The Wrong Broker
Some brokers can take a file. Fewer can carry a difficult transaction through underwriting. Without seasoned judgment, even a strong deal can be lost.
Beverly Hills Mortgage Broker | Est. 1989
No Transaction
Is Too Complex
The only firm in Beverly Hills combining a full spectrum of complex loan solutions with the institutional knowledge built over 40+ years and impossible to replicate. We were built for the transactions others decline, and we represent you, not the bank.
200,000+
Loans Funded
40+
Years of Experience
Nationwide Reach
$1B+
In Sales
As seen in the Wall Street Journal, Realtor.com, Yahoo! Real Estate, Trulia, and Bravo TV’s Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles.
Complex Scenarios We Close
The Wrong Approach Could
Cost You the Loan
Most of our clients have already heard no somewhere else. These are the situations that can hurt them, and they are the ones we fix every day.
The Wrong Lender
Sophisticated financial structures require a broker with the relationships and institutional knowledge to present them correctly. Without that, a strong file goes nowhere.
The Wrong Timing
Real estate transactions move on deadlines. When the file is unusual, the broker has to arrive with answers, lender relationships, and a path that can hold the timeline.
A Different Approach
The Right Broker Arrives
With Answers
Centek Capital Group was built around transactions that require judgment. Every engagement starts with a full assessment of the borrower, property, and timing, then every viable structure is compared before a program is recommended. As a licensed mortgage broker and banker with a 50-state lender network, we bring the right partners and the experience to move at the speed the transaction requires.
Why Centek
The Firm That
Cannot Be
Replicated
For 40+ years, Centek Capital Group has been the firm that sophisticated borrowers, CPAs, business managers, and luxury realtors call when the transaction is too important to leave to chance. That trust comes from judgment, relationships, and follow-through built one closing at a time.
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Legacy & Mastery
The first firm in this space to reach a billion dollars in sales. Over 200,000 loans funded.
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Access & Network
40+ years of knowing which lender fits which profile, which path closes the deal, and how to move without losing position.
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No Transaction Too Complex
The most difficult loans are not the exception here. They are the purpose.
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What-If Methodology
Every available path is mapped against your profile and goals before a single program is discussed.
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Speed & Certainty
Once we understand your full picture, we move. Full approval letters issued with the speed competitive transactions require.
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Family-Owned Continuity
Three generations. One firm. A standard of care established over 40+ years and carried forward in every transaction.
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Tailored Loan Proposals
Every proposal is built specifically for your profile and goals: the best possible terms, structured around you.
Gloria Shulman
Centek Capital Group
About Centek
40+ Years of Setting the
Standard for Complex
Lending
Gloria Shulman did not enter an established industry. She helped build it. One of the first female mortgage brokers in Los Angeles, Gloria founded Centek Capital Group and Crestview Financial, building the first firm in this space to reach a billion dollars in sales. Across 40+ years, she has personally funded more than 200,000 loans, setting the pace for what professional mortgage brokerage looks like in one of the most demanding real estate markets in the world.
Centek Capital Group is a multigenerational, family-owned firm. The discipline Gloria established now guides the team in every transaction they touch.
Loan Programs
Some of Our
Loan Programs
From purchases and HELOCs to investment, commercial, construction, and foreign national financing, Centek structures each program around the borrower, the property, and the timeline.
How We Work
One Approval Process
One Senior Team
Every file moves through the same path: a real discovery conversation, a precise program match, full documentation and underwriting, then close and fund.
01
Discovery
A real conversation about your financial picture, income sources, assets, timeline, and the structure you actually need. No application required.
02
Program Match
We run every available scenario against your profile. You hear the best option because we have already considered and eliminated the others.
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Document & Underwrite
We structure your loan submission and manage the underwriting process from start to finish. Every detail handled. No surprises at the finish line.
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Close & Fund
We issue pre-approval and full approval letters with the speed competitive transactions require.
Client Stories
The Deals We Hear About Most
Here are a few of the reasons our clients choose us, love us, and stay with us.
Centek Capital Group is the best in the business. We have been doing business with them for over 10 years now. They get the job done and are very professional. Gloria Shulman is the best in the world, in our opinion.
Kim C.
10-year client
I have been working with these guys for 20 years. They get the best pricing around, are extremely thorough, and are a pleasure to work with. We have done two homes and a number of refinancings. I highly recommend them.
Patric C.
20-year client
Gloria is amazing, smart, and one of the all-time best and most experienced mortgage people in all of L.A. You should go to her, or at least give her a call for a second opinion.
John Wild
Los Angeles, CA
If you want to be treated like a human being, and you cherish honesty, Gloria Shulman is right for you. She is a life saver!
Tamara B.
Residential Borrower
Gloria is wonderful. My husband and I are buying a new home and she is doing our mortgage, even though I now live 130 miles away in the desert. She is a pleasure to work with!
Joy Hall
Purchase Client
Stunning, smart, compassionate, trustworthy, and an outstanding person. We would not trust anyone else with our financing.
Cina Hodges
Repeat Client
Ready When You Are
Bring Us the Transaction That
Was Too Complex for Others
40+ years of expertise closing complex residential and commercial files. When speed, structure, and a real principal at the table matter most.
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The Latest From
Our Market Desk
July 18, 2025
July 2025 Market Update
The mortgage market has remained in a narrow range for several months. We feel the interest-rate complex is in a holding pattern until inflation moves closer to the Fed’s 2% target or unemployment rises.
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June 3, 2025
June 2025 Market Update
Summer is around the corner. The last few months have been volatile across the economy and geopolitical landscape, but the real estate market remains active at all price points.
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October 23, 2024
Pre-Election Newsletter
Heading into the home stretch of election season. The Federal Reserve lowered rates by .50% last month, but longer-term treasuries quickly climbed back, lifting mortgage rates into the 6% area.
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