Kent Schrader is a Loan Officer with Assurance Financial in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The best part of working for Assurance besides offering a huge assortment of mortgage loan options, he says, is being able to use technology to help agents expand their name recognition, give their listings greater exposure in the marketplace, and win more listings. By helping agents improve and automate some of their marketing and close more business, he believes his loan business will ultimately benefit as well.

Baton Rouge-based Assurance entered the Virginia Market in January 2017 with a top-notch operations process, offering a full range of traditional loan options plus a number of "non-QM" loans and an outstanding construction loan program.

Following 25+ years as a commercial loan officer, Kent moved into residential lending in late 2015. In his former role, he focused primarily on lending for land development, churches, and hotels. He also taught accredited college-level banking courses as an instructor for the American Institute of Banking for over 20 years.