SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Waterfall Asset Management, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SUTHERLAND ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., 1140 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 7TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10036 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 10/31/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Sutherland Asset Management Corp [ SLD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	29,156	D
Common Stock	9,601	I	By Sutherland REIT Holdings, LP(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 9,601 shares of common stock of the Issuer out of the 13,733,959 total shares of common stock held by Sutherland REIT Holdings, LP (the "Partnership") based on the Reporting Person's percentage ownership in the Partnership. The Reporting Person serves as the Issuer's external manager and its affiliate, Waterfall Management, LLC, serves as the general partner of the Partnership and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of common stock of the Issuer that are held by the Partnership. In addition, the Reporting Person may be deemed to share voting and investment power over the shares of common stock of the Issuer held by the Partnership. However, Waterfall Management, LLC does not have an economic interest in these shares and expects to distribute such shares to the beneficial owners of the Partnership upon their request in accordance with the Partnership's partnership agreement.

2. Accordingly, Waterfall Management, LLC disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock held by the Partnership and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of common stock, except to the extent of the 9,601 shares reported herein, which represents his economic interest in the Partnership.

	By: /s/ Thomas Capasse, Member	11/10/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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