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Experience of Buying , Selling , Renting + Investing in Real Estate
We are dedicated to delivering exceptional service and collaborate closely with you to offer the best loan terms tailored to your success.
We offer loans on Fix-And-Flips, Fix-And-Rent, Cash-Out Refinances, and Commercial just to name a few.
We are hard money lenders in the State of Florida. The owners of Preferred Capital Associates have a combined 43 years experience in buying, selling, flipping, landlording, and wholesaling single family and commercial properties. With hundreds of experiences on the borrowing side of the table we knew exactly what we wanted to offer real estate investors when we transitioned into the Hard Money space. It is with our background that we feel like we can offer a perspective that is unlike any of our competitors
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, I graduated from St. Louis University with a B.A. in Psychology. The day after graduation, I drove from St. Louis to Los Angeles and eventually settled in Orange County, California. I worked for several companies until 1987, when I founded my own mortgage company, Preferred Capital, in Santa Ana, CA. I remember starting with just $5,000, using every penny to rent a 450 sq. ft. office, purchase used furniture, a used telephone system, a used copier, a fax machine, a computer, and a printer.The first loan I made with my own money was for $14,000, and I was incredibly nervous, as that was all I had in my savings account at the time. Thirty-six years later, I handle million-dollar loans with ease.In 2009, I married Linda Nesbit Dorn, a childhood friend of my sister Liz’s from St. Louis. Linda was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School, and earned a B.S. in Finance from Southeast Missouri State University. While we don’t have children of our own, Linda has two daughters who have blessed us with four wonderful grandchildren.In 2015, we relocated from Orange County, California, to Clearwater, Florida, where I restructured my company from Preferred Capital to Preferred Capital, Inc., doing business as pref-capital.com.
Sabrina Jackson, aka “ Sabrina,” is happily married to her husband, Josh, and they have two sons. Sabrina grew up in St. Louis County, Missouri. Before settling her family in Boca Raton, Florida, she lived in St. Louis, Kansas City, Denver, and Berkeley. Sabrina graduated from Truman State University (Missouri) and holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Haas School of Business (Berkeley).Sabrina is EMT certified, has a Private Pilot's license, is an avid scuba diver, and is a designated Project Management Professional (PMP). She also holds a Florida Loan Originator license (MLO).Prior to her career in the lending industry at Preferred Capital, Sabrina worked as an IT Consultant, traveling extensively to service clients across the US and Canada. While travel was rewarding, Sabrina and Josh decided that, once their children were born, it would be best for their family to focus on local work rather than being on the road full-time.
