Ron James has been promoted to team lead at Kind Lending, LLC, a wholesale mortgage lender headquartered in Santa Anna, Calif. James is recognized for his consistency, patience, and positive attitude, which his peers say make him a valuable leader and resource for mortgage brokers.
A privately-owned mortgage banking group founded in 2020 by entrepreneur Glenn Stearns, Kind Lending offers a variety of loan products including VA, jumbo, USDA, and Non-QM loans through its KindTPO channel for mortgage brokers and its retail lending channel for direct-to-consumer business.
James’s expertise includes helping brokers qualify borrowers, and he is a point of contact for clients and internal operations. “Ron leads with empathy, focus, and follow-through. His team respects him. Our brokers rely on him,” wrote Kind Lending’s Chief Production Officer, Delfino Aguilar, in a post on LinkedIn.
“And I trust him completely in this next chapter,” Delfino added.
Kind Account Executive Tina Bentley congratulated James as well. “Well deserved, my friend, you always have the answers and with a smile too,” she wrote in a comment. “Thank you for all you do for us and our brokers every day!”
In its own post on LinkedIn, the lender praised James’s “consistency, patience, and true ‘can-do’ spirit [that] make him the kind of leader our brokers can count on.”
Kind Lending describes its “family of diverse and talented Kind Ambassadors" as "the driving force behind our new approach to the mortgage experience.”
The company contends it is trying to “forge a new identity in the wholesale lending and mortgage banking space” in which it is “building an upbeat, collaborative environment where a team of sharp minds will bring out the best in each other.”
It’s not just the people at Kind Lending, however. The company leverages technology along with its employee-centric approach, targeting delivery of a seamless, more efficient — yet, again, still very human — loan process.
