The Team

Mr. Shenkman is a co-founder of PFN. He holds a Real Estate Broker’s License through the California Department of Real Estate. As President/CEO, his primary responsibilities are managing the underwriting, secondary marketing, and operations of PFN and BM Real Estate Services, Inc. He was born in New York City and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1981. He worked for Merrill Lynch, Dean Witter and Bear Stearns in Los Angeles as a stockbroker specializing in trading mortgage backed securities, financial futures and hedging of institutional portfolios. In 1988, he joined Coastline Financial and originated residential and commercial loans. Mr. Shenkman then went on to found MSS Capital in 1989 as a mortgage brokerage firm, funding over $2 billion in residential mortgage originations with 50 loan officers. Between 1995 and 1997 he served as Chief Executive of American Home Credit Corporation, a non-conforming mortgage banking company. Before co-founding BM Real Estate Services, Inc. in 2000 he owned FWC Funding, a mortgage banking firm that originated high-end residential permanent and construction loans.

Jake Shenkman holds a real estate salesperson license through the California Bureau of Real Estate, a Mortgage Loan Originator License, and a Bachelor of Art’s degree from California State University, Chico. Since entering in the mortgage business at the age of eighteen, he has had the opportunity of being mentored by some of the leading originators in California. Jake and his team have the ability to be both a banker and a broker, which allows him to provide a multitude of loan programs at industry leading interest rates. Unlike his competitors, Jake understands that no two loans are alike, and therefore provides a personalized service to each of his clients. He prides himself on being available to his clients at all times, and ensures that they are informed and educated throughout the many intricacies of the loan process. Jake will make the loan process seamless and stress-free, from the application to your first payments.