

Steve Odenkirk,
Principal
Peritus is your
Commercial Finance Expert
You have access to over 40 years of commercial finance experience. Whether you need to secure a new loan or restructure a loan that is already in place, Peritus offers you the ability to create a level playing field with your lender.

Peritus Commercial Finance LLC is your own in-house loan officer. Steve Odenkirk, Principal, has more than four decades of experience in a wide range of commercial and real estate loans. He has represented both lenders and borrowers in the underwriting, marketing, documenting, closing, and even collecting and restructuring most major types of commercial loans.
Practice Areas
Loan Brokerage
A licensed Commercial Mortgage Broker, Peritus provides expertise to borrowers seeking commercial loans from $1M to $25M+. Assignments have included all categories of commercial real estate facilities, as well as traditional commercial and industrial loans.
Debt Restructuring
Peritus has developed an entirely new field of commercial finance – “Debtor Consulting”. With many years of commercial loan workout experience, Steve provides clients with in-depth knowledge of commercial banking practices on troubled loans.
Expert Witness
With broad experience in lending from both a lenders and borrower’s perspectives, Steve is well positioned to review loan documents, underwriting practices, and loan management standards as an industry “expert.”
Testimonials
“I am delighted to recommend Steve Odenkirk and his firm, Peritus. Steve has the uncanny ability to obtain for its clients financial results that generally are much better than I would expect.”
Bankruptcy Attorney – John Clemency – Gallagher and Kennedy
”I have secured over $57 million in commercial real estate loans using Steve Odenkirk. He has been the key to helping lenders understand our corporate structure and true financial strength.”
Andrew Briefer – Investor / Developer – INDEVCO Partners, Inc.
“Working with Steve moved me and my firm from being “reactive” in trying to juggle our debt and seeing bankruptcy as the only option, to being more in control of our business and our debt.”
Ted Dunlap – Owner – Dunlap Oil Company