Associates Home Loan

Associates Home Loan is a Tampa-based private and hard money lender that makes asset-based loans secured by Florida real estate. Its core products include hard money loans for flips and rehabs, bridge loans, home equity loans, and conventional, FHA, VA and jumbo mortgages. The company also works with borrowers facing credit problems, nontraditional income or foreign national status.

Loan sizes run from about $15,000 to $3 million, and the company says it can lend on residential homes, commercial properties, log cabins and manufactured homes. Most programs are designed for Florida properties, and the company says it aims to give a decision within 24 hours. The office is on North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, and borrowers can also start an application online or by phone.