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Loan Consultant AJ Befumo Joins Top Vine Mortgage

Apr 13, 2017
Top Vine Mortgage Services LLC has added Sheila Fourman as a Loan Officer to their team. Fourman joins Top Vine with nearly 30 years of real estate and mortgage industry experience

Top Vine Mortgage Services LLC has announced the addition of Loan Consultant Andrew (AJ) Befumo Jr. to their mortgage team.
“A.J. comes to us with a solid reputation and over a decade of both mortgage wholesale and retail lending experience,” said Tom Pasckvale, managing partner at Top Vine. “His business practices, product knowledge and superior customer service meld nicely with our philosophy. We’re very pleased to have someone of AJ’s character join the Top Vine team.”
 
Previously, Befumo worked as a branch manager at Equity Source Home Loans and was a wholesale mortgage account executive with Option One Mortgage Corporation.
 
“I am excited to bring value to Top Vine's winning team,” said Befumo. “I met Managing Partners Tom & Vinnie Cervo while working with Top Vine as a wholesale account executive. We share the same vision of offering every borrower the best possible mortgage.”
 
Cervo added, “We are very excited to have a seasoned loan officer like AJ join us. He brings a wealth of industry knowledge, in addition, he is a certified digital marketer, so we look forward to his contributions and having him represent Top Vine.”
 
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