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This page is for CPAs, enrolled agents, and tax preparers. Your self-employed and business-owner clients are exactly the files I am built for. I read returns the way an underwriter does, add-backs and all, so your clients qualify on their real income instead of getting pushed into pricier products. And I am glad to talk timing year-round.

By Niko Kramer, Mortgage Loan Officer, Satori Mortgage, NMLS #2180891

Last updated: June 13, 2026

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What do I do for your clients?

I take the complexity in your clients' returns and turn it into a clean, well-documented loan file. I read K-1s, business returns, and add-backs, calculate qualifying income carefully, and document it so underwriting holds up. The goal is a file that reflects what your client actually earns, not a number that shortchanges them.

Why work with me?

I do not flinch at self-employed income. I am comfortable with multiple entities, depreciation and other non-cash add-backs, and the documentation underwriters want, and I am responsive and clear with you and the client. Because I shop many lenders, I can match a complex file to the right program rather than default to the priciest one.

How do you handle business owners and complex returns?

Carefully, line by line. For owners with K-1s, multiple entities, and depreciation or similar non-cash deductions, I calculate qualifying income from the actual returns and add back what guidelines allow. Done right, many business owners can use conventional financing rather than getting steered into pricier non-QM. I am glad to read the file with you.

What about a 1099 client whose write-offs lowered their income?

That is the classic tension: minimizing taxable income can also lower the income a lender is able to use. There is no single right answer, and the tax strategy is yours and the client's, but it helps to have the conversation before they buy. Year-round, I am glad to talk through how a given year's return may read to underwriting.

How do we work together?

Send me the client who is self-employed, owns a business, or is planning ahead for a purchase, and loop me in on timing questions when they come up. There is no arrangement and nothing exchanged, just a loan officer who can read a return. The easiest start is to connect on a real file.

Related: Self-employed and bank-statement loans

Frequently asked questions

That is the whole point of how I work. I read the business and personal returns, apply the allowed add-backs, and build qualifying income from what the file actually supports. Every file is different, so I will not promise an outcome, but complex self-employed income is where I am strongest.

No. I am a Mortgage Loan Officer, not a CPA, enrolled agent, or tax preparer. I read returns to calculate qualifying income and explain how a return may read to underwriting. The tax strategy stays with you and your client, where it belongs.

That is a tax and financial decision for you and your client, not mine to make. What I can do is explain how a given year's income may look to a lender, so the two of you can weigh the tradeoff before the client buys. The earlier we talk, the more options there are.

No. This is education and coordination only. I do not offer or accept anything of value for referrals. If the way I handle complex files fits your clients, the next step is simply to reach out and run a real one by me.

About the author

Niko Kramer, Mortgage Loan Officer, Satori Mortgage, NMLS #2180891

This page is education and positioning for professionals, not an offer to lend, a commitment to make a loan, or a quote of any rate, payment, or term. It is not a referral, co-marketing, or fee arrangement of any kind, and nothing of value is offered or accepted for referrals. Figures, where mentioned, are estimates. Not all applicants will qualify, and all loans are subject to credit and property approval. Niko Kramer, Mortgage Loan Officer, Satori Mortgage, NMLS #2180891. Company NMLS #4190. Equal Housing Opportunity.