Ike is a mortgage broker that sponsors real-estate agents as part-time loan originators. Ike Mortgage LLC holds a Colorado Mortgage Company Registration, NMLS 2907898, and is onboarding its first agents.
Who runs Ike
Three co-founders started Ike in 2026.
Shane Christensen is CEO and leads product. He co-founded Fresh Factory (FRSH.V) and Usonia, and was a venture partner at RiverNorth.
Gary Basin leads technology. He founded Kapital Trading, a quantitative trading firm, and was on the founding team at Reserve.
Garrett Steve leads Ike’s work with real estate agents. He built and sold Crmgrow, a CRM for agents, and Chicago Property Finders, a Chicago brokerage. He was a top 1% recruiter at eXp Realty.
Before Ike, Shane and Gary spent five years building mortgage infrastructure, including a joint venture with a major mortgage bank to make the process paperless.
Why agents can trust what we say
Patrick Spencer
Patrick leads mortgage at Ike. His experience includes mortgage loan origination at LeaderOne Financial, senior loan officer work at Celebrity Home Loans, and relationship banking at Providence Bank & Trust.
Ike Mortgage LLC is a licensed mortgage company in Colorado. Patrick is its supervising mortgage loan originator, NMLS 1596850. Ike pays every licensing cost as it comes due.
Who writes these pages
Shane writes most of our articles. Thomas Schmitt writes about licensing onboarding. Gary Basin writes the state licensing guides and the data studies, and each one shows the date it was last reviewed or built. Before a guide is published, an independent check compares every state row with the statute or regulator it cites. These pages are general information, not legal advice. Rules change, so confirm the current rule with the state regulator or a licensed attorney before acting on it.