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We serve clients in all 50 states from our world headquarters in beautiful Portland, Oregon.

Our office

Our office is located on the ground floor of Washington High School (aka Revolution Hall 🎸🤘) at 1300 SE Stark St, #111 in Portland, OR 97214.

If you plan to visit us in person, please let us know when you’ll be stopping by so we don’t miss you.

Our building is dog-friendly and wheelchair accessible. 🐕🧑‍🦽


Team Directory

Loan Officers

Julee Felsman
SVP of Mortgage Lending / Branch Manager
NMLS# 120831
she/her
503-799-3711
juleef@rate.com

Tom Douglas
Licensed Sales Assistant
NMLS# 751973
he/him
503-766-6522
tom.douglas@rate.com

Tina Lucatorta
AVP of Mortgage Lending
NMLS# 1964467
she/her
503-334-3645
tina.lucatorta@rate.com

April Potter
VP of Mortgage Lending/Branch Manager
NMLS# 116288
she/her
503-606-8555
april.potter@rate.com

Jorah Price
AVP of Mortgage Lending
NMLS# 670152
he/him
503-433-3417
jorah.price@rate.com

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David Benjamin
Mortgage Consultant
NMLS# 228792
he/him
503-660-3852
david.benjamin@rate.com

Susie Thiessen
Loan Coordinator
she/her
503-553-3035
susan.thiessen@rate.com

Vanessa Harrison
Associate Underwriter
949-359-7031
vanessa.harrison@rate.com

Operations

McKenzie Dhyr-Arnold
Licensed Production Manager
NMLS# 217455
he/him
503-766-6523
mda@rate.com

Megan Nickelson
Licensed Sales Assistant
NMLS# 1920783
she/her
503-334-0552
megan.nickelson@rate.com

Ashley Summers
Business Development Coordinator
503-765-9956
ashley.summers@rate.com

Find us on YouTube!

We have a growing knowledge base of videos covering every aspect of the mortgage process. Whether you’re a first-time buyer or a seasoned investor, self-employed, going through a divorce, starting to plan or already in the middle of your purchase, we are working to demystify the mortgage process and share what we’ve learned over decades.

When you’re done exploring, don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss new videos!

Explore our PDF library…

We have a library of PDFs that you can download, with in-depth explanations of some of the more mystifying parts of the mortgage process.

Closing costs paid by the seller, home loan closing

Downloadable PDF

Seller Costs

FICO scores, credit bureaus, credit score improvement, processing, underwriting

Downloadable PDF

Your FICO
scores

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The Workshop Team are Employees of Rate, Inc.