Dominion Financial Services is a nationally recognized private lender in 49 states that originated over $180 million in loans in calendar year 2019 to experienced real estate investors through four lending products: Fix and Flip loans, 30 year Rental loans, Ground Up Construction loans, and Small Multi-Family loans.
The Challenge
Dominion’s legacy system had been cobbled together over a number of years to power their interest based loan business. Relying on systems like Excel, One-Drive, Office and other platforms, they built a system that suited their needs at the time, however, as they grew, the system was getting stretched and they foresaw the need to upgrade early. to enable a digital transformation and get ahead of the competition and set themselves up for continued long term success
The Solution
Dominion began the search to find a partner who could to help them transition to a fully digital, streamlined and integrated Loan Management System (LMS). The FUNDINGO LMS platform had one significant advantage over the competitors: FUNDINGO could be configured to Dominion’s specific lending process while the competition’s software would have required Dominion to change their process and potentially lose that special sauce they had already developed over years of hard work.
The Result
CloudMyBiz/FUNDINGO evaluated Dominion’s process, and prepared a solution that would meet their needs and deliver immediately improved functionality and tools. The new system created a transparent feedback loop between origination and servicing, letting Dominion have better control of their data and easily find the lifetime history of a borrower. With FUNDINGO, Dominion kept their current process, and via the integrative power of Salesforce, are now set up to take advantage of the cutting edge of technology whenever it hits the market.
Billd is a material supplier who provides short-term financing for the construction industry. Their aim is helping contractors and suppliers grow their businesses with less hassle and risk. They offer credit up to 120-day terms for contractors, who usually aren’t paid until more than 90 days after purchasing materials – allowing contractors to scale their business and stabilize cash flow. Billd understands that traditional credit data can be a poor predictor in the construction industry and embraces contractors who struggle to obtain traditional bank financing.
The Challenge
Billd attempted to manage their material financing product by initially relying on Quickbooks, but quickly realized that it would be difficult to manage a fast-growing company when their system relied on manual disbursements.
They dedicated 4-6 hours daily on disbursements, making it difficult for scalable growth. They needed a platform that was suited for their specific needs and required a highly accurate platform with strong data integrity and daily recording.
The Solution
To streamline their operations and grow their business, Billd needed a solution that could cut down time dedicated to manual disbursements. Fundingo was able to provide a transition to a fully digital, streamlined and integrated credit management system; one that provides notifications for failed repayments and other updates vital to their day-to-day operations.
The Result
With Fundingo’s implementation of their credit servicing module in May 2019, Billd experienced an increase in disbursement funds by 900% and has expanded its team to at least double their original size. Fundingo was able to decrease Billd’s time spent on disbursements; going from 4-6 hours daily to 1 hour of double-checking their sheets. Since working with Fundingo, Billd averages about 2,500 transactions/wk and has become a client with a fully-customized software.
“We really have to give kudos to the development team for everything they’ve done. Throughout the entire process and even today, we’ve been able to feel more like a member of the team and less of a vendor-client relationship.”
Jon Placa – Director of Financial Operations – Billd
