Real Estate Capital Advisory · Orange County, CA

Not a brokerage. A capital advisory platform.

iPacific Capital advises homeowners, families, investors, business owners, and developers across every stage of the real estate journey — from residential mortgages and refinancing to commercial financing, investment property, and development strategy. Whether it's your first home or your next acquisition, you get the same personal attention and institutional experience, built over more than three decades in real estate finance.

30+ yrs
Structured real estate finance
$3B+
Loans underwritten & originated
6
Advisory practice areas
5.0★
Across 29 client reviews

Who we serve

First home or next acquisition — the same experienced hand.

Homeowners & families

Buying, refinancing, or moving up — with someone who explains every step.

  • Home purchase
  • Refinance
  • First-time buyers
  • Jumbo loans
  • Investment property loans

Investors

Financing and strategy for building a rental and multifamily portfolio.

  • Multifamily & 1–4 unit
  • DSCR & non-QM
  • Bridge loans
  • 1031 exchange financing
  • Portfolio strategy

Business owners

Capital for the property your business runs on, or your next commercial deal.

  • Owner-occupied property
  • SBA & owner-user
  • Commercial financing
  • Development & construction
  • Bridge & value-add

What we do

Strategic real estate solutions — one standard behind all of them.

Every client has unique objectives. Our role is experienced guidance, thoughtful analysis, and disciplined execution across the whole life of a real estate asset: how it's financed, bought, sold, built, and held. Each practice area below is backed by transactions we've actually done.

01 / Capital Advisory

Commercial & residential financing

Debt placement for income property — acquisition, refinance, bridge, and construction — plus residential loan origination for homeowners and investors, each sourced to the capital whose box actually fits.

Recent workArranged a $22.75M bridge loan to stabilize a 111,925 SF LA County retail center.
02 / Investment Sales

Sales & acquisitions

Buy- and sell-side representation on investment and residential property, with pricing and diligence grounded in institutional valuation.

Recent workRepresented the buyer on a $3.75M Newport Beach residence and the seller on a Kinneloa Mesa estate.
03 / Principal Investments

Own-account real estate

We invest our own capital in multifamily and value-add assets — so clients get advice from someone who carries the same risk they do.

Recent workOwn and operate 8- and 10-unit multifamily assets in Anaheim.
04 / Development Strategy

Development & ADU

Feasibility, capital structuring, and execution strategy for ground-up and ADU infill — turning under-utilized parcels into unit count.

Recent workActive multifamily and ADU development across two Anaheim parcels.
05 / Luxury Residential

Coastal & estate advisory

Representation for high-end residential buyers and sellers, from Newport Beach coastal property to gated estate markets.

Recent workClosed transactions in Peninsula Point, Newport Beach and Kinneloa Mesa, Pasadena.
06 / Institutional Underwriting

The discipline behind it all

Every engagement is underwritten the way a credit committee will read it — cash flow, DSCR, valuation, and exit — before it goes to market.

BackgroundThree decades underwriting institutional commercial real estate at Pacific Life and PwC.

Track record

The work, in the only format that matters.

A sample of closed and held transactions across the platform. Figures reflect actual engagements; financing terms are summarized.

$22,750,000
Capital Advisory
Retail center bridge financing111,925 SF · Santa Fe Springs, CA · Feb 2019
Financing arranged
$3,750,000
Investment Sales
Peninsula Point new-construction residence4 bd / 5.5 ba · Newport Beach, CA
Buyer represented
Kinneloa Mesa estate
Luxury Residential
Gated pool residence, canyon & city-light views31,000+ sf lot · Pasadena, CA
Seller represented
10-unit multifamily
Principal Investment
Two-building apartment asset near Resort DistrictColchester Dr · Anaheim, CA
Principal & broker
8-unit multifamily
Principal Investment
8-unit value-add multifamily, minutes off the 5Ball Rd · Anaheim, CA
Principal & broker

Representative transactions shown for illustration. Financing terms summarized and subject to the governing loan documents. Not an offer to lend or a commitment of terms.

The approach

Advice from someone who has underwritten the other side of the table.

Before iPacific, three decades in institutional real estate capital markets — underwriting commercial loans, modeling CMBS cash flows, and managing multi-billion-dollar portfolios alongside the largest capital sources on Wall Street. That's not a tagline; it's the lens on every deal. We size a loan the way the credit committee will, price an asset the way a buyer's analyst will, and flag the problem before it costs you a rate lock.

$800M+
CRE underwritten at Pacific Life
$2.0B
Portfolio managed
Argus
Institutional modeling standard
CMBS
Securitization & structuring

About

Samuel H. Nam

For more than three decades, Sam Nam has helped individuals, investors, and business owners navigate complex real estate and financing decisions with confidence. His career spans institutional commercial lending, capital markets, investment advisory, and residential real estate — a perspective that reaches well beyond a typical transaction.

Rather than focusing solely on buying, selling, or financing property, Sam approaches every engagement as a long-term advisor: helping clients evaluate opportunities, manage risk, and build lasting wealth. Because he is also an active real estate investor and owner-operator, he weighs each opportunity the way his clients do — cash flow, appreciation, financing strategy, tax, and risk — advice shaped by firsthand decisions, not just professional experience.

Every relationship is built on three principles

Trust. Clear communication, honesty, and transparency throughout. Strategy. Thoughtful planning, not transactional advice. Stewardship. Decisions that support your long-term financial goals.

FirmiPacific Capital, Inc. & iPacific Real Estate
PrincipalSam Nam, Broker / Owner
Experience30+ years real estate finance
Independent since2004
LicensingCA DRE #01146025 · NMLS #242732
Company NMLSiPacific Capital, Inc. #362300
EducationB.S. Finance, CSU Long Beach
Client rating★★★★★ 5.0 · 29 reviews
Office19762 MacArthur Blvd, Ste 100, Irvine

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