details of a loan officer’s comp because WD really does split GSE from CM even though it’s largely the same work (models are the same, UW is the same, etc.) so there’s a chance the pay structure is different.

I can give you details on Associate Director comp and work roles within the CM group though. AD’s are essentially the transaction managers within a production team. Think of a team with 3 originators.

Brody92 · Answer

Thank you! Appreciate the info. The AD's having analysts doing the grunt work is interesting. Because reading the job description, it made it seem that the loan officer (or AD) will be the one doing the preliminary sizings, preparing narratives, getting quotes, etc. That made it seem like the same type of work a production analyst does. I have 5 years of experience doing just that, so I was looking to step up.

lemickey · Answer

Essentially, the AD and analysts are on the same team putting together the same work, it’s up to the AD to decide how that workload is split (keep in mind people switch jobs all the time so there will be times when the AD is the only “analyst” on the team, thus they will be doing all of the work.

As per WD tech, it’s the best out there I’d say. I was able to size a 300+unit deal in roughly 45 minutes and that includes pulling taxes from the county website lol.

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