Daniel, founder of Funded by Daniel
02 / The person behind the capital

A business mindset.
A personal
commitment.

I’m Daniel. My background is in building and operating businesses across different markets. That experience shapes how I look at real estate: the opportunity matters, and so does the plan to execute it.

I’m also an experienced real estate investor, with hands-on experience buying, renovating, building, renting, and selling properties, as well as purchasing and refinancing rental portfolios. Along the way, I’ve found creative ways to increase property values through improvements, stronger rental income, and better operations.

At Funded by Daniel, I bring that business and investing experience to every conversation. We start with the property, work through the numbers, and explore how financing can support your plan. My approach is straightforward: practical guidance, clear terms, and a direct relationship with someone who understands what you’re building.

“You bring the opportunity. I bring an investor’s perspective to helping you move it forward.”
Daniel

Method

How a deal actually gets read.

Two questions decide a file, and everything asked for exists to answer one of them: does the property secure the loan, and is there a credible way the loan gets paid off.

That is why the list is short. No tax returns, no debt-to-income calculation, no employment history. Those documents answer a question about a thirty-year mortgage, which is the wrong instrument for buying a house in nine days and selling it in five months.

What is read instead: the deal itself, the exit, how much of your own money is in it, whether you hold reserves for the carry, and whether the scope of work is a real document rather than a number with a word in front of it. The full version is in what a lender actually checks.

Terms

What is on the table.

Amount$25,000 to $1,000,000+
CoverageUp to 100% of purchase and rehab when the deal supports it
RateSet by credit, experience and the deal. Your number is in the term sheet.
Decision24 to 48 hours from a complete submission
Time to close5 to 14 days, subject to title clearance
PrepaymentNo penalty. Exit whenever the deal is done.
Property typesNon-owner-occupied residential, 1 to 4 units, and small multifamily
CreditReviewed, but the deal drives the decision
Required from youPurchase contract, scope of work with a budget, exit plan, entity in good standing
Not fundedOwner-occupied homes, primary residences, and any consumer purpose loan

Pricing is set per borrower and per deal. Nobody can quote you a number before seeing the property, the budget and the exit, and anybody who does is quoting a headline rather than a price.

Refused

What does not get funded, and why that matters to you.

A lender who will fund anything is not a lender you want on the other side of your deal. These are declined, consistently:

  • Owner-occupied homes and primary residences. This is business-purpose lending on investment property only, and no consumer-purpose loan is written here at all.
  • Deals that only work if nothing goes wrong. The margin exists to absorb the mistake somebody is going to make.
  • Budgets written to win an approval rather than to finish a house. That gets discovered at drywall, when the money is gone and the house is not.
  • Capital with no plan for returning it. “I will figure out the exit later” is not an exit.

A fast no is worth more than a slow maybe, because the alternative is you holding a contract you cannot fund while your deposit ages.

Honestly

Where deals actually stall.

Closings run long. When they do, it is almost never underwriting. It is title: an old mortgage paid decades ago and never released, an estate whose heirs were never cleared, a municipal lien, a payoff letter nobody chased.

Which is why the single most useful thing you can do is open title the day you sign the contract, not the day the loan is approved. It costs nothing and it buys back the days you would otherwise lose. The day-by-day version is in the closing timeline.

Contact

Start with the property and the plan.

Have a financing question? Ask Daniel here. Ready to discuss a property? Use the deal form to share the details and tell us what you need. A real person reviews your submission.

Include the property, your plan, and any questions in the form. Initial review of a complete submission typically takes 24 to 48 hours.

Not sure the deal works yet? Run it through the deal calculators first. If the numbers do not clear once points, interest across a realistic hold and selling costs are charged against it, no lender approval fixes that.