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About Us

Flagship Financial Services was established in 1989 by the former staff of Amerifirst Mortgage Corporation in Ft. Lauderdale. In the early 1980’s Amerifirst was the largest residential lender in Florida. Flagship’s president brought Fifteen years of lending experience at Amerifirst to the new company. With the closing of Amerifirst, Flagship continued doing business with its former realtor & builder clients. While our customer base has continued to expand over the years, Flagship has continued to provide excellent service to our valued realtors, builders, and customers.

As a small, locally owned and operated mortgage banking firm licensed in the state of Florida, Flagship is uniquely positioned to offer the professional, personalized service you just can’t get from a large national bank or mortgage company. Of course we underwrite, close, and fund the loans we originate, just like the larger national companies. But we have the unique ability to change and adapt to your needs quickly. Our loan officers are well trained, knowledgeable, energetic and personable. Their main desire is to help you close on time.
So we invite you to check out the difference at Flagship where you will always find…

CULTURE
At Flagship we strive to facilitate a smooth real estate closing. We make our closing cost estimates as accurate as possible and advise you on which program is most suitable to your financial needs. Everyone in the transaction is always treated with honesty, integrity and respect.

COMMUNICATION
From buyer pre-qualification to closing we make it a priority to keep all parties to the transaction informed. We don’t like surprises and neither do you. If we see a problem during the loan process we address it immediately. Our goal is always to close and close on time.

CONTRACTS
We will actually read your contract and pay attention to application deadlines, approval deadlines and most importantly, closing dates.

CLOSING
Our goal is always to achieve a smooth, on time closing. We won’t drag an unqualified borrower through the mud for months only to tell you on closing day that we just couldn't get you a loan. At Flagship over 90% of the borrowers who apply with Flagship close on time with Flagship.



Flagship’s Senior Management team is not exactly new to the business. Take a look!

Name	Position	Mortgage Professional since
Jerome D. Kislia	President & C.E.O.	1975
Gisele Peterson	V.P./Operations & Administration	1982
Deborah Healy	V.P./Loan Production	1980
Liz Boik	Project  Approval Specialist	1985

And here’s what else the folks at Flagship have been doing…