About Capital Finder
Finance advice with property in its bones
Capital Finder is a Brisbane-based mortgage and finance brokerage built on an unusual foundation: decades of hands-on property development. We serve clients Australia-wide, in person or by video.
Director & head of finance
Lisa Shen
Lisa’s route into broking wasn’t the usual one. After graduating from QUT in 2004 with a Bachelor of e-Commerce (Accounting), she went into property itself — acquiring development sites, running feasibilities, managing projects through construction and financing every stage of the journey.
Twenty years of that work teaches you things no product manual can: how lenders really assess risk, which structures survive a changing market, and what a borrower needs to hear before they sign — not after. In 2015 she formalised the finance side with a Certificate IV in Finance and Mortgage Broking through Kaplan Professional and founded Capital Finder to put that experience to work for clients.
Today Lisa specialises in complex lending: development sites, construction finance, self-employed borrowers and investors building portfolios — alongside the first home buyers and refinancers who make up the heart of the practice.
- Bachelor of e-Commerce (Accounting), QUT, 2004
- Certificate IV in Finance & Mortgage Broking, Kaplan Professional, 2015
- Member, Property Developer Network (PDN)
- FBAA accredited member
Finance & mortgage broker
William Doré
William came to finance through a career built on listening. With degrees in psychology (QUT, 2009) and nursing (QUT, 2012) and a diploma in healthcare leadership (University of Tasmania, 2021), he spent years in roles where understanding people under pressure was the whole job.
That turns out to be excellent training for mortgage broking. Borrowing decisions are life decisions, and William’s clients — first home buyers, investors and the self-employed — get a broker who explains carefully, never rushes a signature, and stays calm when settlement deadlines get tight.
William works alongside the projects at Chapstone Property as a project manager, and brings that same delivery discipline to every lending file: clear milestones, honest updates, no surprises.
- Certificate IV in Finance & Mortgage Broking, Kaplan Professional, 2026
- Bachelor of Psychology, QUT, 2009
- Bachelor of Nursing, QUT, 2012
- Member, Property Developer Network (PDN)
How we work
The standards behind the service
Plain English, always
If you leave a meeting confused, we've failed. Every recommendation comes with the reasoning — and the trade-offs — spelled out.
The truth, early
If a plan won't get approved, we say so at the start and map what needs to change. False hope wastes your time and your application count.
Skin-in-the-game thinking
We advise as if it were our own money on the line — because for twenty years of development projects, it has been.
Relationships over transactions
The loan that settles this month matters less than the strategy that still makes sense in ten years. We're building the second thing.
Take the first step
Come and meet us — no obligation
A free, no-obligation assessment takes about 30 minutes. You'll leave knowing what you can borrow, what it will cost, and which lenders actually suit your situation.
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