
Kara Kelsen
Mortgage Loan Officer at Bell Bank · Peoria, AZ
NMLS ID 1607673 (opens in a new tab) · verify at NMLS Consumer Access
Based in Peoria, Arizona, Kara Kelsen (NMLS 1607673) is a Mortgage Loan Officer at Bell Bank, serving Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona and 30 more states. Kara's focus, from their own profile, includes down payment assistance, FHA loan and real estate investor.
Last verified . Sources: Bell Bank (bell.bank) and NMLS Consumer Access (license status, check live).
- 15 years experience (stated)
- Likely federally registered
- 33 states
- Unclaimed profile
- Disciplinary history not yet checked
Quick answers
- Is Kara licensed in Arizona?
- Bell Bank's page for Kara lists Arizona. LenDb has not checked it with the state regulator yet, so verify at NMLS Consumer Access. LenDb has 32 other states on file for Kara.
- Source: lender page (opens in a new tab)
- Does Kara do down payment assistance?
- Kara's profile lists down payment assistance as a focus (from their lender profile page). It also lists FHA loan, real estate investor and USDA loan.
- Source: lender page (opens in a new tab)
- What lender does Kara work for?
- Bell Bank, company NMLS 419538, from the Peoria, AZ office, per the lender's own site (verified 2026-10-16).
- Source: lender site (opens in a new tab)
- How much experience does Kara have?
- Kara states 15 years of experience.
- Source: the loan officer's own statement (opens in a new tab)
Specialties
Focus
- Focus: Down payment assistance(from their lender profile page)
- Focus: FHA loan(from their lender profile page)
- Focus: Real estate investor(from their lender profile page)
- Focus: USDA loan(from their lender profile page)
- Focus: VA loan(from their lender profile page)
- Focus: First-time buyer(from their lender profile page)
Where we saw these: bell.bank (opens in a new tab)
Focus is the loan officer's own: their bio, title, a certification or their own specialty list on their lender page, or what they report. Programs their lender offers are listed separately and never count as their focus in search.
Licensed states
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Lender-reported: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OK, OR, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY are listed on the lender page, not yet checked with the state regulator.
Likely federally registered: works at a bank. Federally registered MLOs aren't state-licensed; verify at NMLS (NMLS Consumer Access (opens in a new tab)).
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Employment history
Bell Bank NMLS 419538
Current · Peoria, AZ · seen on lender site 2026-10-16
Disciplinary history
Disciplinary history not yet checked by LenDb. Verify at NMLS Consumer Access (opens in a new tab).
Sources
| Name and employer | lender site · bell.bank (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Licensed states | lender site · bell.bank (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Specialties | lender site · bell.bank (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-26 |
| Contact | lender site · bell.bank (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-16 |
| Photo | lender site · bell.bank (opens in a new tab) | verified 2026-10-16 |
| License status | NMLS Consumer Access (opens in a new tab) | check live |
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Cite as: Kara Kelsen (NMLS 1607673), Bell Bank. LenDb.ai, https://lendb.ai/lo/kara-kelsen-1607673, last verified 2026-10-16.
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