W ith over 20 years of real estate investing experience consisting of acquisitions, property management, urban development, and financing, Mark Hayes is the founder and president of Bridge South Investments, LLC, a Nashville-based private lender and angel investor specializing in short-term bridge loans for residential and commercial real estate as well as seed money for entrepreneurs.
Over his career, he has built or renovated over 100 homes and managed up to 40 rental units in-house. In 2014 Mr. Hayes formed West Nashville Living, LLC, a residential development company concentrating in one zip code with the purpose to develop affordable and different style homes and participate in the local community. Mr. Hayes took WNL, LLC from a gross profit of $385,000 in 2014 to $1.3 million the next year. In 2019 Mark founded Bridge South Investments (BSI) lending to investors in the southeastern
Mark received his Bachelor of Engineering from Vanderbilt University. Before his real estate career, he attained a Professional Engineers license and the series 6 license to sell mutual funds. Mark has been a licensed real estate agent since 2004. He is a member of AAPL, the American Association of Private Lenders. Although not a requirement for private lending, Bridge South Investments, LLC is licensed in the state of Tennessee. He has been a member of REIN (Real Estate Investors of Nashville) since 200