Jack Miller, President of Gelt Financial, spoke with Rocky Butani to talk about hard money loans for small commercial properties, their unique lending guidelines, the company's long history, and more. 

Visit Gelt’s profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/gelt-financial/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

This interview is Episode #14 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Check out Gelt Financial’s YouTube channel for educational content about hard money lending: https://www.youtube.com/@GeltFinancialLLC

Briana Hildt, Co-Founder and CEO of Cardinal Capital Group, shared some insights about private lending in New England, the state of the market, their lending guidelines, the company's growth over the past few years, and nuggets about each of the different metro areas in the region.

Visit Cardinal's profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/cardinal-capital-group/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Briana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-hildt/

This interview is Episode #13 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast with Rocky Butani: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Jon Hornik spoke with Rocky Butani to share his thoughts on the trade war’s impact on the private lending industry as of late April 2025. He also shared insights about the National Private Lenders Association (NPLA). Hornik serves as the Founder, Executive Director, and General Counsel of the NPLA. In addition, Hornik is the Managing Partner and Chair of the Private Lender Law Group at LaRocca Hornik Greenberg Kittredge Carlin & McPartland LLP. His firm represents over 100 nationwide lenders, originators, and investors, including top Wall Street banks and private equity firms.​ Jon Hornik is also the Mayor of Marlboro Township, New Jersey.

Visit Private Lender Law’ profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/private-lender-law/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Jon Hornik on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-l-hornik-esq-6620509a/

This interview is Episode #12 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Andres Saias, Chief Lending Officer at RBI Private Lending, spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about their growth in the past few years, their national expansion, and what's happening in Florida. 

Visit RBI's profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/rbi-mortgages/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Andres on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andres-saias-22b04a97/

This interview is Episode #11 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Kevin Kim, securities attorney and partner at Geraci LLP, spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about private mortgage funds and the secondary market for private lending in early 2025. Kevin specializes in fund formation and has assisted tons of private lending companies with securities and capital raising legal matters.

Visit Geracis profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/geraci-law-firm/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Kevin Kim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinkimesq/

This interview is Episode #10 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Charlie Einsman, Co-Founder of Clear Sky Financial spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about real estate investing and lending in the DMV region (DC, Maryland, Virginia). Find out what's happening with real estate in each of the 3 states (2025 Q1), learn about Clear Sky's unique lending program for real estate investors, and more.

Visit Clear Sky's profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/clear-sky-financial/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

This interview is Episode #9 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Jeff Tesch, CEO of RCN Capital spoke with Rocky Butani to share some insights about a variety of topics in private lending: 2024 loan volume, interest rates, insurance challenges, multifamily financing, 2025 predictions, RCN's wholesale program and more. RCN is mostly a wholesale lender serving loan originators, and they have a small retail division which is around 15% of their total loan volume. Around 75% of their lending is DSCR long-term rental loans and 25% is bridge loans, including fix & flip and ground-up construction.

Visit RCN's profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/rcn-capital/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

This interview is Episode #8 of the Private Lending Insights Podcast: https://podcast.privatelenderlink.com/

Rocky Butani provides a report about private lending and Lender Link: thoughts about 2024, predictions for 2025, updates on our podcast, a few new lenders that were recently added to PrivateLenderLink.com, our new AI project and industry conferences. 

Visit this page on our website to see a list of all the private lending conferences in 2025: https://pllk.io/evpl.

In the 6th episode of the Private Lending Insights Podcast, Rocky Butani interviewed Marc Rouda and Alexis Rouda from Security Financial Services to learn all about private lending in Northern California. They talked about their loan program, Bay Area private money trends, tenants in common deals in San Francisco and more. The company was established in 1943 and is based in San Francisco.

Visit Security Financial Services’ profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/security-financial-services/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Marc Rouda on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-rouda-60174/

Connect with Alexis Rouda on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-rouda-18738b23/

In the 5th episode of the Private Lending Insights podcast, Rocky Butani interviewed Jeremiah Wiedman and Erik Brown from Center Street Lending to learn all about ground-up construction for residential investment properties and small multifamily properties throughout the United States. We talk about trends in 2024-2025, requirements to get a loan, the pricing structure, costs, draw process, ADU building and additions in California and more.

Visit Center Street's profile on PrivateLenderLink.com to learn more and to contact them: 

https://privatelenderlink.com/profile/center-street-lending/?utm_source=lender-link-podcast

Connect with Jeremiah Wiedman on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremiah-wiedman-47b16533/

Connect with Erik Brown on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/erik-brown-07505196/