Director of Development Finance

HouseMax Funding is a staple of the real estate investment community. As a premier hard money lender, we are known for speed, reliability, and deep market expertise. We are driven to help real estate investors grow their businesses through fast and flexible funding solutions and we’re growing fast ourselves.

Job Description:

HouseMax Funding is seeking an experienced Director of Development Finance professional to originate, structure, and close larger, more complex real estate transactions, including ground-up construction, land development, multifamily, mixed-use, condo, and other residential development projects. This individual will serve as the company's internal expert on development lending and work closely with borrowers, brokers, capital partners, credit, underwriting, legal counsel, and third-party consultants to guide transactions from qualification through funding. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of real estate development, construction lending, project feasibility analysis, capital stacks, and borrower sponsorship evaluation.

What you’ll do:

• Source and originate development and construction lending opportunities.
• Develop relationships with developers, brokers, mortgage bankers, and referral partners.
• Build a national pipeline of qualified development loan opportunities.
• Attend industry networking and development-focused events, learn new systems, and help solve problems as the company continues to grow.
• Deal Structuring that includes land acquisition, horizontal development, vertical construction, multifamily projects, mixed-use developments, condominium development, bridge-to-construction opportunities, evaluating senior debt, mezzanine debt, preferred equity, JV equity, and sponsor equity structures.
• Lead transactions from application through closing.
• Coordinate with underwriting, credit, legal, and capital markets partners.
• Review appraisals, feasibility studies, budgets, sources and uses, and project schedules.
• Resolve transaction challenges before they impact closing timelines.
• Serve as the primary resource for development lending opportunities.
• Assist loan officers in qualifying and structuring larger transactions.
• Conduct training on development lending best practices.
• Help establish development lending guidelines and approval standards.

How Success is Measured:

• Create a consistent pipeline of development lending opportunities.
• Increase funded volume of construction and development loans.
• Improve conversion rates on large-balance transactions.
• Reduce fallout through stronger qualification and execution.
• Train and elevate the knowledge base of the sales organization.