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  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lang/fa/virginia",
  "summary": "As of 2026-10-09, LenDb lists 1 loan officer licensed in or based in Virginia whose lender pages say they speak Persian (Farsi). The top-ranked is Ali Shariat (Loan Factory). Ranking is lender-neutral: a license in VA, branch location, experience and profile completeness. Nobody pays for placement. Languages come only from loan officers' own lender pages, and most lender pages do not list languages. A loan officer missing from this list may still speak it: not listed means not stated, not that they do not speak it.",
  "language": "fa",
  "state": "VA",
  "total": 1,
  "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
  "results": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "score": 25.5,
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        "slug": "ali-shariat-1969265",
        "full_name": "Ali Shariat",
        "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ali-shariat-1969265",
        "json_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ali-shariat-1969265.json",
        "lender": {
          "nmls_id": 320841,
          "name": "Loan Factory",
          "slug": "loan-factory-320841",
          "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loan-factory-320841",
          "type": "broker"
        },
        "branch": {
          "city": null,
          "state": null
        },
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        "licensed_states": [
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          "MD",
          "TX",
          "VA"
        ],
        "licenses": [
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            "state": "CA",
            "confidence": "confirmed"
          },
          {
            "state": "MD",
            "confidence": "confirmed"
          },
          {
            "state": "TX",
            "confidence": "confirmed"
          },
          {
            "state": "VA",
            "confidence": "lender_reported"
          }
        ],
        "federal_registration_likely": false,
        "languages": [
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          "fa"
        ],
        "specialties": [
          {
            "slug": "investor",
            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
          },
          {
            "slug": "first-time-buyer",
            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
          }
        ],
        "lender_offers": [],
        "years_licensed": null,
        "earliest_license_record": {
          "date": "2020-11-24",
          "state": "TX"
        },
        "licensed_since": {
          "year": 2020,
          "state": "TX"
        },
        "years_experience": null,
        "lender_profile_url": "https://www.loanfactory.com/mortgage-expert/ali-shariat-1969265",
        "disciplinary_check": "not_checked"
      },
      "reasons": [
        "Speaks Persian (Farsi) (lender page, verified 2026-10-09)",
        "VA listed on their lender page (not yet checked with the state regulator; verify at NMLS)",
        "Earliest state license record: November 24, 2020 (Texas), per state regulator"
      ],
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ali-shariat-1969265",
      "license_check": {
        "state": "VA",
        "confidence": "lender_reported",
        "eligible": true,
        "label": "VA listed on their lender page (not yet checked with the state regulator; verify at NMLS)",
        "verified_at": "2026-10-09",
        "source_url": "https://www.loanfactory.com/mortgage-expert/ali-shariat-1969265"
      }
    }
  ]
}