Verified Broker Profiles for Private Lending Deals

Brokers Are the Distribution Layer of Private Lending

There are 18,807 loan broker businesses in the United States as of 2026, generating $9.1 billion in industry revenue. In merchant cash advance and revenue-based financing, ISOs (Independent Sales Organizations) drive the majority of applications and act as the primary sales channel for funding companies. In real estate, brokers and correspondents source a large share of hard money and bridge deal flow. Whether you're an operator raising capital or a lender buying deal flow, odds are a broker sits in the middle of your next transaction.

Yet the broker channel has the same trust problem as the rest of the market. Commission structures are opaque — MCA broker commissions range from 1 to 12 points on a standard deal, with some as high as 15 points — and there is no public record of which brokers actually close, which ones shop files to twenty funders, and which ones misrepresent terms to get a signature. Existing platforms like Funder Intel were built for brokers to find funders, not for anyone to vet the brokers themselves.

What a Verified Broker Profile Shows You

Every broker profile on LendLedger is verified before listing and built around the diligence questions that matter. For operators: What asset classes and deal sizes does this broker actually work? Which lenders do they have real relationships with? How do past borrowers rate their communication and fee transparency? For lenders: Does this broker send qualified, accurately-packaged files? What is their pull-through rate reputation? Do other funders recommend them? Because reviews come from both lenders and borrowers, a broker's profile reflects how they treat both sides of the transaction — not just the side paying the commission.

Before you engage any broker's recommended capital source, cross-check the lender directly — you can see verified lender reviews for the funders in your term sheet stack, or find verified private lenders yourself to benchmark the terms you're being offered.

For Brokers: Your Track Record Is Your Pipeline

In a channel with nearly 19,000 competing firms, reputation is the only durable moat. A verified LendLedger profile turns your closed-deal history into a public asset: operators find you when they search your specialty, lenders can confirm you're worth onboarding, and every successful deal compounds into reviews that win the next one. Claiming your profile takes minutes — and the earlier you build your review history, the harder it is for competitors to catch up. Learn how the full trust model works on our how it works page.