Michael Buescher has 7 years experience within the mortgage industry, 3 of those years in management and 2 ½ owning and running his own successful mortgage company.

As a loan officer with Aegis Lending, Mike was one of the top performers in his branch and received a large number of referrals from satisfied clients. Within two years, he was promoted to management, where he supervised a team of four loan officers. During his time in management with Aegis, his branch placed consistently in the top 10% of the region. In December 2003, his branch set a record for the highest loan volume closed in one month in the history of Aegis’ presence in this region. He was also chosen by Aegis to be part of a team of eight individuals nationwide to design and develop a new loan origination system, known as Aegis Gold, to be utilized across all divisions of the corporation.

In July 2004, Michael Buescher started his first mortgage brokerage company. Despite the recent slowing of the mortgage market, the company realized consistent and growing success in its sales. In just over one year the company nearly doubled in size, growing from a staff of ten to a staff of eighteen.  After two and one half years in business, he and his partner decided to part ways allowing Mike the opportunity to build a company around his values.

Mike is a very involved member of the community of Newport , Kentucky where the primary office of Orchard Lending Solutions, LLC is located. He is current vice chairperson of the Westside Citizen’s Coalition, one of the largest and most active community groups in the city, as well as secretary of the Newport Citizen’s Advisory Council.

Mike is consistently improving his knowledge base through conferences, books, industry periodicals, audio and video training and membership in groups run by some of the industry’s top experts. He is very well versed in the mortgage law and markets of Kentucky , Ohio , and Indiana . He is recognized as Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist (CMPS designation) and he is currently working to obtain his CMC (Certified Mortgage Consultant), and CRMS (Certified Residential Mortgage Specialist) designations.