About Us
Rivers Fike
Sam Lichmira
About Rivers
About Sam
Rivers Fike is the Co-Founder and Principal of Anchor Point Lending, where he leads the loan origination process and is the strategic vision. He completed his first real estate transaction in 2013 and his first private loan in 2018 and has since originated over $5 million in loans through Anchor Point Lending, which he co-founded in 2023.
In addition to his lending experience, Rivers has 12+ years of expertise in real estate acquisition, finance, and management specializing in residential and commercial properties with a focus on long-term value and strategic acquisition.
Before transitioning full-time into real estate and lending, Rivers spent 15 years in the oil and gas industry, overseeing over $3 billion in capital projects in engineering and operations roles. His background in project management, risk assessment, and financial oversight informs his structured approach to underwriting and capital deployment.
Beyond his work at Anchor Point, Rivers will be a new father in 2025 and loves to travel and ski. Rivers holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University.
Sam Lichmira is the Co-Founder and Principal of Anchor Point Lending, where he leads investor relations and capital strategy. With a career spanning real estate development, design, and construction management, Sam brings a deep understanding of project execution, risk assessment, and financial structuring to the firm. His expertise in lean project delivery and process optimization allows Anchor Point to efficiently manage capital deployment while maintaining a disciplined, investor-focused approach.
In addition to his lending experience, Sam has over a decade of expertise in real estate transactions, management, and development, specializing in value add residential and commercial properties with a focus on long-term value.
Prior to founding Anchor Point Lending, Sam held leadership roles at national-level design and construction firms, delivering projects ranging from large-scale design-build process facilities for Fortune 500 companies to large mixed-use development for private developers. His ability to navigate project complexity and foster collaborative cultures has made him a trusted advisor in the real estate and lending sectors.
Beyond his work at Anchor Point, Sam serves as the Austin market leader for the Lean Construction Institute community of practice. Sam enjoys spending time with family and sailing. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University.
The Origin Of Anchor Point Lending
Anchor Point Lending LLC was co-founded in 2023 by Rivers Fike and Sam Lichmira, whose partnership began nearly two decades earlier in Sydney, Australia, while studying abroad at the University of New South Wales. Drawn together by curiosity and a shared sense of adventure, they realized that education wasn’t limited to the classroom.
Why We Started This Fund
As real estate operators, we’ve faced the frustration of sourcing capital that fits real-world needs. Whether it’s a land purchase with tight deadlines or a value-add project needing bridge financing, we kept hitting the same wall: traditional capital doesn’t move fast enough. Anchor Point Lending LLC was created to change that by offering flexible, fast, and thoughtful capital to small- and mid-sized real estate operators often overlooked by banks.
Why “Anchor Point”?
The name reflects our mission: to be the steady, reliable force that helps borrowers and investors move forward with confidence, like an anchor point in climbing or construction.
Our Capital Goals
We aim to:
- Provide strategic capital to high-potential borrowers, especially those reshaping neighborhoods and repositioning assets.
- Deliver consistent, attractive returns to investors through real estate-backed loans.
- Build a scalable platform that fosters long-term relationships with borrowers and investors, supported by efficient systems and underwriting.
Looking Ahead
What began with a shared surfboard in Australia has evolved into a vision for private lending that is relational, efficient, and value-driven. We’re building Anchor Point Lending LLC to fund the next generation of builders with the same curiosity, hustle, and trust that have always guided us.