AJ Gunasena
Founder & CEO — FlipWithAJ Real Estate Group
AJ Gunasena is the Founder and CEO of FlipWithAJ Real Estate Group, a Las Vegas–based private hard money lender. With more than 8 years in real estate finance, AJ has funded 100+ investor deals representing over $30 million in financing across fix & flip, ground-up construction, and bridge scenarios.
How he lends
AJ built FlipWithAJ around a simple observation: real estate investors lose more deals to slow capital than to bad deals. The firm underwrites the asset, the leverage, and the exit — not just a credit score — and can close in as little as 7 days on straightforward transactions.
Every loan is business-purpose financing secured by non-owner-occupied residential investment property. Explore the programs: Fix & Flip loans, Ground-Up construction loans, and Bridge loans.
A background built in real estate
Before lending, AJ spent years on the investor side of residential real estate — sourcing properties, managing renovation budgets, and carrying projects from acquisition through resale. That first-hand operating experience is the foundation of how FlipWithAJ underwrites today: budgets, timelines, and exits are evaluated the way an operator sees them, not the way a spreadsheet does.
Alongside FlipWithAJ, AJ invests through AJG Venture Group, his private capital platform. For borrowers, that means a lender who understands leverage, timelines, and exits the way another investor does — because he puts his own capital to work the same way.
Background
AJ studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada — FlipWithAJ's home market and still its deepest, with lending available nationwide.
Connect with AJ Gunasena
Connect on LinkedIn, email contact@flipwithaj.com, or start with the FAQ if you're considering financing.