Eric's Team
	Mortgage Planner Lorraine Packett | email Direct Dial:301-610-5265     Direct Fax: 240-268-3353
	Loan Processor Petra Payso | email Direct Dial:301-610-5452     Direct Fax: 301-610-5495

Eric Gates is co-founder and President of Apex Home Loans, Inc. in Bethesda , MD. Prior to starting Apex, Eric was Vice President and Operations Manager at Finance America Corporation, a local wholesale lender. He helped start Finance America for the owners of that company after being a top Loan Officer at City Federal Funding. Eric has been originating residential mortgage loans since 1993 and managing mortgage operations since 1996. He is among the select few mortgage brokers in the United States to earn the National Association of Mortgage Brokers' Certified Residential Mortgage Specialist designation, an accomplishment achieved by less than 1% of mortgage brokers nationwide. In 2006, he also obtained the Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist designation, which represents a specialization in working with Financial Planners and CPA's and allows him to provide continuing education courses to Certified Financial Planners.

Eric is a member of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers and the Maryland Association of Mortgage Brokers, where he is on the Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Association's state Legislative Committee. He is also a member of The Greater Washington Board of Trade and that association's Maryland Political Action Committee, The Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals, The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, The Fairfax County Chamber or Commerce and The Better Business Bureau. Eric holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University in Medford , Massachusetts and lives in Potomac , MD with his wife and three children.

Eric's Team
	Mortgage Planner Lorraine Packett | email Direct Dial:301-610-5265     Direct Fax: 240-268-3353
	Loan Processor Petra Payso | email Direct Dial:301-610-5452     Direct Fax: 301-610-5495

Eric Gates is co-founder and President of Apex Home Loans, Inc. in Bethesda , MD. Prior to starting Apex, Eric was Vice President and Operations Manager at Finance America Corporation, a local wholesale lender. He helped start Finance America for the owners of that company after being a top Loan Officer at City Federal Funding. Eric has been originating residential mortgage loans since 1993 and managing mortgage operations since 1996. He is among the select few mortgage brokers in the United States to earn the National Association of Mortgage Brokers' Certified Residential Mortgage Specialist designation, an accomplishment achieved by less than 1% of mortgage brokers nationwide. In 2006, he also obtained the Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist designation, which represents a specialization in working with Financial Planners and CPA's and allows him to provide continuing education courses to Certified Financial Planners.

Eric is a member of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers and the Maryland Association of Mortgage Brokers, where he is on the Board of Directors and is the Chair of the Association's state Legislative Committee. He is also a member of The Greater Washington Board of Trade and that association's Maryland Political Action Committee, The Capitol Hill Association of Merchants and Professionals, The Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce, The Fairfax County Chamber or Commerce and The Better Business Bureau. Eric holds a B.A. in Economics from Tufts University in Medford , Massachusetts and lives in Potomac , MD with his wife and three children.