--- title: | George Blackburne --- ## [![commercial_loans_logo-1](https://blog.commercialloans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/commercial_loans_logo-1.gif?width=320&name=commercial_loans_logo-1.gif)](http://www.c-loans.com/) Test # Small Business Loans Blog ## George Blackburne ### Recent Posts ## [Our Journey To Learn The Business Loan Brokerage Business](https://blog.commercialloans.com/my-journey-to-learn-the-business-loan-brokerage-business) Posted by [George Blackburne](https://blog.commercialloans.com/author/george-blackburne) on Aug 7, 2015 2:34:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.commercialloans.com/hubfs/Business_Loan-5.jpg) ](https://blog.commercialloans.com/my-journey-to-learn-the-business-loan-brokerage-business) Thirty-five years ago, when I first founded Blackburne & Sons, I had never closed a commercial real estate loan.  In other words, I founded a commercial mortgage company before closing my very first commercial mortgage loan.  Pretty audacious, huh?  Today my commercial mortgage company is one of the oldest commercial mortgage companies in the country, and it services over $41 million in private money commercial permanent loans.  You will recall that a ***permanent loan*** is just a garden variety first mortgage on a commercial property. [Read More](https://blog.commercialloans.com/my-journey-to-learn-the-business-loan-brokerage-business) 2 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.commercialloans.com/my-journey-to-learn-the-business-loan-brokerage-business#comments-listing) Topics: [Business Loan Brokerage](https://blog.commercialloans.com/topic/business-loan-brokerage) [All posts](https://blog.commercialloans.com/all) ## George Blackburne III - Owner of CommercialLoans.com ![george blackburne photo](https://blog.commercialloans.com/hs-fs/images/george-blackburne-photo.jpg?width=156&name=george-blackburne-photo.jpg) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### Follow Us C-Loans.com® is sponsored by  C-Loans, Inc. — For more information, contact Tom Blackburne 555 University Ave., Suite 150, Sacramento, CA 95825 Telephone: (916) 338-3232 x 317 * Tom Blackburne in Indiana: (574) 210-6686 * Fax: (916) 338-2328 Real Estate Broker -- California Department of Real Estate -- License Number 01330173 Arizona Dept. of Financial Institutions – License Number 0909472 The Florida Mortgage Brokers License Number: 0708758 [Read our many client Success Stories](https://c-loans.com/mortgage-brokers-overview/success-stories/) » © 2025 C-Loans, Inc. All rights reserved.