Say hello to Stephanie Safholm, the loan officer who focuses on helping service members and veterans at HI Velocity Mortgage! With years of experience in the mortgage industry, Stephanie is dedicated to providing her clients with a customized experience, clear and efficient communication, and education about the home buying process.

Stephanie has years of experience working primarily with veteran and active duty borrowers, which has positioned her to offer the best options, whether using their VA loan or another loan product. As a proud Vetted mortgage professional with VettedVA, she is committed to providing the highest level of service to this community.

Stephanie has been a loan officer since 2016 and worked for several lenders before realizing working for an independent mortgage brokerage was the best way to serve her clients!! Before specializing in the mortgage industry she received a Master’s Degree in Education and worked in the field for 20 years as an instructor, admissions advisor, and educational consultant. She lives on the North Shore of Oahu with her husband and son.

Working with Stephanie starts with a phone call or text! 808-388-6072.

You are in the right place if:
*You want to purchase or refinance a home in Hawaii or Washington State.
*You are seeking a dedicated loan officer and company that puts you first.
*You expect a high level of integrity and ethics in a mortgage company you work with.
*You would like the opportunity to get wholesale rates.
*You are looking for a trusted mortgage advisor, educator, VA Loan specialist.

VVA4s are the professionals have earned this rank with time in service as well as exceeding minimum performance standards of VVA3. They have served a minimum of six months as a VVA3, met all performance metrics, and continued to submit their accountability tracking on time regularly. They will answer every question perfectly in accordance with the VA Lender Handbook guidelines, VA resources and, not just one lender's overlays. During these 6 months we are testing their hearts and minds. They will be the embodiment of our institutional core values of honor, courage, and commitment. We want to see the best showing up in VVA4; we want to see how they engage you, respond to your direct questions, and respond to questions that could benefit them but they will never take an individual position to gain through solicitation. We aim to achieve the change we want to find for you and protect you as a Veteran and Active Service Member. Changing the hearts and minds of those helping you is the only authentic way to make a difference. No regulation or rules will help because people are still the same in trying to find easy ways around rules. VVA4 are there to serve you because you serve our Country.

At VVA4 the professional will be eligible to serve as a Squad Leader. This challenge is to begin training peer to peer leadership in a unique way. These peers are not employees, they are not subordinates, they are unique peers that choose to follow and whose leadership must be earned. The minimum time spent in VVA4 will be approximately 1 year.