Anytime Estimate Authors

Steve Nicastro

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

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.

Michael Warford

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.

Laurie Richards

Laurie Richards is a writer and editor with seven years of editorial experience, specializing in home lending and higher education.

Mariia Kislitsyna

Mariia Kislitsyna is a content writer who helps home buyers and real estate investors navigate the complexities of property markets and financing.

Lorraine Roberte

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.

Katy Baker

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.

Jaime Dunaway-Seale

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.

Franklin Schneider

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.

Luke Williams

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.

Lydia Kibet

With over six years of experience, Lydia has collaborated with finance professionals to create educational content that bridges the gap between expert knowledge and everyday financial decisions.

Erin Cogswell

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.

Savannah Minnery

Savannah is a freelance writer and editor specializing in real estate and housing-related content. She focuses on helping renters, homeowners, and buyers understand complex topics like property management, finances, state and local laws, and real estate trends.

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.

Josh Bradley

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

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

Jacob Barch is a highly respected and trusted loan officer known for delivering exceptional results at every stage of the lending process.

Jason Rusinak

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

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

Cody is a former top-performing vice president at one of the largest mortgage lenders in the country.

Bernie Frascarelli

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

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

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

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

Matthew Oetting is an executive loan officer at Best Interest Financial, where he helps homebuyers confidently purchase and refinance their homes.

Luke Wheldon

Luke Wheldon is an executive loan officer at Best Interest Financial, where he helps homebuyers purchase and refinance their homes.