Sereyna Avila
Senior Vice President
As Senior Vice President, Sereyna empowers clients to make the wisest financial choices. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge and cultivating relationships between clients and the financial world. Sereyna holds a Master’s degree in Communication and Advertising from California State University, Fullerton. She uses her advanced understanding of communications to educate and inform her Carlyle Financial teammates and most importantly, the firm’s mortgage clients. She has been a featured speaker on personal finance for community groups and professional organizations.
Sereyna started her career as an intern for a local credit union before working full time in finance marketing. She has since directed advertising for print, Web, radio, and film and developed personal finance workshops for both children and college students. Her projects have received numerous awards including the Best Practice Award from the Credit Union National Association Marketing & Business Development Council.
When she isn’t traveling between the Beverly Hills and San Francisco offices of Carlyle Financial, Sereyna gives back to the local community via volunteer work with Longwood Manor, Union Rescue Mission, Children’s Institute, LAPD, and women and children’s shelters in Los Angeles.
Robert and Devin provided outstanding service and guidance throughout the entire refinance process. I would highly recommend this team.
I've purchased two homes with Carlyle financial. The first was a triplex investment. I was told by multiple people that myself and my mom couldn't get a loan on a $1.6 million investment unless we put down 40%. Robert was the only person who was able to find us a loan and not only that, got it for about 1% less than we were expecting with putting down 30%. Because of this, when I moved I went immediately to Carlyle. I was able to get a loan quickly and their method of dragging files into a website was sooooo much easier than emailing them all as I have had to do in the past. I couldn't recommend them more.
We had a wonderful experience with Carlyle Financial from start to finish! Robert was extremely knowledgeable and able to move the process along very quickly for us. We highly recommend Carlyle Financial!
Carlyle Financial has an incredible team, both in terms of service and knowledge of the mortgage industry. Not only do they find you the best loan options possible, they make the process go very smoothly. The team is extremely organized and responsive. I couldn't have been happier.
I recently closed on my first home working with Jesse Collins at Carlyle Financial.
As a first-time homeowner with ZERO knowledge, Jesse made my home-buying experience completely easy and stress-free! He was incredibly responsive and knowledgeable, gave great advice, and explained everything in such clear terms.
Jesse really went above and beyond to make things convenient and comfortable for me -- the entire process went perfectly smooth from start to finish, and he secured me a great rate.
I'd highly recommend him to anyone!