Vestin Mortgage is one of the nation's leading real estate based fund
managers, currently serving as the manager of two publicly traded REITs,
Vestin Realty Mortgage I (NASDAQ:VRTA)
and Vestin Realty Mortgage II(NASDAQ:VRTB)
as well as Vestin Fund III, a real estate investment program registered with the SEC.
Vestin Mortgage also served
as the manager of Vestin Fund I and Vestin Fund II, two real estate
investment programs registered with the SEC, prior to their conversion
to real estate investment trusts (REIT).
Vestin Mortgage is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Vestin Group, Inc., a privately held Delaware
corporation. Through its subsidiaries, Vestin Group is engaged in asset
management, real estate lending and other financial services.
Vestin Mortgage was founded in 1995 by Chief Executive Officer Mike
Shustek and has been responsible for more than $2 billion in real estate transactions.
From 1995 until the present, Vestin Mortgage provided investments for
more than 8,000 investors in approximately 900 commercial
mortgage loans totaling about $2 billion.