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Portfolio Mortgage Loans for Florida Borrowers

Our portfolio loans are funded, underwritten, and held by in-house Portfolio Lending. These are our own funds, controlled entirely within our organization—not brokered out, not sold off, and not dependent on outside investors.

Because we control the capital, we’re able to make practical lending decisions based on the full picture, not just rigid guidelines or automated checklists. Portfolio loans are often used to bridge gaps, fund projects, and support unique purchase, renovation, and investment scenarios that traditional financing can’t accommodate.

What Are Portfolio Loans?

Portfolio loans are mortgages funded and retained directly by our portfolio lending division, rather than sold to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, or outside capital sources.

This in-house structure allows for:

  • More flexible underwriting

  • Faster decision-making

  • Custom loan structures designed around the scenario—not a box

These loans are typically shorter-term and are often designed with a refinance, sale, or exit strategy in mind.

Who Portfolio Loans Are Best For

Portfolio lending may be a fit if you’re:

  • Purchasing a new property before selling an existing one

  • Renovating or building a property

  • Investing with non-traditional timelines or strategies

  • Temporarily outside standard lending guidelines

  • Looking for speed, flexibility, or creative structuring

  • Working on a deal that requires real underwriting judgment.

Portfolio Loan Programs Offered

Bridge & Transition Loans
Short-term financing that allows you to purchase before selling or move between properties without contingent offers.

Fix & Flip Loans
Capital for property renovations intended for resale.

Ground-Up Construction Loans
Financing for new construction projects, funded and managed internally.

Select Owner-Occupied Portfolio Loans
Flexible solutions for owner-occupants who don’t fit traditional agency guidelines.

How Portfolio Loans Compare to Traditional Financing

Funded and held entirely in-house

  • More flexible than conventional, FHA, or VA loans

  • Faster underwriting and decision-making

  • Shorter terms by design

  • Built for specific situations, not mass-market guidelines

  • Often used as a strategic step toward permanent financing

How Our Portfolio Lending Works

What We Do Not Care About

  • Seasoning of assets or properties

  • Non-arm’s length transactions

  • Properties in need of repair

  • Number of financed properties

  • Traditional income qualification for business-purpose loans

  • Owner-builders and renovators (when experienced)

  • Perfect credit

What We Do Care About

  • Helping our loan officers and referral partners perform

  • Closing loans fast

  • The character and experience of our borrowers

  • Loan-to-value guidelines (typically up to 65%, with select exceptions to 70%)

  • Ability to repay — with flexibility in how it’s evaluated

  • Putting borrowers into the right loan structure to support long-term success and profitability

Because these loans stay in our portfolio, they’re designed to solve real problems, bridge timing gaps, and create clean exits—often through refinance or sale when the borrower is ready.

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