Rocky Butani interviews Melissa Martorella, Esq., Partner at Fortra Law, for a deep dive into wholesale capital structures in private lending.

Melissa breaks down the legal and compliance considerations behind wholesale lending, white labeling, table funding, and correspondent lending, with a focus on residential transition loans (aka hard money). The conversation covers state licensing requirements, borrower disclosures, liability risks, and how lenders and brokers can structure their businesses correctly while scaling nationwide.

This episode is essential listening for private lenders, brokers, capital providers and others navigating wholesale lending models.

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This interview is Episode #25 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/.

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 company’s impressive 2025 growth, funding close to $900 million in private loans, their boots-on-the-ground expansion strategy, and trends in construction, fix & flip, and DSCR lending. The conversation also covers market forecasts for 2026, delinquency trends, loan program details, and i Fund Cities’ approach to capital markets and customer experience.

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This interview is Episode #24 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/.

In this episode of Private Lending Insights, Rocky Butani interviews Nema Daghbandan, Esq., CEO of Lightning Docs and Partner at Fortra Law. They discuss nationwide trends in private lending interest rates, loan volume, and market dynamics for both bridge and DSCR loans — based on real data from thousands of transactions each month on the Lightning Docs platform. Nema breaks down rate movements across major states, explains why competition is intensifying, the rapid rise in DSCR loan volume, the evolution of securitizations, and what’s next for private lending in 2026.

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This interview is Episode #23 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/.