Rick Rodriguez is a highly accomplished commercial real estate lending executive with over 25 years of experience in financial planning and strategy. With expertise in all types of commercial loans, including CMBS, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, DUS, HUD, 223 & 221 FHA Life Insurance Companies, Rick has financed hundreds of millions of transactions nationwide for his customer base. His successful leadership and relationship management skills have enabled him to develop and execute high-level strategies for deepening client relationships, developing new business, mitigating lending risk, and accelerating growth, profitability, and market competitiveness. Rick is bilingual in Spanish and English and values meeting people face to face to understand their complete financial goals to provide the best financing solutions. With proficiency across diverse commercial lending products and services, including SBA programs, Multifamily, Office Buildings, Retail Shopping Centers, Single tenant Mixed-Use, Single Tenant Industrial, Multi-Tenant Industrial, and Storage Real Estate, Rick's competencies and strengths extend to strategic planning & execution, team building & development, credit risk management, revenue & profit optimization, cross-functional leadership, communication skills, business partnerships & alliances, contract negotiations, executive presentations, and dynamic team building.