Tyler is a co-founder of MoFin Lending and leads its lending and capital markets efforts. Tyler has over 15 years of experience in the non-agency mortgage industry at investment banks including Lehman Brothers, Barclays, and Nomura. Tyler founded MoFin Lending in 2017 to focus on the single-family rental and bridge lending markets and is responsible for its lending programs and guidelines. Tyler has underwritten and closed over $500 million in fix & flip, ground-up, and DSCR loans with MoFin. Tyler graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business with a B.S. in Finance and currently lives in Delray Beach, Florida, with his wife and daughter.
George Despotopoulos is a co-founder of MoFin Lending, serves as in-house counsel, and heads MoFin’s operations, sales team and marketing efforts. George has sourced and funded over 2,295 transactions and over $594 million in fix & flip, ground-up construction, and DSCR loans to date. Prior to partnering with Tyler to start MoFin, George was an attorney practicing in New York City. He now establishes company relationships with borrowers, loan buyers, and works to grow and expand MoFin Lending’s reach in current and new markets. George graduated from St. John’s University School of Law with a JD. He lives in New York City, he finally has a girlfriend, fingers crossed (let’s go George!), no kids yet (other than his MoFin babies (what he calls his loans, ew…)). George recently retired from fostering puppies but is still active in padel. Despite being in the most populated city, and having an incredible partner (both in love and business), he’s a lonely individual, which is why he constantly calls you to give you updates on your loan.
James is Head of Underwriting for MoFin Lending. He joined MoFin in 2018 following a 19 year career on Wall Street where his focus was primarily in Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities as Head of CMBS Trading at Lehman Brothers, Barclays Capital, Nomura Securities & Stifel Nicolaus. He holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago. Some of his interests include Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, golf and traveling with his wife and three children.
Julianne is MoFin’s Head of Operations, focusing on loan closing and servicing processes. She joined MoFin in 2018 after ten years in the financial services industry, most recently working in the fixed income sales group at Jefferies. Julianne graduated with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Art History and Financial Economics. She currently lives in New York with her husband and daughter.
Kelly Riley is the Head of Servicing at MoFin. Kelly has over 15 years of project management experience in commercial real estate. Prior to MoFin, Kelly worked in the Capital Markets groups at Cushman & Wakefield, Savills & CBRE. Kelly graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design from The New York School of Interior Design. She currently lives in Delray Beach with her husband and two dogs.
Michael Cid handles deal intake, analysis, and loan structuring. Prior to starting at MoFin, Michael successfully completed two fix and flips of his own and ran a highly-rated residential remodeling company in New Jersey for six years. His firsthand experience with property improvements and real estate investing enables him to provide valuable insight to MoFin’s borrowers on their own projects. Given his extensive background in renovation, he’s known around MoFin HQ as “The Toolman” (he’s always trying to fix things in the office and he loves the hit ABC sitcom “Home Improvement” — just ask him to give you the famous ol’ Tim Allen grunt on a call!). Michael graduated from the University of Connecticut with an individualized major in Property Management and Investment in 2019. Michael lives in the great state of NJ and works out of MoFin’s New York City office.
Chloe Courtois handles deal structuring and analysis for fix & flips, renovation projects, ground-up construction and rentals (DSCR). Her sole focus is in the 1-4 unit residential space. Born and raised in West Los Angeles, Chloe developed expertise in real estate by working in a family office. Her professional experience also includes residential property management and sales, as well as industrial real estate sales. Chloe graduated from Occidental College with a B.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs. She speaks French and Spanish and currently resides in New York City with her two children. In her free time, you can find her playing basketball, soccer, Call of Duty, and watching films from the 1940’s – 1960’s (her favorite is “The Apartment” (starring Jack Lemmon) and runner up is Casablanca (Humphrey Bogart, what a hunk!).
