Brent Busch
About Brent
Brent Busch is a Senior Loan Originator at BLG Home Mortgage and Vice President of Growth at Edge Home Finance, LLC, the brokerage BLG operates under. He is licensed to originate mortgage loans in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida, and has ranked #1 in Minnesota by closed loan units through United Wholesale Mortgage three consecutive years running: 2023, 2024, and 2025.
That ranking is measured in units — loans closed — rather than dollar volume. The distinction matters: average loan amounts in the Twin Cities metro run higher than in Southern Minnesota, so a dollar-volume ranking measures the price of the houses more than the number of families served. Units is the cleaner measure of how many people actually got to a closing table.
Brent has spent years walking families through the largest financial decision most of them will ever make. His practice centers on straightforward advice: explaining every option on the table, flagging the trade-offs that borrowers usually find out about too late, and being candid when a loan does not make sense.
Because Edge Home Finance, LLC is a broker rather than a direct lender, Brent is not limited to one institution's products. He submits a borrower's file to a network of wholesale lenders and matches it to the program built for that borrower's specific situation — which matters most on the files that do not fit a standard box.
He works with the full range of borrowers: W-2 employees, self-employed borrowers and 1099 earners, veterans using VA benefits, first-time buyers, move-up buyers, and investors. Conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, jumbo, new construction, and one-time-close construction financing are all in regular rotation. There is no borrower profile he sends elsewhere.
Brent originates throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida. He also works with real estate referral partners across the full Edge Home Finance, LLC footprint — 49 states and the District of Columbia, excluding New York. When a borrower's property sits outside the three states Brent is personally licensed in, that borrower is introduced to an Edge Home Finance, LLC originator licensed in their state, who handles the file. The office is in Mankato, but the practice is not limited to it.
- Name
- Brent Busch
- Title
- Senior Loan Originator, BLG Home Mortgage; Vice President of Growth, Edge Home Finance, LLC
- Individual NMLS ID
- #1626669
- Company
- Edge Home Finance, LLC — NMLS #891464
- Branch
- BLG Home Mortgage (Busch/Lawrence Group) — Branch NMLS #2586240
- Production ranking
- #1 in Minnesota by closed loan units through United Wholesale Mortgage in 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Licensed to originate in
- Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida
- Office
- 110 East Liberty Street
Mankato, MN 56001 - Phone
- (507) 351-0581
- brent@buschlawrencegroup.com
- Programs handled
- Verify this licensing
- nmlsconsumeraccess.org
Last reviewed: August 2026
Questions people ask about working with Brent
Direct answers, in Brent's own practice. Nothing here is a commitment to lend.
Which states can Brent Busch originate loans in?
Brent is individually licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida under NMLS #1626669. He can take an application and originate a loan for property in those three states. If your property is elsewhere, he will refer you to a licensed Edge Home Finance, LLC originator in that state. Edge Home Finance, LLC does not originate loans for property in New York.
How does Brent Busch's loan production rank in Minnesota?
He has ranked #1 in Minnesota by closed loan units through United Wholesale Mortgage three consecutive years running: 2023, 2024, and 2025. UWM has been the largest wholesale mortgage lender in the country for eleven consecutive years. The ranking counts loans closed rather than dollars lent — units, not volume.
What kinds of borrowers does Brent Busch work with?
All of them. W-2 employees, self-employed borrowers and 1099 earners, veterans using VA benefits, first-time buyers, move-up buyers, and investors. Income documentation differs by borrower type — a W-2 file runs on pay stubs and W-2s, a self-employed file may run on tax returns or bank statement programs — but neither is harder to place than the other. What matters is matching the file to the right wholesale lender, which is what a broker does.
What loan programs does Brent Busch handle?
Conventional loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, USDA, jumbo, new construction and one-time-close construction financing, bank statement and alternative-documentation programs, fixed-rate and adjustable-rate mortgages, and refinances including rate-and-term and cash-out. Program availability depends on the wholesale lender, the borrower, and the property.
How do I verify Brent Busch's mortgage license?
Look up NMLS #1626669 at nmlsconsumeraccess.org, the federal system of record for mortgage licensing. It will show current license status, every state the license is held in, and any disciplinary history. You can look up Edge Home Finance, LLC at NMLS #891464 the same way. We encourage you to check ours and anyone else you are considering.
Can Brent Busch help me if my property isn't in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or Florida?
Yes, through a referral. Brent is personally licensed in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Florida, and he maintains referral relationships across the full Edge Home Finance, LLC footprint — 49 states and the District of Columbia, excluding New York. If your property is outside his three states, he will introduce you to an Edge Home Finance, LLC originator licensed where your property is, and that originator takes the application and originates the loan. Edge Home Finance, LLC does not arrange, solicit, or originate mortgage loans for real property located in the State of New York.
Does Brent Busch quote rates over the phone?
He will talk through what a scenario looks like, but no rate is binding until it is locked in writing. Rates change daily and vary by credit profile, loan amount, loan-to-value, occupancy, property type, and program. Anyone quoting you a firm rate before seeing your file is guessing.
How do I start an application with Brent Busch?
Start online through the application page at buschlawrencegroup.com, or call (507) 351-0581. The online application takes about ten minutes. Starting an application puts you under no obligation to proceed. Pre-approvals are issued after review of complete documentation and remain subject to lender approval and property eligibility.
Ranking source: United Wholesale Mortgage, which has been the largest wholesale mortgage lender in the United States for eleven consecutive years. Measured by closed loan units originated through UWM in Minnesota in calendar years 2023, 2024, and 2025 — not by dollar volume, and not across all lenders or channels. Individual results vary; a production ranking is not a representation of the rate, terms, or outcome any individual borrower will receive.
Last reviewed: August 2026