About Us

We Don't Just Close Loans.
We Engineer Outcomes.

Strategic mortgage guidance built around your goals, not a one-size-fits-all approach.

Our Philosophy

The Financial Planning Approach

Most loan officers find you a rate and close the deal. That's not what we do.

The Katalyst Team treats your mortgage as a strategic financial planning tool. We look at your complete financial picture. Debt structure, investment goals, tax implications, real estate portfolio, timeline to wealth. Then we engineer the mortgage to serve that bigger strategy.

It's the difference between a pharmacist who fills prescriptions and a doctor who diagnoses and treats the whole patient.

This approach is why families come back for their 2nd, 3rd, and 4th transactions. It's why our clients don't just buy homes. They build wealth. And it's why we built nine proprietary calculators around the strategies we use every single day.

We analyze your full financial picture

Income trajectory, investments, tax situation, retirement timeline, and real estate goals. All before we even look at rates.

We structure for outcomes, not approvals

Every mortgage we write is designed to accelerate your path to financial freedom, not just get you into a house.

We plan for the next 10 transactions, not just this one

Our strategies compound over time. The decisions you make today are the foundation for the wealth you build tomorrow.

Why “Katalyst”?

In chemistry, a catalyst is the element that makes a reaction possible. It accelerates the process, reduces the energy required, and enables an outcome that wouldn't happen the same way without it.

That's exactly how we see our role.

We're not the ones buying the home, building the portfolio, or creating the wealth. You are. But the right mortgage strategy, applied at the right time and structured the right way, is the catalyst that makes it all happen faster and more efficiently.

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The Team

Meet the People Behind the Strategy

Ryan Prisco

Ryan Prisco

Mortgage Advisor

NMLS #987736

Ryan Prisco is a seasoned residential and commercial mortgage professional, entrepreneur, investor, advisor, and financial literacy educator. He serves as a trusted advisor to his clients, specializing in forward and reverse mortgages, second homes, investment properties, and commercial real estate financing. With over 26 years of experience, Ryan has helped thousands of individuals, families, and business owners successfully navigate purchase and refinance transactions. He is known for his integrity, clear communication, and unwavering advocacy, bringing clarity and confidence to what can often be a complex financial process. Ryan is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He has been married for 22 years and is the proud father of one daughter. Outside of work, he enjoys staying active, reading, traveling, spending time with family, and exploring his passion for fine wine. Ryan is personally licensed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

26+ years experienceThousands of families servedCal Poly Pomona graduateSpecializes in forward, reverse, and investment loans

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