[header] How to choose a mortgage broker [title] Get recommendations from others. [step] Start your search for a mortgage broker by getting recommendations from friends, real estate agents, colleagues, and other homeowners. Your real estate agent will likely have acquaintances in mortgage lending that they have been working with for a long time, or you colleagues might be in a similar financial situation and have advice on which broker to seek out. 
[substeps] It will be beneficial to your search to ask as many others for recommendations as possible. This stage is about collecting information to make the most informed decision possible.