Carlos Campos, MBA, is Managing Director of Hope St. and Hope Street Funding & Realty, where he leads a vertically integrated capital markets platform focused on real estate-backed wealth strategies for institutional clients, private operators, and private equity sponsors. He holds a foundation in credit risk, underwriting, and structured finance. Carlos brings institutional fluency to middle-market real estate execution.
Previously, Carlos served as a City First Bank, where he oversaw a $250M commercial real estate loan portfolio consisted of Multi-family, CRE, Industrial, Commercial, Mixed Used, Affordable Housing and Low Income Assets. He acted as the final credit line of defense — auditing and reviewing CRE transactions.
Carlos also founded Hope Street Funding & Realty a Luxury Residential & CRE firm now fully integrated into Hope St.'s CRE advisory platform - where capital structuring, credit intelligence, and private market sourcing intersect. Carlos has originated and closed $500M or more in lifetime transactions (buyer/seller/loan representation, and or dual representation). He specializes in identifying underexploited opportunities and building institutional-grade financing strategies around them. From stabilized acquisitions to value-add, luxury development, and healthcare transitions, Carlos delivers capital solutions built to outperform across cycles.
Credit & Lending Strategy | Access That Creates Leverage
Carlos leads a disciplined execution team with direct access to 30+ active CRE lenders and 300+ loan programs, including:
•Balance Sheet & Conventional CRE Loans
•SBA 7(a) & 504 Programs
•Bridge, Mezzanine, and Value-Add Capital
•AR/AP-Based Lending for C&I Borrowers
•New Market Tax Credits (NMTC)
•Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC)
•Affordable & Workforce Housing Capital
•100% CRE Financing for Healthcare Practices
•Practice Expansion & Working Capital Lines
•Luxury Real Estate Loans (Jumbo Loans & Super Jumbo Loans)
Hope St. maintains a 98% loan approval rate with lenders. All deals are lender-aligned, covenant-modeled, and designed for efficient funding — not just approval, but execution on favorable terms.
The Hope St. Advantage
•We source on or off-market properties, financeable opportunities others miss.
•We unlock institutional credit logic to you in all your deals and make underwriting a breeze
•We structure wealth, not just transactions around leverage USGAAP rules, and discipline.
•We move with discretion, speed, and absolute execution.
•We don’t serve everyone just those who demand an edge.
•We don’t just list, sell, finance, or manage but we also advise, turn assets around, improve property performance, we optimize borrowing, cash out and grow your wealth.
1031 Exchange Advisory | Tax-Efficient Wealth Rotation
Carlos and his team advise clients through 1031 exchanges with precision — from tax planning to lender structuring. Whether executing a delayed, reverse, or improvement exchange, every strategy is modeled to preserve gains, optimize reinvestment leverage, and comply with IRS guidelines.
Carlos holds an MBA in Corporate Finance and Investment Management with a focus on portfolio risk and capital deployment. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance and He also holds a California Real Estate Broker’s License and NMLS license. His background allows him to align institutional credit structures with private client goals to maximize value across multifamily, healthcare, industrial, and owner-user real estate.
