Angel Oak Mortgage REIT, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring and investing in first lien non-qualified residential mortgage (non-QM) loans and other mortgage-related assets in the United States mortgage market. Its objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its stockholders through cash distributions and capital appreciation across interest rate and credit cycles. Its strategy is to make credit-sensitive investments in newly originated first lien non-QM loans that are primarily made to non-QM loan borrowers and primarily sourced from its mortgage lending platform, Angel Oak Mortgage Lending, which operates through a wholesale channel and has a national origination. It may also invest in other residential mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), and other mortgage-related assets, which, collectively with non-QM loans, are referred to as target assets. It is managed and advised by Falcons I, LLC (the Manager).