Southwest Bancorp

Joffrey Long

OUR STORY:      (If you’re interested)

 

If you’re like me, when you deal with a company or person, you like to know a few things about them, like:

How did they get into this? Have they done this for a while?

We’ve been in business for more than 41 years. I’ve personally been in the industry for 46 years.

What’s their background?

Most of my career has been in private money lending and loan servicing.   My early years were in in “institutional,” FNMA/FHLMC/FHA/VA  lending.  I’m active in industry trade associations as a member of the board of directors and the education committee, and was a past-president and past-education chair of the California Mortgage Association, the California private money trade association.

I also teach continuing education classes as well as other classes and seminars in private money lending and real estate lending in general.  I co-wrote and now sponsor and co-moderate a one-day workshop called “Private Money Basics.” It covers a number of key areas in the private money lending field. We present this in different locations throughout California.

I’ve testified in Federal and State courts as an expert witness in private money and other real estate lending, trust deed investments, and loan servicing.

Where do they work from? Business office? Spare bedroom at home? Starbucks?

We’re located in the “Irvine Research Park,” private office space at the edge of the UCI Campus, overlooking the 73 Freeway in Irvine, CA. (Orange County)

What are they looking for? Am I a customer they want?

Borrowers: We work with borrowers who are purchasing residential or commercial investment properties or getting loans for investment purposes.

Brokers: We work with brokers who bring us loans.

Trust Deed Investors: We provide real estate loans or partial (fractionalized) interests in real estate loans starting with a minimum investment of $35,000.

Call, Text, or E-mail Joffrey

(818) 635-1777                   Joffrey@asksw.com
(A phone call may be fastest, to get things started.)

5151 California Ave,  St 100 / Irvine, CA / 92617-3205

Loans are made and serviced by Southwest Bancorp with its own funds under CA. Real Estate Broker’s license no. 00898122, issued by the CA. Dept. of Real Estate on 09/20/1985.  Joffrey Long holds CA. Dept. of Real Estate Broker’s license no.  00525142, issued by the CA Dept. of Real Estate on 06/04/1979.  Southwest Bancorp, referenced in this website, is a privately owned California Corporation and is not related to or in any way affiliated with the identically named Southwest Bancorp that is a publicly traded company.

Southwest Bancorp makes only business-purpose loans.  Consumer-purpose loans, secured by 1-4 family residences, may be arranged or serviced by Southwest Bancorp.  When this occurs, they are arranged under the real estate broker license 00898122 described above, and using an endorsement issued by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System, Southwest Bancorp no. 285371, Joffrey Long, no. 027202.    Equal Opportunity Lender / Fair Housing

Many of Southwest Bancorp’s loans are subsequently re-sold to private trust deed investors and still serviced by Southwest Bancorp.  Some loans are “brokered” or arranged with funding from outside private or institutional investors.   Investments in trust deeds secured by one or more interests in real property are subject to risk of loss.

 

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Please contact us at:
Southwest Bancorp           (818) 635-1777           info@asksw.com
5151 California Ave St 100 / Irvine, CA 92617-3205

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Last Updated April 23, 2026