Formed in 1998, SAM has grown to become a viable, new business model for the commercial mortgage banking industry. SAM members are at the cutting edge of technology utilizing a web-based system to communicate, share ideas and catalogue capital market participants, information and trends. SAM is unique in that it puts a local owner/expert in the middle of each transaction armed with national capital markets expertise that is second to none. Jonathan Goldman of M. Robert Goldman & Company in New York, chairman of the executive committee, "SAM provides local, proprietary

expertise for borrowers and lenders from individual member companies that are leading providers of the best financing alternatives in their respective markets based upon their knowledge and the collective wisdom of the group. The in depth market knowledge of these individual companies combined with the overall organizational, capital markets expertise insures the best execution for both borrower and investor."

For more information on Strategic Alliance Mortgage (SAM), please email info@samalliance.com."