Mark Filler, who departed “fix and flip” lender Finance of America Commercial early this spring, said he has amassed $1 billion of commitments from private equity investors and plans to enter the market once again, but this time as a buyer of properties. He also expects to launch a new business to provide advances to real estate agents based on their commissions, and then – if successful – roll out a similar program to fund mortgage brokers. He anticipates paying referral fees to mortgage companies that send business his way. “My goal is...