Business development · Oliver White Mortgage Group
Consider this your sign to try Fairway on the next one.
I'm Mercedes Forslund — connector, partner-builder, and the person whose whole job is making sure your next deal is the smoothest one you've had. Realtor, loan officer, or homebuyer: the stars have aligned. ✦
✦ The Homestead — visible from Eden Prairie all year round
First things first
What does a Business Development Manager actually do?
Simple: I build the relationships that make deals go well. I'm the bridge between you — realtor, buyer, or future teammate — and the Oliver White Mortgage Group, one of the highest-producing mortgage teams in Minnesota. You bring the goal. I make the introduction, set the expectations, and then stay close enough that nothing falls through the cracks.
You don't have to believe in astrology to believe in on-time closings. But if you do — my charts say your next transaction is looking very favorable.
The numbers behind the team
#0
Individual loan officer at Fairway — 2025*
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Families served by the team in 2025*
$0M
In team loan volume, 2025*
Top 0%
Originator in America — every year since 2019*
*Oliver White, NMLS #1254113. Top 1% Mortgage Originator in America per Mortgage Executive magazine. The Eden Prairie branch behind the team served 963 families for $348M in 2025. Rankings and production figures as published by the Oliver White Mortgage Group.
Your three-card reading
We pulled some cards for your next deal.
Scroll on — the cards reveal themselves. (They always say the same thing. That's the point.)
I · The Partner
A caring guide enters your orbit
A servant-hearted connector who picks up the phone, answers the "dumb" questions, and treats your client — and your reputation — with genuine care.
That's Mercedes. Hi. 👋
II · The Process
Clarity replaces chaos
Pre-approvals that hold up under contract. Proactive milestone updates to you and your client. No radio silence, no 8pm-Friday surprises.
The Oliver White standard.
III · The Close
Keys change hands on schedule
A closing table where everyone's smiling because nothing was left to chance. Then a partner who stays in touch long after the confetti settles.
Written in the stars. And the timeline.
Whatever brought you here
Three paths. All aligned.
I'm a realtor
Tired of chasing your lender for updates? See what a true lending partnership looks like — and what it does for your reviews.
Partner with us →☄I'm a loan officer
Imagine originating with a dedicated marketing team behind you and a Top 1% platform under you. Confidential conversations welcome.
Join the team →✹I'm buying a home
Then let me introduce you to the loan officer I'd trust with my own family — Oliver White, and the team behind him.
Meet Oliver →
The handoff
When I say "I know a guy" — this is the guy.
Every recommendation I make lands on my name, so I don't make them lightly. Oliver White was Fairway's #1 individual loan officer in 2025 and has been a Top 1% originator in America every year since 2019 — and the team around him closes with the kind of consistency that turns one-deal experiments into decade-long partnerships.
- Branch Manager & Loan Officer, NMLS #1254113 — Eden Prairie, MN
- #1 individual loan officer at Fairway — 2025
- 267 families · $105M in team volume in 2025 alone
Everything in alignment
Your deal at the center. A whole system in motion around it.
A mortgage isn't one person's job — it's an orbit. Your realtor, your loan officer, processing, underwriting, and a marketing team all moving in sync, on schedule, around one thing: your transaction. My job is to keep every body in that system aligned so nothing drifts.
The team behind the team
Meet the marketing minds: Molly & Mikaela.
Whether you're a realtor partner who wants co-branded open house materials or a loan officer wondering who'd actually build your content if you joined — this is who. Molly and Mikaela run marketing for the Oliver White Mortgage Group, and they're a genuine competitive advantage: social content, listing support, events, and campaigns, handled by people who do this all day.
Realtors get a partner who makes them look good. Loan officers get a production team most branches can only dream about. Everybody wins.
Mercedes with Molly & Mikaela — the marketing team.
Your sign to try Fairway on the next one.
One deal. That’s all Mercedes asks. Text her, tell her what you’re working on, and see what a lending partner who actually communicates feels like.