Since launching his career in mortgage lending thirteen years ago, Dan Carson has devoted himself to bettering the lives of everyone around him. Now an Area Manager and Senior Vice President for OriginPoint, Dan holds the dual role of managing a branch with 25 employees and being a top-producing loan officer. In both roles, his goal remains the same: to make a positive impact. As a leader, Dan is focused on helping his employees create the lives of their dreams. As a loan officer, his goal is to help his clients achieve the American dream of homeownership. 

As Dan shares, “If I can leave this rock a little better than when I arrived, I've done my job.”

Dan’s mortgage lending career began in 2010. He spent the first seven years of his career in business development, recruiting, and executive leadership, developing a passion for helping other loan originators grow their businesses by becoming the type of leader that puts others before himself. 

In 2017, Dan transitioned into becoming the National Head of Sales and helped his company quintuple its production while starting to originate loans on the side. In early 2023, he joined OriginPoint to help the company grow its local and national footprint.

“During my years in the industry, I noticed a lot of people were in our business for the wrong reasons. I developed a passion for helping people find homeownership with integrity,” Dan explains. “I saw a lot of originators that were nonchalant about how they worked with clients. My team has care and consideration. I wanted people that were passionate, problem solvers, and wanted to grow by helping other people grow. We get to help people achieve the American dream, and I want to have a group of people that help others do that for the right reasons — for it to be about the passion of helping people.”

Serving with OriginPoint

After several years with Willow Bend Mortgage, Dan transitioned his team to OriginPoint early in 2023. He cherished his time with Willow Bend but ultimately felt the time was right to move on. OriginPoint gives Dan and his team the best opportunity to serve clients in the way they desire.

“It was the right opportunity, right time,” he says. “We can give agents and their customers the best experience they can have from a customer service and relationships standpoint.”

Dan’s team takes a creative approach to support their partner real estate agents. They focus on helping agents grow their production through outside-the-box solutions, like co-branded closing gifts, strategy building, and pipeline management services. They underwrite all loans up front, so the preapproval process is airtight. The OriginPoint operations and appraisal teams are local, ensuring they remain in close contact with every step of the loan approval process.

“We want to help agents grow their production by giving their clients the most positive experience possible. For example, we have one person whose job is specifically to manage the client experience, making sure every client feels like the only client we have,” Dan says.

Dan grew up without much material wealth, and he was even homeless for a time as an adult. That journey has inspired him to create a different future for his family. He has two young children, Cade (10) and Olivia (8). 

“I want my kids to have the life I didn't have,” Dan says, “and I want to provide my agents with the opportunity to give the same to their families. My personal mission statement is to make people's lives better for being a part of it. Sometimes that means giving people difficult feedback as well as loving care and support, but either way, I want people's lives to be better for me being a part of it. I want my legacy to be one of helping people grow and achieve things that maybe they didn't even know they could achieve.