Mike Harrell is a Branch Manager in Texas for Nationwide Equities. Mike has owned and managed one of the largest branches for a National Top 10 Lender for over 10 years.  He specialized in national origination via relationships with private equity entities and refinancing large segments of portfolios. He was charged with strategically balancing compliance under a bank-owned umbrella while overseeing a large scale production platform.  

Mike was aware his industry would change in mid-2006 and by early 2007 could see differences in lending patterns.  By mid-year 2008, he received approval from the bank’s executive team to build the reverse mortgage division.  Within 5 months that division was ranked within the Top 20 in the nation by volume.  Mike has been exclusively involved with reverse mortgage lending since early 2010.

Licensed to originate loans in Texas, Mike is passionate about his involvement within this industry and is honored to work for Nationwide Equities, one of the Nation’s Top Reverse Mortgage Lenders.  Mike was an approved CE (Continuing Education) instructor by the Texas Real Estate Commission for 5 years and instructed countless classes of real estate agents regarding the HECM for Purchase Program.

Mike is married to his wife Bobbie of 23 years and has 3 daughters, Jackye, Paige, and Michael Nichole (Mikie). His involvement with the senior demographic has made him an ardent supporter of their education and preparedness for a drastically different world than we know today.