Anytime Estimate Authors
Steve Nicastro
Content Lead
Steve Nicastro is a managing editor and mortgage and housing finance specialist at Best Interest Financial, where he helps home buyers, homeowners, and real estate investors make sense of mortgages and financing decisions.
Jennifer Calonia
Contributing Writer
Jennifer Calonia is a contributing writer at Best Interest Financial. She has more than 10 years of experience helping readers navigate their everyday money challenges so they feel more informed and empowered to take action toward their financial goals.
Franklin Schneider
Contributing Writer
Franklin Schneider is a contributing writer at Best Interest Financial, where he writes on consumer-facing real estate topics, market trends, affordability, and technology impact.
Mariia Kislitsyna
Contributing Writer
Mariia Kislitsyna is a content writer who helps home buyers and real estate investors navigate the complexities of property markets and financing.
Lorraine Roberte
Contributing Writer
Lorraine Roberte is a finance writer at Best Interest Financial, where she translates complex mortgage and homeownership topics into clear, actionable guidance that helps readers make confident financial decisions.
Michael Warford
Contributing Writer
Michael Warford is a real estate contributor at Best Interest Financial, where he helps home buyers, homeowners, and real estate investors better understand mortgages and other housing issues.
Katy Baker
Content Writer
Katy Baker is a content writer for Best Interest Financial and Clever Real Estate, covering a wide variety of real estate topics ranging from mortgages to non-traditional home sales.
Nick Pisano
Nick Pisano is a data writer for Best Interest Financial, where he provides analysis of housing- and real estate-related topics and writes about surveys of home buyers, sellers, and real estate agents.
Erin Cogswell
Contributing Writer
Erin Cogswell covers a variety of topics related to buying and selling a home. She has 20 years of writing and copyediting experience in journalism and marketing.
Luke Williams
Contributing Writer
Luke Williams is a real estate writer and market analyst at Best Interest Financial, where he covers residential and commercial housing trends, market data, agent models, and homebuyer economics to help consumers make smarter real estate decisions.
Jaime Dunaway-Seale
Content Writer
Jaime Dunaway-Seale is a PR writer and strategist at Best Interest Financial, where she writes data-driven reports on personal finance, housing affordability, and buyer behavior.
Laurie Richards
Contributing Writer
Laurie Richards is a writer and editor with seven years of editorial experience, specializing in home lending and higher education.
Jason Rusinak
Expert Reviewer, Mortgage
With more than 20 years of expertise in mortgage and real estate lending, Jason provides a special combination of market knowledge, strategic leadership, and first-hand knowledge.
Sean Manning
Executive Loan Officer
Sean Manning is an executive loan officer with over a decade of experience helping clients navigate the mortgage process with clarity, confidence, and ease.
Cody Schuiteboer
President and CEO
Cody is a former top-performing vice president at one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.
Bernie Frascarelli
VP and Loan Officer
Bernie is a former high-performing leader at one of the largest lenders in the country. He now brings his expertise and dedication to Best Interest Financial.
John Donikian
VP and Loan Officer
John is a top-producing loan officer and leader with nearly a decade of success at one of the nation’s largest lenders.
Cara Haynes
Managing Editor
Cara Haynes is a managing editor for Best Interest Financial. She's passionate about making real estate accessible to empower more people to own homes and build household wealth.
Amber Taufen
Writer
Amber Taufen is a personal finance and mortgage writer and editor at Best Interest Mortgage, where she helps home buyers and homeowners make confident decisions about mortgages, refinancing, and the true cost of buying and owning a home.
Matthtew Oetting
Executive Loan Officer
Matthew Oetting is an executive loan officer at Best Interest Financial, where he helps homebuyers confidently purchase and refinance their homes.
Luke Wheldon
Executive Loan Officer
Luke Wheldon is an executive loan officer at Best Interest Financial, where he helps homebuyers purchase and refinance their homes.
Josh Bradley
Executive Loan Originator
Josh Bradley is an Executive Loan Originator at Best Interest Financial, where he helps new home buyers and current homeowners navigate mortgage options and make confident financing decisions.
Corey Hansen
Executive Loan Officer
Corey Hansen is a top-performing executive loan officer with a proven track record at one of the nation’s largest lending institutions, along with prior experience as director of purchase at a leading Michigan-based brokerage.
Jacob Barch
Executive Loan Officer
Jacob Barch is a highly respected and trusted loan officer known for delivering exceptional results at every stage of the lending process.