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Private Lending Insights
A podcast about private mortgage lending for residential and commercial real estate investors. It's also known as "hard money lending" or "bridge lending." Most of it is short-term financing with terms less than 2 years, but we also cover long-term loans. We focus on loan origination but also share insights about the capital side of the business.
Episodes
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Inside Simplending Financial with Janine Cascio
In this episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Janine Cascio, Founder and CEO of Simplending Financial, a Houston-based private lender…
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Inside RTL Securitizations: How Private Lenders Access Institutional Capital
In Episode 34 of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Aleksandra Simanovsky, founder of Adige Asset Advisory, to talk about the RTL securitization…
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Inside LBC Capital: Private Lending in a Slower Real Estate Market
Rocky Butani interviews Boris Dorfman, fund manager and partner at LBC Capital, about the state of private lending and real estate investing in 2026. The…
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The State of Private Lending in mid-2026 with Nema Daghbandan
Rocky Butani interviews Nema Daghbandan, CEO of Lightning Docs and Partner at Fortra Law, for a data-driven look at the private lending market in 2026. Nema…
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Inside RCN Capital: 2026 Private Lending Trends
In this episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Jeff Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital, one of the nation’s largest private lenders and a leading…
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Inside New Silver: Tech-Enabled Private Lending with White Label Program
In this episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Kirill Bensonoff, CEO and founder of New Silver, a technology-driven private lender based…
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Private Lending Risks in 2026: Loan Defaults and Debt Fund Failures
Rocky Butani interviews Kevin Kim, Partner at Fortra Law and one of the leading securities attorneys advising private lenders and mortgage fund managers. We…
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Inside Stonecrest Financial: Lines of Credit & Unique Bridge Loans for California Real Estate
Rocky Butani interviews Shafiq Taymuree from Stonecrest Financial, a California-based private lending firm with nearly $300 million in annual loan…
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Inside Coastal Equity Group: Residential Construction Lending in the Southeast
Rocky Butani talks with Robert “Alex” Baker and Kent Liggitt from Coastal Equity Group, a direct private lending firm based in Charleston, South Carolina. They…
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Inside F2 Finance with Christian Faes
Rocky Butani talks with Christian Faes, CEO of F2 Finance, LLC. Christian shares his journey from founding and scaling a multi-billion-dollar U.K. lending…
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Wholesale Private Lending Compliance and Legal Structures
Rocky Butani interviews Melissa Martorella, Esq., Partner at Fortra Law, for a deep dive into wholesale capital structures in private lending. Melissa breaks…
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Inside i Fund Cities: Private Lending Growth, Construction Loans & Market Trends
Rocky Butani talks with Bryan Ziegenfuse and Chris Tereo, Co-Founders of i Fund Cities, a national private lender based in Philadelphia. They discuss the…
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Private Lending Market Update 2025 Q3 with Data from Lightning Docs
In this episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Nema Daghbandan, Esq., CEO of Lightning Docs and Partner at Fortra Law. They discuss…
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The Baltimore DSCR Rental Loan Fraud Scheme
Rocky Butani interviewed Jon Hornik, Managing Partner of Private Lender Law and President of the National Private Lenders Association (NPLA), to discuss the…
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Inside Stormfield Capital: Real Estate Bridge Lending Strategy & Market Outlook
Rocky Butani talks with Wesley Carpenter, Co-Founder and Partner at Stormfield Capital, a Connecticut-based private lender and debt fund manager with $750MM…
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Inside Residential Capital Partners: 100% Financing for Rehab Projects Nationwide
Rocky Butani interviewed Paul Jackson, President & CEO of Residential Capital Partners, one of the few private lenders offering 100% financing for residential…
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Navigating What’s Next in Private Lending: Trends, Strategy, and Vision with Anthony Geraci
Rocky Butani interviews Anthony Geraci, founder of the newly re-launched Geraci Law Firm and a long-time leader in the private lending space. Anthony discusses…
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California Bridge Lending with Rubicon Mortgage Fund
Rocky Butani interviews Vance Hillstrom, CEO of Rubicon Mortgage Fund, for a wide-ranging discussion on California’s evolving real estate market, Rubicon’s…
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DSCR Rental Loan Guidelines and Trends with American Heritage Lending
Rocky Butani interviews Dave Orloff, CEO of American Heritage Lending for an in-depth discussion on DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) loans. They explore…
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Inside Yieldi: Strategic Bridge Lending for CRE, Land and Luxury Homes
Yieldi's principals, Joe Ashkouti and Josh Lloyd, spoke with Rocky Butani to talk about bridge loans for commercial and residential investment properties…
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Private Lending in New York City with We Lend
Solomon Suleymanov, Partner and Director of Originations at We Lend LLC, spoke with Rocky Butani to talk about private/hard money lending in the New York City…
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Creative Small Balance CRE Hard Money with Gelt Financial
Jack Miller, President of Gelt Financial, spoke with Rocky Butani to talk about hard money loans for small commercial properties, their unique lending…
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New England Private Lending with Cardinal Capital Group
Briana Hildt, Co-Founder and CEO of Cardinal Capital Group, shared some insights about private lending in New England, the state of the market, their lending…
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Jon Hornik Talks Capital Markets, Trade Tensions, and the National Private Lenders Association
Jon Hornik spoke with Rocky Butani to share his thoughts on the trade war’s impact on the private lending industry as of late April 2025. He also shared…
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RBI Private Lending's National Expansion and Insights about Florida
Andres Saias, Chief Lending Officer at RBI Private Lending, spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about their growth in the past few years, their…
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Private Lending Capital Markets and Debt Funds Update by Kevin Kim 2025 Q1
Kevin Kim, securities attorney and partner at Fortra Law, spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about private mortgage funds and the secondary market…
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DMV Real Estate Investing and Lending with Clear Sky Financial
Charlie Einsman, Co-Founder of Clear Sky Financial spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about real estate investing and lending in the DMV region…
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Jeff Tesch's Insights and RCN Capital Updates 2025 Q1
Jeff Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about a variety of topics in private lending: 2024 loan volume, interest rates…
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Lender Link Report : February 2025
Rocky Butani provides a report about private lending and Lender Link: thoughts about 2024, predictions for 2025, updates on our podcast, a few new lenders that…
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Security Financial Services | Northern California Private Lending
In the 6th episode of the Private Lending Insights Podcast, Rocky Butani interviewed Marc Rouda and Alexis Rouda from Security Financial Services to learn all…
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Private Construction Financing by Center Street Lending
In the 5th episode of the Private Lending Insights podcast, Rocky Butani interviewed Jeremiah Wiedman and Erik Brown from Center Street Lending to learn all…
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100% Financing Program by Rehab Financial Group
In the 4th episode of the Private Lending Insights podcast, Rocky Butani interviewed John Santilli from Rehab Financial Group to learn all about their 100%…
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State Licensing for Private Lending
Rocky Butani interviewed Jennifer Young, Partner at Fortra Law, to learn which states require a licensed to originate private mortgages (aka hard money loans)…
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The Rise of American Heritage Lending
Rocky Butani interviewed Dave Orloff, CEO of American Heritage Lending, a national direct private lending company based in Irvine, California. They offer a…
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Private Lending Insights Podcast Overview
In the first episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani, provides an introduction and overview of the podcast, which is hosted by Lender Link. We…