Our Team

Meet our team

The West Coast Lending Team consists of industry veterans who are striving to provide the most user friendly loan origination experience available. With over 30 years of combined experience, and a proprietary loan system, we have what it takes to get consumers the best loans on the most efficient time scales.

Richard Porter

President/Loan Officer

Richard started his real estate career in 2002. He holds an MA in organizational leadership, and has managed both companies, and troops in Afghanistan as an Army Captain. His dedication to quality and growth management has led to West Coast Lending team tripling its production in the last 8 months alone. Richard@wclteam.com

Sara Porter

CFO/Loan Officer

Sara started in the real estate industry in 2002 and has held just about every position possible starting as an office manager and moving into processing within a year. She decided to get her license in 2005 so that she would be better equipped to help clients through the loan process. Richard and Sara opened their own brokerage in 2006 and Sara has been the team lead, mortgage originator and manager since. Sara stands out from the competition because she actually educates clients throughout the process so that they know they are getting the best service possible. Sara@wclteam.com

Maegen Sanders

Process specialist/Pipeline Dev

Maegen has worked for both big box brokerages and startup mortgage companies. She specializes in processing and funding pipelines, which enables West Coast Lending team to rapidly get Loans through, and reducing stressful delays. Maegen@wclteam.com

Ryan Schattner

Loan Originator/Software development

Licensed in 2007 Ryan has experience in real estate sales and mortgage loans. He became a broker in 2010. With a lot of experience dealing with institutional clients, he has experience doing high volumes of business making which made him a top producer 3 years into the the business. Ryan@wclteam.com

Want to join the team?

Are you smart, willing to learn quickly, and know how real estate merges with technology? Maybe you have a track record, or a product portfolio you can show us? We are always on the look out for the best and brightest who want to disrupt the way loans are originated. If this is you, drop us a message about yourself and how you want to push the industry forward.