PROFILE
“We have a talented team at Wilshire representing different disciplines; including, banking, finance, law, accounting, portfolio management, and the acquisition and disposition of real estate.”
WILSHIRE FINANCE PARTNERS DON PELGRIM
E
on
a
career
real estate finance law at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP and Rutan & Tucker, LLP. He received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles and his Bachelor
By Charles Peckman, Originate Report mbarking
practiced corporate, real estate, and
present from early on in his career.
in private lending is no
of Business Administration from Hofstra University.
easy feat. Cultivating an
In his current position as the head of
innovative industry leading business
Wilshire, Pelgrim oversees the WFP
is a different story all together. No
Income Fund, WFP Income Fund
one knows this better than Don
REIT, and WFP Opportunity Fund
Pelgrim, an owner, a director, and the
– which are the internal funding
CEO of Wilshire Finance Partners.
platform used to deliver fast, efficient
he outlined some of the important
Between a banking job during the
small-balance bridge loans from
factors that allowed the private
day, law school at night, and starting
$1,000,000 to $7,000,000 secured
money space to prosper – and what
a family, Pelgrim’s perseverance and
by multifamily and commercial real
sets Wilshire apart from the rest of
all-around can-do attitude was a
estate.
the pack.
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As an attorney, Pelgrim
When
Pelgrim
sat
down
with
Originate Report to discuss the company’s origins, as well as the triumphs and obstacles of his career,
