ABOUT ADROC

Robert (“Avi”) Brum, CPA is the Founder and CEO of Adroc Capital. He brings 20 years' experience in real estate development and finance, specializing in multifamily and healthcare developments and FHA insured financing. Prior to forming Adroc Capital, Avi worked at Rockhall Funding Corp. as Vice President of Finance where he oversaw all financial operations, including capital markets activities and banking relationships, and played a critical role in corporate development. Avi also originated and/or underwrote a wide variety of apartment and healthcare loans, closing in excess of $700 million in FHA insured loans and was ultimately promoted to Executive Vice President.

Early in his career, Avi worked in Grant Thornton’s public audit practice and served as controller for multifamily and healthcare developments for a New York area developer, where he oversaw over $250 million in multifamily and healthcare developments. This experience proved invaluable, affording him firsthand knowledge of the challenges and pressures facing real estate investors and developers.

Avi has been approved by HUD as an FHA MAP and LEAN Underwriter and Construction Loan Administrator. He is also a New York licensed Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of Touro College with a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting, summa cum laude.

Riahna Phillips is Adroc Capital's FHA MAP Chief Underwriter. Riahna oversees all aspects of Adroc’s FHA loan origination and underwriting platform. Ms. Phillips brings over 15 years of commercial mortgage lending experience with particular expertise in FHA loan programs. Her in-depth knowledge of FHA loan programs spans the full range of project types including new construction, substantial rehabilitation, refinance and acquisition transactions for market rate and affordable multifamily, healthcare, and low-income housing tax credit projects.

Prior to Adroc, Riahna served as an FHA MAP Underwriter at some of the largest FHA commercial lenders in the country. Riahna has been involved with the underwriting, processing, and/or closing of over 50 FHA-insured loans totaling approximately $500 million.

Riahna is an approved FHA MAP Chief Underwriter. She earned an MBA in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and graduated from DePaul University in Chicago with a Bachelor's of Science in Finance.

Julie Tyler is Adroc Capital's FHA Deputy Chief Underwriter and Director of Healthcare Lending. Julie is an approved FHA MAP and LEAN underwriter with over 20 years of experience structuring and closing complex HUD-insured transactions across multifamily and healthcare sectors. She has underwritten and closed over $850 million in FHA deals, including affordable housing, LIHTC, RAD conversions, market-rate and senior housing facilities such as assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing care facilities.

Julie has held leadership underwriting roles – including as FHA Chief and Deputy Chief Underwriter – at national and regional banking institutions. Her experience spans new construction, substantial rehab, and acquisitions with complex financing layers including bonds, tax credits, including properties with fixed and variable tax exemptions and Medicaid waivers (assisted living/memory care).  

Holding both MAP and LEAN certifications, Julie has substantial regulatory knowledge and a consistent track record of understanding HUD processes that lead to successful closings. She graduated with a Business of Science degree from Assumption University and has a Masters of Science Degree from The Johns Hopkins University. She is also a current Member the Appraisal Institute (MAI).