As a complement to its acquisition activities, since 1994 JDI has offered a creative bridge financing program, made available to real estate entrepreneurs and mortgage brokers throughout the country. Such financing, in the form of both debt and preferred equity, is generally utilized to take advantage of an opportunity requiring a quick closing and/or to efficiently finance an opportunity that, because of asset or sponsor-specific idiosyncrasies, is not attractive to conventional lenders. These loans may be secured by virtually any type of property including office buildings, apartments, warehouses, shopping centers, hotels, marinas, pools of performing and non-performing loans and raw land. JDI has closed nearly 200 loans in nearly half the states in the United States, Canada and the Virgin Islands. JDI funds all of its real estate loans through pre-existing funds. In other words, JDI is not a broker but the lender itself.

JDI's bridge loan program is generally appropriate in situations where speed and creativity are more essential than pricing. In the majority of our financing transactions, funding has been provided within two to three weeks from introduction to closing. In certain instances, that period has been compressed to as few as five business days. To date, we have provided over $725,000,000 in financing for real estate principals seeking more expeditious executions and a more creative, asset-specific evaluation than is available through conventional sources of financing.

JDI has built an exceptional reputation for creative underwriting and loan structuring, reliable commitments, overall professionalism and timely closings. We actively seek and protect introducing mortgage brokers, and our numerous repeat borrowers are a testament to JDI’s unsurpassed ability to close complicated or unusual transactions in as little as one week. While our rates may be higher than those of conventional real estate lenders, JDI has earned a reputation for performance, integrity and creativity that our borrowers appreciate.