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Independent Representatives and Funding Consultants

Meet representatives who can help organize a funding request, explain available paths, and introduce prospects to the marketplace.

Independent representatives can help prospective clients define the objective, gather information, and navigate the marketplace. They do not replace the underwriting function of the bank, lender, issuer, factor, or other independent provider that ultimately evaluates a financing request.

Decision Snapshot

What this page is designed to answer

Best fit

Prospects who prefer to work through a named representative while using the same Nationwide Business Funding marketplace.

Underwriting focus

Accurate introduction of the request, complete information gathering, clear disclosure of representative role, and routing to the appropriate funding lane.

Important trade-off

An independent representative cannot guarantee approval, rate, credit limit, closing date, or provider terms. Compensation and provider relationships can vary.

Cyra Gish

Cyra Gish works with entrepreneurs, business owners, and real estate investors across a nationwide funding focus. Her profile describes private-lending and real estate experience and provides a dedicated referral path into the funding process.

  • Business funding and capital strategy
  • Real estate investor financing
  • Owner-focused funding preparation
Start with the same funding profile before choosing the representative path. The Funding Quiz organizes the objective, amount, timing and core business facts so the handoff begins with usable information.

Alex Perea

Alex Perea works with real estate investors and business owners, with experience described around private lending, asset recovery, and transaction-oriented capital.

  • Investor acquisition and bridge financing
  • Business capital options
  • Asset-recovery and transaction strategy

Romeo Sykes

Romeo Sykes is presented as a fund manager, real estate investor, private lender, and capital strategist. His profile includes published video context around real estate, legal, family-office, accounting, and investment discussions.

  • Capital-stack strategy
  • Real estate investor lending
  • Business funding and acquisition-oriented capital

Julio C. Cassels

Julio C. Cassels is a business strategy, marketing, and business-development professional whose experience spans finance, analytics, technology, business-process improvement, client acquisition, and growth strategy.

  • Business strategy and growth
  • Finance, marketing, and analytics
  • Technology, U.S. Hispanic, and Latin American markets

Stephen R. Colquitt

Stephen R. Colquitt is a business-development leader with experience in sales growth, strategic partnerships, client acquisition, market expansion, and relationship-driven business development.

  • Sales growth and client acquisition
  • Strategic partnerships and market expansion
  • Relationship-driven business development

Richard Troutner

Richard Troutner is a business development and growth strategist with experience in client acquisition, marketing, strategic partnerships, technology, automation, artificial intelligence, and business process development.

  • Business development and growth systems
  • High-value client acquisition and strategic partnerships
  • Digital marketing, automation, AI, and technology-driven process improvement
Ready to move from introductions to the actual funding request? Build the profile first, then continue with the representative or NBF process that fits the request.
Practical Scenarios

How the decision changes in real situations

Referral relationship

A prospect enters through a representative profile. The representative attribution can remain attached while the request moves through the same core marketplace process.

Complex transaction

A representative may help identify which facts need to be collected before the opportunity is routed toward a specific provider type.

Direct marketplace inquiry

A prospect does not need a representative to use the site. The main funding profile and contact paths remain available directly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions worth answering before you choose the next step

Who is my representative, and what role are they actually playing?

A representative can help gather information, explain NBF's process, and coordinate introductions or next steps. That role is separate from the independent provider that performs final underwriting and sets approval, pricing, amount, documentation, collateral, guarantees, and terms.

What should I expect the representative to help with?

Expect help organizing the request, identifying the funding objective, keeping information consistent, and navigating the process. A representative should not promise an approval or present a preliminary possibility as a final provider decision.

Who makes the final approval and term decision?

The applicable independent financing provider does. NBF and its representatives can help with strategy and coordination, but they do not replace the provider's underwriting or contractual decision-making.

How do we keep my information consistent as the file moves through the process?

Use accurate, current information and disclose existing obligations, liens, collateral, and other material facts. Consistency matters because changing or incomplete information can create underwriting problems and can make it harder to compare offers responsibly.

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Request a Funding Review

Start with the facts that control the financing decision.

Provide the core business or transaction information and a representative can follow up about possible next steps.

Submitting an inquiry does not guarantee approval or funding. Independent providers determine eligibility, pricing, documentation, credit limits, and final terms.
Funding Consultation Process

Choose Your Credit Soft Pull

Choose $10 Experian or $20 TriMerge and have your credit review AI-merged with your funding profile so NBF can evaluate the file and architect your capital strategy. After payment: complete the funding profile and any required credit-report authorization, then book the funding consultation. Payment alone does not authorize a consumer credit pull or guarantee approval, amount, pricing, or terms.