Ray Potter, PRINCIPAL
Ray Potter drew from his 30+ years experience in the commercial real estate industry to found R3 Funding in 2012. His goal: to bring a Trusted Advisor to owners for their ever changing needs in the various real estate cycles.
Mr. Potter has originated or securitized over $16B in real estate loans over his career in the United States and Canada. He has also restructured over $10B since starting his career. During this time he has earned the trust and respect of Borrowers while working in senior leadership positions within various Wall Street financial institutions.
Prior to founding R3 Funding, Mr. Potter was a principal at Hodes Weill & Associates where he provided Restructuring Advisory work for Fund Managers and Individual Owners. Previously, Mr. Potter was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in the Real Estate Finance group where he was responsible for origination teams located in New York, Canada, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Tampa. He spent a total of nine years at Credit Suisse and Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette (merged in November of 2000). His prior positions included CEO of Column Canada, Senior Credit Officer, CMBS Securitization Manager and Underwriter. As CMBS Securitization Manager, Mr. Potter was responsible for running the securitization process in United States and Canada and interacting with Rating Agencies, Master & Special Servicers and Bond buyers to facilitate the closing process.
Mr. Potter also spent a combined six years with Countrywide, Eurohypo and Bear Stearns performing various duties such as Co-Head of CMBS and Senior Originator. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Potter was with Chase Manhattan Bank where he completed the Associate credit training program and worked on loan restructurings throughout the United States. Mr. Potter began his career at HSBC where he completed the Analyst credit training program.
Mr. Potter received his Bachelor of Science and his Masters in Business Administration degrees from Cornell University. Mr. Potter currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Cornell School of Hotel Administration Center for Real Estate and Finance and on the Cornell University Council. He previously served on the Johnson's School Dean's Leadership Committee and on the President's Circle.
