Christian Pepe currently serves as a managing partner for First Equity Funding and has done so since 2009. First Equity Funding is an asset-based/hard money lender that focuses on lending to real estate investors looking to fix/flip or buy-and-hold residential, mixed-use and multifamily properties. Pepe has an extensive background with more than 15 years' experience in traditional lending, fix/flip lending, hard money lending, mortgage note buying, real estate investing and construction management.