Dennis Cisterna

Chief Investment Officer at Lafayette RE

Dennis Cisterna is the Chief Investment Officer of Lafayette Communities, Lafayette’s BFR investment arm. One of the most well-known executives in the SFR investment space, he was previously CEO of Investability Solutions, a vertically-integrated service provider to institutional real estate investors. Prior to that Mr. Cisterna was Managing Director of FirstKey Lending, a portfolio company of Cerberus Capital Management, where he was on the executive team that completed the first-ever multi-borrower securitization in the SFR rental sector and led their origination team to more than $600 million in closed loans in less than two years. Before that, he held a variety of management positions in the real estate sector including key roles at notable firms such as Johnson Capital, Lennar, and Toll Brothers.

Mr. Cisterna currently serves as a member of the National Rental Home Council, the Urban Land Institute, and the National Association of Home Builders.

Mr. Cisterna received his B.A. in Political Science from San Diego State University.

Timeline

  • Chief Investment Officer

    Current role

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