Founded in 1978, First Southern is an independently owned full service commercial real estate capital firm. Our services are broad based and include permanent debt financing, construction financing, forward funding commitments, joint-venture equity programs, preferred equity, bridge debt, mezzanine debt, tax-free financing, and institutional loan servicing. First Southern currently represents more than twenty life insurance companies and pension funds, as well as several capital market lenders. We currently provide professional loan servicing functions for a portfolio of more than $1.3 billion for our institutional clients. Our purpose is to leverage longstanding relationships with a diverse group of debt and equity capital sources to provide our clients the capital needed to maximize capital accumulation