From Wall Street to Main Street
Our founding team and advisors have Wall Street experience and a track record of generating returns across asset classes. We introduce sophisticated techniques to an unsophisticated market.
Our Story
Constitution was founded to democratize access to real estate credit opportunities and provide a better more seamless lending experience for borrowers. Our platform leverages our founders' experience investing across the capital structure in real estate, allowing
your portfolio to grow with the benefit of our experience.Because of our backgrounds, we understand the risks facing debt and equity stakeholders and this experience shapes our underwriting to focus on the primary drivers of investor returns.
Our Leadership Team
Ricardo Sims
Co-founder
Managing Partner
Ricardo spent 3 years on Wall Street trading interest rate derivatives before joining Kore Capital, a Florida based Hedge Fund. At Kore, he focused on Mezzanine and Commercial loan origination as well as continuing to trade interest rate derivatives, this time on mortgage backed securities. After this experience, he became a partner of Constitution as head of acquisitions and originations of asset based loans.
Joseph Motta
Co-founder
Managing Partner
Joseph started his career on Wall Street working in Mergers & Acquisitions and Restructuring at Agile Equity. There he specialized in distressed situations and guided clients through workout scenarios or sales processes. In 2017, Joe left Wall Street to pursue ventures in private credit and real estate. He has experience investing in distressed credit, value-add real estate, and real estate development projects.
Kyle O'hehir
Co-founder
Managing Partner
Kyle started his career in fixed income on a trading desk at J.P. Morgan before joining multi-strategy hedge fund Millennium. In 2018, Kyle left Millennium to manage his own capital with an emphasis on real estate debt investing. He has experience investing across the real estate capital structure, including first and second lien mortgages, tax liens, and equity. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Maryland.
