Randy Teakell (VV4) is a long time Veteran Advocate specializing in VA Loan Education, passionate about guiding Veterans to achieve home ownership.

Randy Teakell has been in lending since June 1989 – primarily in a leadership position leading highly successful teams with passion, integrity and exceptional customer service. Randy has always been renowned as a great communicator, problem solver and a ready and willing resource for other professionals needing help navigating the VA loan guidelines and procedures.

As a long time Texas mortgage advisor, Randy is exceptionally knowledgeable about Texas lending laws – especially Texas Tax code law pertaining to 100 percent exemptions from property taxes mandated for Veterans awarded 100 percent disability rating or determination of individual unemployability by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Randy’s customer service commitment to his community remains strong after whatever initial transaction and continues as a resource long after the loan is closed.

Randy’s main goal is achieving a positive long lasting relationship with the families his team serves by delivering excellent value through a consultative approach involving strong communication and expert advice in a very nicely priced offering.

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.