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    Est. 2005

    Built from grit.Scaled through systems.

    In 2009, while other brokerages shut their doors, we doubled down on ours. That resilience is what you get when you work with us today.

    The Story

    In 2009, the mortgage world collapsed. Brokerages shuttered. Big banks retreated. Most of the industry gave up on small borrowers.

    Corrina didn't.

    She saw a gap — and filled it. Not with gimmicks, but with grit. By showing up when no one else would. By saying yes when banks said no.

    2 decades later, CMS Mortgage is a nationally licensed brokerage with a reputation for doing things differently: faster closes, clearer communication, and a team that treats every file like it matters — because it does.

    Corrina Carter, Founder & CEO of CMS Mortgage

    Corrina Carter

    Founder & CEO

    The Journey

    2005
    Founded
    2005

    Founded

    Started in a small office with a big vision.

    2009
    The Pivot
    2009

    The Pivot

    Doubled down on service when the market crashed.

    2015
    Expansion
    2015

    Expansion

    Expanded licensing to 15+ states nationwide.

    2020
    Tech Transformation
    2020

    Tech Transformation

    Fully digitized the loan process.

    2024
    Top 50
    2024

    Top 50

    Ranked as a Top 50 Brokerage.

    Our G.R.O.W.T.H. Values

    Not words on a wall. How we operate every day.

    GGenuine Integrity

    Transparent dashboards everyone on the team can see. Wins and misses both, on the record. Zero tolerance for shading the truth, internally with each other or externally with clients. If you can't defend it on the record, we don't ship it.

    RResilience

    Bounce-back bonuses for comeback quarters. Failure stories celebrated in all-hands, not buried. We hire operators who take a hit and run it back: ops, processing, sales, leadership, all of it.

    OOwn Your Path

    You own your scope. No dual-approval bureaucracy, no "check with your manager" to ship a thing. Monthly personal scorecard reviews, not to micromanage you, but to make sure we're holding up our end of the deal.

    WWork as Family

    Peer mentorship is the default, not a program you have to opt into. Team wins beat individual stats every time: in comp decisions, in promotions, in who we invite back next quarter. Nobody who wants to grow gets left behind.

    TThink Bigger

    Quarterly vision sessions where everyone, not just leadership, pitches what's next. Growth bonuses tied to outcomes, not titles. Named leadership pathways from every seat in the company.

    HHospitality First

    Every teammate treats the next link in the chain like a client, even when the "client" is the teammate sitting next to you. Internal NPS tracked. Service excellence rewarded. We don't separate "customer-facing" from "real work."

    The humans in charge

    Real people who built something real.

    Corrina Carter

    Corrina Carter

    Owner / CEO

    "Building dreams one mortgage at a time"

    Founded CMS in 2005, survived 2008/2009, and built it into a Top 50 national brokerage through grit.

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    Deshawn Smith

    Deshawn Smith

    COO

    "The systems architect"

    Runs CMS operations, making sure every loan officer has the tools and systems to grow.

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    Amorette Hernandez

    Amorette Hernandez

    Growth Architect

    "Making mortgages easy"

    Drives growth and recruits top-producing loan officers to the CMS family.

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    Dora Gonzalez

    Dora Gonzalez

    Strategic Operations Explorer

    "Operations excellence"

    Keeps every loan moving from application to closing with sharp attention to detail.

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    Last updated May 13, 2026·Reviewed by Corrina Carter

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