Real Estate Lending Analyst Trainee

Coast One Mortgage; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Genesis Capital, the leading real estate lender, seeks graduates for its Genesis Academy Trainee Program. The five-month rotation provides hands-on exposure to loan operations, credit analysis, collateral evaluation, and workflow management.

From day one, trainees join as full-time staff, rotating across sales, valuations, construction, and compliance teams. Upon successful completion, trainees transition into a full-time Analyst or Associate role, gaining experience in underwriting fundamentals

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Proficiency with Excel and ability to learn loan origination systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support operations team with file organization, compliance checks, and coordination of loan processing tasks.
• Learn how to evaluate borrower credit history and identify potential risk indicators.
• Learn how to analyze renovation budgets, market comparables, and exit strategies for real estate projects.
• Learn how to perform a data review of borrower financials, experience, and collateral documentation.
• Gain exposure to reviewing appraisals and market analysis.
• Participate in underwriting and pipeline meetings to observe how eligibility, risk, and deal structure decisions are made.
• Support borrower, broker and client acquisition outreach.
• Learn how underwriting interacts with credit, operations, lending, and legal teams to maintain workflow efficiency.
• Gain hands-on experience inputting underwriting and loan data into internal systems (LOS and workflow platforms).
• Assist with track loan pipeline stages and support communication between departments to ensure deadlines are met.
• Support operations team with file organization, compliance checks, and coordination of loan processing tasks.
• Performs related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Loan origination systems

Job description

Genesis Capital, the leading real estate lender, seeks graduates for its Genesis Academy Trainee Program. The five-month rotation provides hands-on exposure to loan operations, credit analysis, collateral evaluation, and workflow management.

From day one, trainees join as full-time staff, rotating across sales, valuations, construction, and compliance teams. Upon successful completion, trainees transition into a full-time Analyst or Associate role, gaining experience in underwriting fundamentals