Authors List

Authors

  • Abby Shemesh, co-founder and chief acquisitions officer at Amerinote Xchange, brings over two and a half decades of profound experience in both the primary and secondary mortgage markets. Originally starting his career in mortgage loan origination, covering both residential and commercial loans, Shemesh transitioned to the secondary market and loan acquisitions in early 2006. His extensive expertise has led him to be featured in numerous industry publications such as Realtor.com, Investopedia and Yahoo Finance, among others.

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  • Olivia Sanders is an executive assistant with National Land Realty. Earlier this year, she began working with 1031 exchanges and has since become an integral part of her company’s 1031 team. Prior to embracing this exciting endeavor, Sanders earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration management with a minor in marketing from Winthrop University. She lives with her son in Greenville, South Carolina. She enjoys spending time outdoors, at the local gun range, and in the mountains with family and friends.

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  • Richard Sarkis is CEO and co-founder of Reonomy, a commercial real estate data and analytics platform. Since the company’s founding in 2013, Sarkis has been instrumental in raising $68 million in venture capital and led Reonomy through a successful web-platform launch in New York City, as well as the launch of a second nationwide platform in 2017. An avid entrepreneur, Sarkis has launched numerous companies, including an international arbitrage textbook company, a college marketing network and an offshore tech company.

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  • Jeff Saul is helping to lead Built Technologies’ strategy for delivering value to commercial mortgage lenders while continuing to grow the company’s construction and real estate finance technology. Bringing more than eight years of lending experience to the role, Saul spent time in investment banking and real estate private equity, most recently at Starwood Capital, before helping to launch lender software platform Nativ in 2018. Nativ was designed to simplify commercial real estate deal management and was acquired by Built earlier this year. 

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  • Richard Sawicky

    Richard Sawicky is chief data officer for Attom Data Solutions. In his 13 years at the company, Sawicky has designed the foundational architecture of the Attom Data Warehouse, led all aspects of data development and production, and presently fosters strategic partnerships with Microsoft to engineer the next generation of data platforms for Attom’s customers. Prior to Attom, Sawicky spent more than 10 years developing enterprise data products for numerous Fortune 500 companies, including Weyerhaeuser and Fluor Corp. He also spent several years in the mortgage industry building loan-origination systems and performing custom platform integrations for mortgage-industry customers.

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  • Tyler Sawyer

    Tyler Sawyer is vice president and general manager of the rental, real estate, and property data and analytics business for Equifax. He is responsible for successful launches into new-market segments through careful market analysis that leverages distinctive and comprehensive Equifax solutions. Sawyer brings more than 20 years of experience to his position at Equifax.

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  • Kuldeep Saxena is a project manager who oversees mortgage and lending projects for Chetu, a global custom software solutions development and support services provider. Saxena, who has been working for more than 10 years at Chetu, has a master’s degree in computer applications and more than 15 years of experience in IT software.

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  • Jonathan Scarpati

    Jonathan Scarpati is senior vice president of wholesale lending for Finance of America Reverse LLC. He is a 16-year veteran in the reverse mortgage industry. Scarpati spent his first six years in the business at Senior Lending Network and Lender Lead Solutions, where he served as vice president of sales for the wholesale and lead-distribution divisions. He graduated from the University of Delaware, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in leadership and consumer economics.

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  • Jeff Schaefer is executive vice president of correspondent sales at Verus Mortgage Capital, Washington, D.C., a leading non-QM correspondent investor backed by Invictus Capital Partners, a leading investment firm. Schaefer has more than 25 years of mortgage industry sales experience. Prior to Verus, Schaefer served as executive vice president of national sales at FirstKey Mortgage. To learn more about Verus, go to www.verusmc.com.

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  • Scott Schang is a mortgage originator and owner of the website Find My Way Home, where hundreds of loan officers get matched up with borrowers who seek a second opinion on a new mortgage. He has been a mortgage originator since 1998 and started his first consumer-direct website in 2007 to help provide answers for online consumers with questions about qualifying for a mortgage after the 2008 real estate crash. Find out more at findmywayhome.com.

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  • Ethan Schelin

    Ethan Schelin is president of Virtua Credit, a commercial real estate advisory and investment company that arranges capital for institutional-grade real estate assets. Virtua Credit focuses on originating, structuring and procuring real estate equity and debt capital, including projects for private equity funds and offerings sponsored by Virtua Partners. Hotel investors, owners and developers seeking financing can contact Schelin at ethan@virtuacreditcorp.com.

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  • Jerry Schiano

    Jerry Schiano is co-founder and acting chief executive officer of Spring EQ. He has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial experience in the mortgage industry, including founding and successfully leading multiple lending organizations. With Sprint EQ, Schiano is executing a vision of leveraging technology to provide a user-friendly, digital home equity lending process — balancing human interaction and expertise with technical efficiencies to ultimately provide a superior experience for the customer. 

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