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The team behind LME Funding

People who have been on your side of the table.

LME Funding was built by investors and finance professionals who understand the stakes of a deal in progress. Every policy, every conversation, and every structure we offer reflects that perspective.

Adam Leslie, President & Co-Founder

Specialty

  • Deal strategy
  • Borrower relationships
  • Fix & flip / Hard money

01 / Co-Founder

Adam Leslie

President & Co-Founder

Adam spent nearly a decade as a real estate investor across the Southwest before moving to the lending side in 2009. After closing dozens of fix-and-flip deals and experiencing firsthand how slow, inflexible capital can kill an otherwise sound investment, he resolved to build a mortgage company that operated at the speed of the market—not the speed of an institution.

He founded LME Funding in 2014 with a single conviction: investors deserve a lender who understands what is at stake on the other side of the table. Today he leads deal strategy and borrower relationships across the full product line, from hard money and fix-and-flip to agricultural and bridge financing.

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02 / Co-Founder

Frank Michaelson

Chief Operations Officer & Co-Founder

Frank came to real estate finance from a decade in commercial banking, where he earned a reputation for disciplined underwriting without losing sight of the borrower goals. Frustrated by institutional inertia on deals that clearly worked on paper, he joined Adam in the earliest days of LME Funding to build the operational backbone that allows the company to deliver decisive answers quickly.

Frank oversees loan structuring, compliance, and the company underwriting standards. His north star is simple: every decision should be grounded in honest analysis and communicated without the runaround.

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Frank Michaelson, Chief Operations Officer & Co-Founder

Specialty

  • Loan structuring
  • Underwriting & compliance
  • Operational infrastructure
Beverly Elliot, Chief Client Officer & Co-Founder

Specialty

  • Client strategy
  • Borrower experience
  • Relationship management

03 / Co-Founder

Beverly Elliot

Chief Client Officer & Co-Founder

Beverly brought fifteen years of financial advisory and client relations experience when she joined LME Funding as a founding partner. Her background spans residential lending, wealth management, and strategic consulting—giving her a rare ability to translate complex financing structures into clear, actionable conversations for borrowers at any stage of their investment journey.

She leads client strategy and relationship management, ensuring every investor who comes through the door feels heard before they feel sold to. Beverly philosophy is straightforward: the best loan is the one the borrower fully understands.

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