Our Story

JESCORP FUNDING was founded by Jonathan Samuels in January 1996. Prior to entering real estate, Mr. Samuels completed his education with an A/S degree in Commercial Flight from Mount San Antonio College, and in 1989, an undergrad degree in Industrial Technology with the Aviation Administration option and a minor in Marketing from Cal State Univ. Los Angeles. With his sight set on becoming a commercial airline pilot, like his father, he saw real estate, his mother’s profession, as a way to earn significant amounts of money to fuel his love for flying.

After relatively short tenures in both residential and commercial real estate sales, Jonathan unexpectedly experienced huge success as a mortgage loan officer through his ability to conceptualize the needs of his customers, and paired with what was novel training at the time, learned how to skillfully use alternative documentation (formerly called sub-prime) mortgage products to assist borrowers with unique financial needs. He developed an ability to find real solutions to many of his customer’s genuine and sometimes pressing needs, readily identifying barriers to financing, and  eliminating or restructuring the issues of concern, often funding these transactions with the same conforming (A paper) financing the customer originally sought. As a result, a business based on professional referral sources and a satisfied customer base grew and thrived.

Mr. Samuels’ proven ability to assist those in need along with his never ending pursuit of excellence led him to the creation of JESCORP FUNDING. With this platform he personally trained over 35 individuals, providing them a strong fundamental understanding of mortgage loan origination as well as a conceptual understanding of the tenets that found him individual success and helped him to fledge a viable business with a firm identity and a path for moving forward. And moving forward we are! As we welcome a new generation of leaders into the company and broaden our horizon to expand our reach, we welcome the influx of new ideas and innovative ways of doing business, and with greater efficiencies to serve more.

Today JESCORP FUNDING originates the widest variety of mortgage products available on the open market with very competitive pricing that is amongst the industry’s best! We are proud of our legacy, well aware that a business that prioritizes its’ customers is always in fashion!