“Mr. Salas' career in the private mortgage industry began in 1977. Since that time, he has been involved in the origination, underwriting, funding and/or portfolio management for hundreds of millions of dollars in short-term, hard money loans. His lending experience extends to a variety of property types in over twenty states. He is presently the Senior Underwriter for the SFG of CA office in San Diego. With 30 years of experience in hard money lending and an excellent working knowledge of the Southern California marketplace, Chuck's transitional lending background makes him a perfect fit for SFG newest office.”

“With over 25 years of experience as a real estate investor and financier, Mr. Esteves has extensive investment evaluation, underwriting and due diligence expertise. He is responsible for the evaluation of lending and investment opportunities including acquisition, development and repositioning of commercial real estate and land for development in Northern California. With diverse experience in commercial real estate investing and mortgage banking he is unmatched in his ability to conceptualize, negotiate and structure complex loan transactions. As a nationally recognized leader in the private capital lending arena he has originated, underwritten and closed over $500,000,000 in real estate investments. As a principal and partner, he has financed, acquired and developed residential real estate in California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.Mr. Esteves gained most of his vast experience in operational leadership positions as Director of Real Estate Finance for private capital lender Bridge Financial Corp., an AMEX public company, and Vice President of Commercial Lending for USA Commercial Mortgage, a $900,000,000 national real estate investment company. He has been published in national real estate magazines and speaks nationally on, Private Capital Lending, Land Acquisition and Development Financing and Commercial Real Estate Finance.He received his Bachelors Degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and holds a California Real Estate Broker license.
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“Tjitske plays a key role as Executive Assistant to the Director of Strategic Markets, Mark Monro. With a history of over 10 years of assisting Mark, most recently at US Bank where he was the top construction lender at the bank.
She started her career in real estate lending with WAMU in 1996 would later working at Bank of America and US Bank. With over 20 years experience in banking and construction lending that includes loan origination, processing and loan servicing, Tjitske has a strong knowledge of what is needed to get the deal done and focuses on customer service.
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“Mark Monro has over 20 years in real estate / construction finance. Mark started his career with Washington Mutual Bank in 2004 and rose to lead the Custom Construction Advisory Board while at WAMU. Upon leaving WAMU, Mark was hired by US BANK to start up the custom construction division in California in 2009. During Mark’s tenure with WAMU and US BANK, mark funded over $1B in construction transactions throughout the Western United States. Mark is known by his clients as a “can do” guy who gets the deal done. He has earned the right to generate millions of dollars of repeat business from his past clients. Mark started investing in real estate projects throughout the Western US in 2012 including apartments, single family rental units and commercial land and “live / work” developments in Stafford, Texas. Mark is a graduate of the University of Southern California in 1983. He lives in Camarillo, California with his wife Julie and they have 4 children.
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“Mrs. Salas began her real estate lending career in San Diego County 1985. Since that time, Charlene has worked in a variety of areas within both the conventional and private mortgage lending industries. Charlene has had experience in mortgage originations, processing, funding, closing, loan servicing and collections. Presently, she rounds out the SFG of CA Team by performing the critical functions of processing and closing. Charlene’s experience allows SFG’s newest office to carry on the well-established traditions of professionalism and responsiveness, both of which have become synonymous with SFG’s lending operations.”