Randy Forrester

Success in lending isn't about memorizing guidelines—it's about understanding how financing works, knowing how to solve complex problems, and earning the trust of clients. That's exactly what Randy Forrester has spent his career doing.

MLOadvance gives you "Real World" prospective and easy to understand courses. 

Randy is a Licensed and Registered Mortgage Loan Originator and currently serves as an Executive with LendSure Mortgage Corp., a leading direct Non-QM and investor lender specializing in financing solutions for borrowers whose needs extend beyond traditional lending guidelines.

Throughout his career, Randy has built a reputation for helping individuals, investors, and business owners navigate some of the most complex financing situations. His experience extends far beyond residential mortgages, giving him a unique perspective that few mortgage educators can offer.

Prior to joining LendSure Mortgage Corp., Randy served as an executive with CoStar, the industry-leading commercial real estate data and analytics company, where he worked with investors, developers, brokers, and commercial real estate professionals using market intelligence to support investment and lending decisions.

Randy is also the founder of B&G Financial Solutions, a commercial finance company created to help businesses access the capital they need to grow. Through B&G Financial Solutions, he has arranged financing in virtually every major lending category, including equipment leasing, business loans, commercial real estate lending, asset-based lending, consumer financing, merchant cash advances, working capital, factoring, and acquisition financing.

A graduate of Appalachian State University, Randy earned a Bachelor's degree in Communication with double minors in Marketing and Business—an educational foundation that has helped him combine financial expertise with the ability to teach complex lending concepts in a practical, easy-to-understand way.

Over the course of his career, Randy has originated, brokered, processed, and closed financing across an extensive range of loan products, including:

• Conventional, FHA, and VA mortgages

• Non-QM lending

• DSCR Investor Loans

• Fix-and-Flip and Fix-to-Rent financing

• Bank Statement and Profit & Loss loans

• Foreign National financing

• Bridge loans

• 1031 Exchange financing

• Residential construction financing

• Commercial real estate lending

• Multifamily financing

• SBA lending

• Equipment leasing

• Factoring

• Asset-based lending

• Merchant cash advances

• Working capital solutions

His expertise includes financing for single-family residences, 2-4 unit properties, multifamily properties, mixed-use developments, office buildings, commercial investments, and investor portfolios. Randy is highly experienced in debt-to-income analysis, debt service coverage ratios (DSCR), long-term and short-term rental financing, commercial underwriting, lease analysis, rent rolls, REO analysis, balance sheet review, and financial statement interpretation.

One example of Randy's problem-solving approach involved arranging funding for a startup cybersecurity company by leveraging its very first invoice through a factoring structure—providing the working capital the business needed to continue growing when traditional financing wasn't available.

Today, Randy combines decades of real-world lending experience with a passion for educating the next generation of mortgage professionals through MLOAdvance.

His mission is simple:

To help new and experienced Mortgage Loan Originators accelerate their careers by learning the skills, strategies, and real-world knowledge that aren't taught in licensing classes or company training.

Whether you're newly licensed, transitioning to the broker channel, or looking to become a top-producing loan originator, Randy's goal is to shorten your learning curve, increase your confidence, and help you build a successful, long-term career in the mortgage industry.

Because knowledge creates confidence—and confidence closes loans.