Birdsey Group
Russell Foster is an experienced professional in the real estate and finance sectors, currently serving as the Director at Birdsey Group since March 2021, overseeing all contract Agency Underwriting. Previously, Russell held the role of Director of Asset Management at Linc Housing, managing a portfolio of 67 multifamily assets in California. Prior experience includes positions as Senior Underwriter at KeyBank Real Estate Capital, Vice President at Situs, and Director at Fannie Mae, among others. Russell's extensive career also features a role as Senior Vice President at Bank of America, overseeing underwriting for the CMBS Capital Markets Group, and work as Principal at Amresco. Russell holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from the University of Texas.
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Birdsey Group
QUALITY and URGENCY are the two critical traits of a successful financial services firm. The Birdsey Group, LLC commits the highest levels of experience, efficiency and enthusiasm in order to exceed our client’s expectations and develop the trust necessary to be a valued addition of a deal team. The Birdsey Group, LLC provides financial services and analysis, including commercial and residential real estate loan underwriting, performing and non-performing loan file due diligence, MAI appraisal review and third party management, as well as property and market analysis to the Real Estate Investment and Finance industries. Birdsey Group provides these services to support activities like origination, servicing, asset management, whole loan sales and property management, as well as to support many types of commercial and residential real estate transactions and diverse financing structures that include fixed-and floating-rate portfolio loans, highly structured securitized transactions, B-Piece underwriting and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan assumptions. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, we have positioned staff in all regions of the United States. We actively provide our services in all fifty states as well as Puerto Rico and Guam. Our staff experience includes real estate appraisers and underwriters, due diligence analysts, real estate brokers, developers, property managers, accountants and many other valuable industry disciplines. Birdsey Group also provides commercial and residential construction through its affiliate Birdsey Construction Management The Birdsey Group Management Team: Sandford Birdsey - CEO Steve Williams - Managing Director Financial Services Russell Foster - Director BGC Underwriting Mickey Cole - Director BGR - Loan Review Mike Clark - VP of Construction Sean Schwartfigure - Director of Construction