Miss Wise, from Westover, Maryland was raised as an only child by two loving parents…both of which played a very integral role in shaping her career. Her late-father, Thomas “Sonny” Wise was an entrepreneur, owning an auto business for 25 years. Her mother, Frances Wise, is a retired educator. Both were also real estate investors. She’s the product of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, with a major in Business Administration. Her “Why” is her daughter, Diamond Wise Okosun.

In 1986, she was employed as an accountant at the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge but soon became intrigued by the real estate industry and became a licensed real estate agent in 1989. She worked with O’Connor, Piper, Flynn; Century 21 and Exit Realty. However, the desire to still work with numbers from the accounting industry led her to the in the mortgage industry in 1994. Originating mortgages quickly became her passion. She worked with Mortgage Access…a division of Weichert Realtors, North American Mortgage and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage before starting her own residential mortgage brokerage in 2002, Norwestern Mortgage Group, LLC where she was the CEO and Broker with 2 partners that joined her from Wells Fargo. Norwestern had offices in Lanham, MD and Philadelphia, PA and was licensed in MD, VA and PA. The company grew quickly and was very successful until the economy collapsed in 2008. At that point she decided not to renew her brokers license and shifted her focus to the insurance industry. After obtaining her L&H and P&C licenses, Tami worked with Allstate, State Farm, and Farmers but still missed the mortgage industry and decided to make a return… but this time to the commercial mortgage industry, an industry she’d often dreamed about. However, she wasn’t prepared for the push-back she received while trying to get into the commercial industry. But after several failed attempts she decided to roll-up her sleeves and push her way in. It was difficult and at times very hurtful but she was determined to fulfill this dream as it appeared the commercial industry was not a diverse arena so she made a promise to herself to learn the industry and then make it a point to add as much diversity to the commercial industry as possible by starting her own commercial brokerage. As a result, Wise Commercial Mortgage, LLC was born in February 13th, 2018 with just Tami, 2 lenders and a drive to build a diverse empire within the commercial lending industry. A year and 9 months later, Tami added a long-time business friend to Wise, who is now Partner and a super dynamic Executive Strategic Director…Allen Wu, to expand upon her vision with his high caliber of business and team building. As a result of this unparalleled addition, Wise now has a rapidly expanding national platform, a win-win compensation platform unlike any other in the commercial industry, over 500 team members nationwide, over 300 lenders…and a burning desire to disrupt the commercial mortgage industry.

Many have been involved in the dream. Some came for a season; some came for a reason but each of these key individuals played a very vital role in the becoming of Wise.

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.” Harriet Tubman

As a former commercial banker, Barrington has reviewed and pre-underwritten thousands of lending packages from companies looking for financing and he has developed a system of prescreening deals and advocating for business owners and making key recommendations to underwriters for approvals. He has experience in the conventional business lending space and the SBA space and is knowledgeable of the SBA 7A and the SBA 504 programs as well as other business lending products.

Barrington has over 15 years in the banking industry and has worked at major commercial banking institutions such as HSBC Bank, Santander Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, and Sterling National Bank.

He has worked in various capacities and experience in international and domestic banking and specialized in developing new business, commercial lending, trade financing, expanding territories, community-based banking, and building long term customer relationships.

Barrington is a graduate of St John’s University where he majored in sociology and defines his professional success by providing value to his clients by connecting them to opportunities and providing valuable resources to help his client realize their dreams and ambitions.

When Barrington is not working he enjoys traveling all over the world and playing recreational sports, and reading books about success and wealth creation.

Marconi “Gio” Ramos is the director of Operations at EZ Realty. He is bilingual and has over 20 years’ experience in the real estate & mortgage industries. Marconi possesses a wide array of skills in marketing, management & finance. His experience & background has played an integral role at Capital Investment Group.

Grace (Zhaohui) Yu held a bachelor degree in Insurance and Finance in China and came to US to pursue her master degree in actuarial science and finance in late 1990’s. After she graduated, she worked in various consulting firms and insurance companies as an actuary, working in plan designs and actuarial consultations for over 16 years.

In 2017, she started her own insurance agent business as an independent agent in life & health insurance and property & casualty and commercial insurance.

Grace Yu joined Wise Commercial Lending in 2019 to expand her service in multiple financial areas and has built a big commercial loan sales force since then.

In her parttime, she enjoys readings, fitness and classical music.

Mr. Paul Teoh, has a finance and management background, he also studied marketing in the United States. He has had more than 30 years of financial and management experiences.

He started his career as an auditor after graduating from TARC College. His previous career experiences include holding senior management positions in several private and public companies.

He was employed by Ho Wah Genting Group and Lion Group, and was involved in overseas investment activities in Cambodia, Vietnam and China on hotel, vehicle, retail, travel, and manufacturing industries.

He is from Malaysia and can communicate in English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese.

He currently lives in New York City and is active in community service, he is a committee member of the Malaysian America Association and the local Chinese Merchant Association.

As the Regional Director for New York and New Jersey of WISE Commercial Lending, Paul Teoh will be responsible for expanding the Company market share in these regions.

Ms. Jones is a seasoned Senior Executive with a 25+ year track record leading Operations, Training & Development, Program Management, Technological Innovations, Capture Management and Business Development functions within the Private & Public sector in the areas of Finance, Real Estate, Training, Telecommunications, Government, and Technology. Exceptional ability to establish consultative relationships with clients in complex organizations and newly formed startups. Ms. Jones has worked extensively with companies, investors, and individuals to provide financial solutions for business and personal growth. Ms. Jones is comfortable with providing both strategic and tactical direction for complex, large-scale, and high-valued projects and business ventures. Ms. Jones holds many industry licenses and certifications: Licensed Realtor®, Licensed Life & Annuities Financial Services Agent, CREIPS, NCREA, Certified Pricing Strategy Advisor, Certified Probate, Certified iBuyer, PMP & MBA