What does Devonta do for a living? ‘Love Is Blind’ contestant’s comment about salary has fans confused
Following the release of episodes 10 and 11 of ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 10, fans were not only discussing compatibility and wedding nerves. They were stuck on something more practical: what exactly does Devonta do for a living, and how does it line up with the numbers he casually tossed around on camera? According to his official cast profile on Netflix, Devonta works as a loan officer. On paper, that means he is the one who assists people in getting loans, mortgages, refinancing options, and more. It is a profession that involves documentation, checking credit reports, going through tax returns, and discussing interest rates, among other aspects.
But here’s the thing: Loan officers don’t always get a predictable paycheck. In many lending environments, especially mortgage-based ones, the paycheck can be tied to performance. Some loan officers get a base salary plus commissions. Others get paid based on volume, which means the more loans they close, the better their month is. That context mattered a lot in Episode 10. During the course of a conversation about finances, Devonta brought up that the mortgage payment on his former home in Charlotte was roughly $5,200 a month. That number alone made a few viewers sit up straighter.
Then he talked about his salary. “It’s sales. It’s weird,” he told Brittany, his fiancée. “One month I could make $12,000. One month I could make $40,000.” But, of course, he didn’t go into detail about how that number was broken down. It was a passing comment, thrown out in a conversation. But that price range, $12K to $40K, caught viewers' attention. Some people seemed confused by the fact that it was initially mentioned that he is a “loan officer,” while “sales” is entirely different. A fan wrote on X, "I’m having a hard time believing that Devonta has the charisma to pull in a $40,000 commission check in one month," while another added, "Wow, nice sleuthing! $40,000 in a month was such an outrageous number for him to throw out there." But in the mortgage industry, the distinction is blurred. If you close deals, you make money. So the fluctuation he described isn’t impossible, a fan conveyed, as they wrote, "If he’s a mortgage loan officer, that’s not unheard of. Basically would need to close about $4M in deals in one month. That could totally happen."
Episode 11 then shifted the focus from income to asset protection. Devonta brought up the idea of a prenuptial agreement, explaining that he didn’t want to risk losing half of what he’d worked hard to build. He framed it less as distrust and more as “comfortable.” Brittany didn’t immediately shoot it down, but she also didn’t instantly agree. She admitted she would need time to process it. At one point, she voiced a concern that having a prenup in place might feel like he was preparing for the possibility of failure instead of planning for forever. However, whether they ultimately say “I do” remains under wraps for now. That answer will be revealed during the finale, which lands on March 4 on Netflix.
