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Samuel Castello

Executive Loan Officer at INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC

NMLS ID 2587066 (opens in a new tab) · verify at NMLS Consumer Access

Samuel Castello (NMLS 2587066) is an Executive Loan Officer at INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC, licensed in Florida since 2025 and in Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana and 8 more states. Samuel's focus, from their own profile, includes VA loan.

Last verified . Sources: INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC (independencehl.com), Florida state regulator, Colorado state regulator, Connecticut state regulator, Louisiana state regulator, Delaware state regulator, Arkansas state regulator, Oregon state regulator, Wisconsin state regulator, California state regulator, Maryland state regulator, Illinois state regulator, Nevada state regulator and NMLS Consumer Access (license status, check live).

Quick answers

Is Samuel licensed in Florida?
Yes. Florida regulator records list license LO135219 as active, first effective February 6, 2025 (verified 2026-10-15). LenDb has 11 other states on file for Samuel.
Source: Florida state regulator (opens in a new tab)
Does Samuel do VA loans?
Samuel's profile lists VA loan as a focus (from their lender profile page).
Source: lender page (opens in a new tab)
What lender does Samuel work for?
INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC, company NMLS 2524174, per the lender's own site (verified 2026-10-15).
Source: lender site (opens in a new tab)
How long has Samuel been licensed?
The earliest state license record LenDb holds for Samuel is from February 6, 2025 (Florida regulator). That is a record date from the rosters we hold, not proof of continuous licensure.
Source: Florida state regulator (opens in a new tab)

Specialties

Focus

Where we saw these: independencehl.com (opens in a new tab)

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Licensed states

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Florida, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Delaware, Arkansas, Oregon, Wisconsin, California, Maryland, Illinois, Nevada

✓ Confirmed with the state regulator: FL (opens in a new tab) (LO135219, first effective 2025-02-06), CO (opens in a new tab) (100541846, first effective 2025-04-08), CT (opens in a new tab) (LO-2587066), LA (opens in a new tab), DE (opens in a new tab), AR (opens in a new tab), OR (opens in a new tab), WI (opens in a new tab) (2587066, first effective 2026-05-05), CA DFPI (opens in a new tab) (CA-DFPI2587066, first effective 2025-04-03), MD (opens in a new tab), IL (opens in a new tab) (31.0089945, first effective 2025-05-08), NV (opens in a new tab) (NMLO-148162, first effective 2025-12-08), verified 2026-10-15.

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Employment history

  1. INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC NMLS 2524174

    Current · seen on lender site 2026-10-15

Disciplinary history

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About

Education
Finance degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio
Source (opens in a new tab), verified 2026-10-15
Also
Funded over 50 transactions, totaling more than $20 million in volume, in first mortgage year
Source (opens in a new tab), verified 2026-10-15

Sources

Name and employerlender site · independencehl.com (opens in a new tab)verified 2026-10-15
Licenses (regulator)state regulator · mld.nv.gov (opens in a new tab)verified 2026-10-31
Specialtieslender site · independencehl.com (opens in a new tab)verified 2026-10-26
Contactlender site · independencehl.com (opens in a new tab)verified 2026-10-15
Photolender site · independencehl.com (opens in a new tab)verified 2026-10-15
License statusNMLS Consumer Access (opens in a new tab)check live

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Cite as: Samuel Castello (NMLS 2587066), INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC. LenDb.ai, https://lendb.ai/lo/samuel-castello-2587066, last verified 2026-10-31.

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