Ben Slayton, a 55-year veteran of the mortgage industry who has built several mortgage and mortgage-related companies and sold them to publicly traded companies. Today, Ben is the President and CEO of LEGACY Home Loans, a Mortgage banking firm whose Mission is to increase the homeownership of Black Americans. Slayton was also the first Black REALTOR® in America in 1964, the first Black owner/broker of a CENTURY 21 franchise in 1968, the first of (any race) to be approved as a Freddie Mac Multifamily Program Plus Seller/Servicer in the U.S. in 1986, and he’s a member of the Panorama Mortgage Group, LLC Board of Directors which oversees 6 different mortgage brands.