AVANA CUSO is a credit union service organization (CUSO) focused on commercial real estate. Established in 1998 as Extensia Financial, AVANA CUSO is a customer-service-driven organization connecting credit unions with commercial real estate brokers, commercial mortgage brokers and high-net-worth investors through participation lending. AVANA CUSO partners with credit unions to diversify their lending portfolios, expanding credit unions' lending programs beyond their communities, mitigating concentration risk while increasing their loan to share ratio. AVANA CUSO is actively seeking credit unions wishing to invest in commercial real estate lending opportunities from $2 million to $15 million to present to our investors. The company is headquartered in Simi Valley, California.