Banker Turned Broker · NMLS #487617

Your bank has one answer.
I have two hundred.

Purchases. Refinances. Equity. Reverse. Investment property. I spent 11 years inside JPMorgan Chase watching good deals die because we didn't stock the product — and twenty other lenders did. Now I shop all of them.

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24+ years · 200+ wholesale lenders · Licensed in 36 states · No credit pull to start

Brian Poetschlag
Brian Poetschlag
West Capital Lending
24+Years industry experience
200+Wholesale lenders
36States licensed
5Sides of the business
Equity Snapshot

See what you're sitting on.

Two numbers. Sixty seconds. No credit pull, no email wall, no sales pitch attached to the result. Add your high-interest debt and I'll show you what that debt is costing you every year.

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Nothing is sent anywhere. This runs in your browser. No credit pull, no email required to see the result.
85% and 90% CLTV are common ceilings, not promises. The real number comes after I look at your file.
Numbers rough? Give me the address and I'll pull the actual value.
Your numbers
Equity you've built$430,000
Loan-to-value today49%
Typically accessible at 85% CLTV$302,500
At 90% CLTV$345,000
Enter your debt above and I'll show you what it costs you a year.

Illustration only, based on the figures you entered. Not a loan offer, a quote, or a commitment to lend. Actual available credit depends on a full review of value, credit, income, occupancy, lien position and program guidelines. Combined loan-to-value limits shown are common maximums and vary by lender and program. Equal Housing Lender.

What I actually do

Full service. Not a specialty shop.

One lender is a limitation disguised as a service. I don't hope your situation fits a product. I go find the product that fits your situation — whichever side of the transaction you're on.

Buying a home

Rates are what they are. Structure is where the money is. That part banks don't teach you.

  • Conventional, FHA, VA and jumbo
  • 2-1 buydowns to cut the early payment
  • Down payment assistance programs
  • Bank statement and P&L options for self-employed buyers
  • Pre-approval in hours, not days

Already own it

Equity you've built, or a payment you'd rather not keep. Both are fixable.

  • Digital HELOC — equity without touching your first mortgage
  • Cash-out refinance
  • Rate and term refinance
  • High-interest debt consolidation
  • Renovation and ADU financing

Homeowners 62+

You spent thirty years paying the house off. It can pay you back. A reverse mortgage isn't a last resort — it's a cash-flow tool almost nobody explains properly.

  • HECM reverse mortgage
  • No required monthly mortgage payment
  • HECM for Purchase — right-size the house at 62+
  • Refinance an existing reverse mortgage
  • Jumbo / proprietary reverse for high-value homes

You keep the title. You stay responsible for property taxes, homeowners insurance, and upkeep. The loan comes due when the last borrower leaves the home.

Investors

The deal either pencils or it doesn't. You shouldn't have to explain that to someone who's never owned a property.

  • DSCR — no tax returns, no employer verification
  • Short-term bridge financing
  • Seven-figure and complex structures
  • STR, Section 8 and ADU strategies
  • Portfolio and cash-out on rentals
One program worth naming

The West Capital Lending Digital HELOC

Your first mortgage stays exactly where it is. You keep the rate you locked years ago. And you still get to your equity — on your timeline, not a bank's.

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No appraisal required

No stranger walking your house. No three-week wait for a number.

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No income documentation

Self-employed, 1099, commission — the paperwork pile isn't the gate here.

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No upfront hard credit pull

Look first. Decide second. Your score stays where it is while you think.

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Funding in as fast as 5 days

Start to money, in the time a bank takes to assign your file.

How this goes

Straight talk, then math, then a decision.

We look at your numbers

Fifteen minutes. You tell me what you own, what you owe, and what you're trying to do. No credit pull yet. No pitch.

I shop 200+ lenders

You get a written comparison with real terms, real fees, and an APR on every option. If your current deal is already the better one, I'll tell you that.

You pick. I close it.

You track everything in your client portal — status, documents, and me — from application to funding.

Brian Poetschlag, mortgage broker, NMLS #487617
Twenty-four years, five vantage points

I've sat on every side of this business.

Most loan officers have done one job at one kind of company. I've done five. That's not a résumé flex — it's why I can see where a deal is actually going to break, and route around it before it does.

Wholesale lending

I've been on the lender's side of the desk. I know how files get priced, how exceptions really get approved, and which account executive to call when a deal needs a human.

Private money

Bridge loans, short-term paper, seven-figure deals that don't fit a checkbox. When the institutional answer is no, this is the shelf most brokers can't reach.

Licensed investment banking

Capital markets discipline. It's why I talk about your loan as an asset with a cost of capital and a hold period — not just a monthly payment.

Retail banking

Eleven years at JPMorgan Chase, eight as a Senior Home Lending Advisor. I know exactly how a bank prices you, what it can't do, and what it will never tell you it can't do.

Management

Three years running one of the top-performing home lending teams in Southern California. I've reviewed thousands of files that weren't mine, which is a fast way to learn every way a loan dies.

The brand was never the product. It just took me a while to stop pretending otherwise.

I left Chase in late 2024 and joined West Capital Lending in April 2025. One product shelf to 200+ lenders. I'm also a cancer survivor, a girl dad, a woodworker, and the guy in the 1966 Chevelle.

NMLS #487617DRE #02022356CMPSCDLP 36 States200+ LendersSince 2002
Questions

The ones people actually ask.

Will this hurt my credit score?

Not to start. The Equity Snapshot on this page pulls nothing. The Digital HELOC has no upfront hard credit pull either. A hard pull only happens when you decide to move forward on a specific loan, and you'll know before it happens.

Do I have to give up my 3% first mortgage?

No. That's the whole point of a HELOC or a second lien — your first mortgage stays untouched at the rate you locked. A cash-out refinance replaces it, which sometimes still wins on the math. I'll show you both side by side and let the numbers argue.

What does it cost to talk to you?

Nothing. I'm paid by the lender when a loan closes. If the best answer for you is "keep what you have," you'll hear that, and it costs you the same fifteen minutes.

I'm self-employed. Is that a problem?

It's a problem at a bank. Here it's a Tuesday. Bank statement programs, P&L-only options, DSCR for investment property, and the Digital HELOC with no income documentation at all.

How fast can this close?

The Digital HELOC can fund in as fast as five days. A conventional purchase or refinance runs on normal timelines, and I'll give you a real date at the start instead of a hopeful one.

How does a reverse mortgage actually work?

If you're 62 or older, a HECM reverse mortgage lets you convert part of your home's value into cash, a monthly draw, or a standby line of credit — with no required monthly mortgage payment. You keep the title. You stay responsible for property taxes, homeowners insurance, and keeping the place up. The balance grows over time instead of shrinking, and the loan comes due when the last borrower sells, moves out permanently, or passes away. There's also HECM for Purchase, which lets you buy a different home at 62+ without taking on a monthly payment. It's a real strategy, not a last resort, and I'll walk you through the tradeoffs honestly.

Do you only do equity loans?

No. Purchases are a big part of what I do — conventional, FHA, VA, jumbo, down payment assistance, buydowns. Plus refinances, reverse mortgages, and investor financing. Full service, 200+ lenders. The equity tool on this page is just the fastest way to start a conversation.

What states are you licensed in?

Thirty-six. Call or text with your state and I'll confirm in one message.

No pressure, no pull

Let's look at your numbers.

Send this and I'll come back with a written comparison — real terms, real fees, an APR on every option. If your current deal already wins, I'll say so.

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