Mortgage lender Rick Pedrosa is the president and owner of LendMe Mortgage, LCC, based out of Miami, Florida, and concurrently serves as branch manager for HighTechLending, Inc. for its branch center in South Florida. Prior to his career in the real estate industry, Rick Pedrosa earned his bachelor of arts in business administration from Florida International University (FIU).
FIU is the first and lone public research university in Miami that offers undergraduate as well as master’s and doctoral degrees. Designated as a top-tier R1 (Carnegie Classification for highest research activity) research institution, it ranks No. 1 in the country in granting undergraduate and master’s degrees to students of Hispanic heritage. FIU is also among the country’s top 10 largest public universities and is a top producer of Fulbright Scholars.
Among FIU’s unique distinctions, its Aquarius Reef Base, located 63 feet below the surface, houses the only undersea research laboratory in the world. Furthermore, the university’s Hollo School of Real Estate ranks No. 1 in the country for real estate research.