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### [Strong Recommendation for Bruce Marks at First Bank of the Lake](https://blog.fblake.bank/thewateringhole/strong-recommendation-for-bruce-marks-at-first-bank-of-the-lake)

Bruce will get you approved and funded! We recently acquired Highland Roofing, a commercial roofing contractor in North Carolina, and found ourselves repeatedly screened out due to (i) the size of the loan required, (ii) the amount of goodwill on the balance sheet, and (iii) the company’s new construction exposure. Until Bruce, we struggled \[to\] find a financing partner that saw what we saw – a vibrant, growing company with a deep pool of talent. Bruce and FBOL got the pitch and saw our vision when no one else would. Bruce and his team get highest marks for how they conducted themselves throughout the process.

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