FINANCE
the New Guard
BY TIM HOUGHTEN
B2R Finance Leads Lending Innovation
What The B2R Finance Lending
Lab Is Developing Now…
W
hat is the world’s most innovative real
estate financing laboratory cooking up
next?
B2R Finance CEO Jason Hogg has
been shaking things up at one of the most exciting
lenders we’ve seen emerge in the new real estate
landscape. This is the innovative mortgage lender
that brought us new residential buy to rent financ-
ing, the industry’s first multi-borrower securitization
and was established by funds managed by Black-
stone Tactical Opportunities. Jason shares what
new loan products and tools are being rolled out,
and how investors can stay ahead of the curve.
THE WAYNE GRETZKY OF
MORTGAGE LENDING
“A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A
great hockey player plays where the puck is going
to be.” – Wayne Gretzky
Gretzky developed a formidable reputation on the
ice, by staying ahead of the game. B2R Finance
appears to not only wield the physique of a legend-
ary hockey player, but is driving the game with its
speed skates on, and hitting the puck into the fu-
ture.
The firm has already been disrupting the me-
chanics of the industry, and paving the way with
entrepreneurial lending products. But most don’t re-
alize how much new technology and creative prob-
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lem solving is set to reshape real estate investment.
We got a peek inside the brain of the finance giant,
and the 411 on what’s next in an exclusive interview
with CEO Jason Hogg…
DWELL FINANCE: THE NEW DEAL
FOR INVESTORS
B2R Finance just acquired Dwell Finance. The
big move helps B2R dig deeper with an expanding
local market presence and adds new investment
loan products. Jason Hogg says the Dwell Finance
acquisition is significant on three fronts:
1. New Loan Products for Investors
Jason says it “augments the suite of products for
customers with fix and flip, and bridge to term lend-
ing programs.” This includes a single credit line that
facilitates rehabbing and reselling houses, acquiring
multiple vacant properties for conversion to rentals,
and portfolio refinance loans for buy and hold inves-
tors.
2. Integrating the Industry
Not only does the Dwell move help connect the
industry, but few realize that it adds to an expand-
ing national footprint with physical regional offices
to optimize service for borrowers. This facilitates
“business relationships,” including face-to-face time,
which Hogg says is “paramount” to the organization
and developing new products.
3. New Technology Platform
Dwell provides a simplified front end portal online.
This delivers on what the CEO describes as “fast-
er, low friction lending.” It’s not just about beauty in
web design either. Behind the curtain is a unified >
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