Don McClain | Founder & Principal

Overview

Don McClain is a capital advisor and transaction principal focused on complex business and commercial real estate transactions where outcomes are determined by structure, sequencing, and execution discipline rather than capital availability alone.

Founder & Principal of Fast Commercial Capital, serving as capital advisor and transaction principal on complex, time-sensitive business and commercial real estate transactions.

He serves as Founder & Principal of Fast Commercial Capital, an advisory-first platform designed to work upstream of capital. His work centers on helping business owners, buyers, sponsors, and investors assess feasibility, risk, and execution paths before capital is introduced.

Advisory Approach

McClain’s advisory approach is grounded in the view that most failed or delayed transactions are not caused by a lack of capital, but by insufficient structure and misaligned execution.

Rather than leading with financing products, his work emphasizes disciplined upstream analysis—clarifying what must happen first, identifying where risk truly sits, and aligning stakeholders before capital enters the transaction. Capital is treated as a tool within a broader execution framework, not as a standalone solution.

This methodology is designed to improve certainty, reduce friction, and support durable outcomes in complex transactions.

Areas of Focus

McClain advises principals and decision-makers across a range of complex scenarios, including business acquisitions and dispositions, recapitalizations, special-situation engagements, and commercial real estate transactions where conventional approaches are insufficient.

His work often involves compressed timelines, transitional circumstances, or multi-party coordination environments where judgment, structure, and sequencing materially affect outcomes.

Fast Commercial Capital

Fast Commercial Capital is an advisory-driven capital platform working nationally with business owners, buyers, sponsors, and investors. The firm maintains offices in Miami, Austin, and San Diego, supporting a nationwide transaction footprint.

The firm’s mandate is to bring clarity, structure, and execution discipline to transactions where speed alone is not enough and where outcomes depend on informed judgment and precise coordination.

Professional Standing

McClain works directly with principals, owners, and investors, frequently serving as lead advisor or transaction principal on complex engagements. His role is typically formalized through advisory mandates focused on feasibility assessment, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined execution from strategic concept through closing.

Further detail on Fast Commercial Capital’s advisory platform and transaction approach is available in the Insights section.

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