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9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
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1.    The Company

Sachem Capital Corp. (the “Company”), a New York corporation, specializes in originating, underwriting, funding, servicing and managing a portfolio of first mortgage loans. The Company offers short term (i.e.,  one to three years), secured, non-banking loans (sometimes referred to as “hard money” loans) to real estate owners and investors to fund their acquisition, renovation, development, rehabilitation or improvement of properties located primarily in Connecticut. The properties securing the Company’s loans are generally classified as residential or commercial real estate and, typically, are held for resale or investment. Each loan is secured by a first mortgage lien on real estate and may also be secured with additional collateral, such as other real estate owned by the borrower or its principals, a pledge of the ownership interests in the borrower by its principals and/or personal guarantees by the principals of the borrower. The Company does not lend to owner-occupants. The Company’s primary underwriting criteria is a conservative loan-to-value ratio. In addition, the Company has made and may continue to make opportunistic real estate acquisitions.