About Us

MoFin was founded in 2016 by Tyler Peters, a former mortgage-backed securities trader, and George Despotopoulos, a New York real estate attorney. MoFin began in the single-family rental loan sector, and we quickly expanded to meet the needs of our borrowers by providing fix & flip, commercial, and ground-up construction loans. Our goal has always been to provide our borrowers with flexible solutions, certainty of execution, and a simple, straight-forward approach.

Tyler

Peters

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 graduated from the NYU Stern School of Business with a B.S. in Finance and currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter.

George

Despotopoulos

George Despotopoulos is a co-founder of MoFin Lending and serves as in-house counsel and leads business development and marketing efforts. Prior to partnering with Tyler, George was an attorney practicing in New York City. He now establishes company relationships with borrowers 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 alone, without a wife or kids, in New York City. Yes, he is lonely, which is why he constantly calls you and gives you updates on your loan.

James

Im

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

Annunziata

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.

John

Malandrakis

John is the Chief Technology Officer (aka Chief Geek) at MoFin Lending and handles all projects and endeavors related to technology. He has worked with all aspects of technology including software development, security analysis, and information technology and constantly looks for new ways to improve the experience on MoFin’s website and applications. He graduated from St. John’s University with a B.S. in Computer Science with an added focus in Cyber Security Systems and an M.B.A in Information Systems.

Kelly

Riley

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.

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