Mr. Swartz started his career in 1970 at Sonnenblick-Goldman, where he worked and developed his expertise as a loan originator until 1975, when he left to form the mortgage and Real Estate syndication firm- Pergolis & Swartz Associates Inc. Over the next 36 years he built a reputable name, and grew his firm to the size of 25 active brokers facilitating billions of dollars in transactions in mortgage origination, and related services for every form of lending and equity participation conceivable, including syndication, direct lending, construction, development, ownership, management, plus debt and equity procurement in every category of Commercial Real Estate. In April of 2011, he and his former assistant turned partner at PSA left to form HKS Capital Partners, LLC along with a former member of PSA, John Harrington. This endeavor has proven immensely successful in many ways in all forms of CRE. Primarily debt and equity procurement, direct lending, residential construction for his own account as well as investments in industrial, condo conversion, hospitality, multi-family and shopping centers.