Rylan was born in the Philippines on Clark AFB where his father was deployed as an Air Force Pilot. He didn’t know it at the time, but growing up in a military family would give him the unique perspective of the lifestyle of his future clients. In 2010, Rylan relocated back to Hawaii, where shortly after a friend introduced him to the mortgage industry. In just three years, Rylan became branch manager of their Hawaii branch. Rylan almost exclusively focused on VA loans, in fact 98% of all business was VA for his the first five years. He grew a passion for helping veterans fully understand the power of their entitlement with the VA Home Loan Benefit, and embraced the mantra of one of his mentors, “If it helps the Veteran, and doesn’t harm the company – we’re going to do it”. Since joining the mortgage industry, Rylan has expanded his area of expertise to include Conventional, FHA, Investment, and Jumbo loans and has helped over 1000 families purchase or refinance their home.

When Rylan is not educating future homeowners and getting them into their dream home, he enjoys spending time with his wife Kira, his daughter Camryn, stepdaughter Kaylee and his two fur-babies Malu the German Shepard and Preslee the Bernedoodle. He enjoys the outdoors, hiking, snowboarding/skiing, training with firearms, traveling and even games on PC a bit.

VVA3 is the second rank achieved. With these professionals they have reviewed the VA Lender Handbook’s second half and another series of courses which total time to complete often surpass 12 hours of training. The goal of the courses and test series is the same as the series taken for VVA2, to break down the knowledge and challenge the fortitude of character of the professional. Not only have they completed two series of tests to qualify them for this rank, but we are also teaching them soft skills in communication. We are preparing our professionals to lead for your sake. How to lead correctly and not by hiding behind the shinnies on their collars or some statement of “I’ve been doing this for so many years!” Leaders worth following have a mission worth following and lead with compassion for those following them. The most outstanding leaders have the heart to serve those under them. Our goal in creating Vetted VA is educating our professionals so they may take care of your needs and educate you with correct information to ensure that no matter what you are facing - you are well prepared to engage professionals with right and true resourced answers. All of our tests require 90% or higher to pass, and we cause failure to ensure our professionals are prepared to take on almost any situation.

At this rank you will now find these professionals on our map at VettedVA.com. You will find these professionals moderating in our Facebook Group of Vetted VA for the Veteran and Active-Duty servicemembers and our Facebook Group of Vetted VA for Professional Support. They are required to encounter every question and impact point as they did with the testing mechanism - with cited and sourced answers the inform and equip the community to be their own best advocate when working with any other professional. These professionals in VVA3 rank serve in Squads and Fire Teams to ensure there is active watch and engagement at all times. They are held accountable for presence, engagement, and performance.