POWER OF ATTORNEY
        FOR SEC FILINGS ON FORMS ID, 3, 4, 5, 144, SCHEDULES 13D and 13G
                          IN RESPECT OF SECURITIES OF
                           FIVE OAKS INVESTMENT CORP.

        The  undersigned  hereby  constitutes and appoints Paul D. Donnelly as
    his true  and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
    substitution and resubstitution  for him in his name and stead in any and
    all capacities, to sign and  file  for  and on his behalf, in respect of
    any acquisition, disposition or other  change  in ownership of any Common
    Stock or derivative securities thereof of Five Oaks Investment Corp.
    (the "Company"), the following:

       (i)  any  Form  ID to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
            Commission (the "SEC");

      (ii)  any  Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on
            Form 3 to be filed with the SEC;

     (iii)  any  Statement  of  Changes of Beneficial Ownership of Securities
            on Form 4 to be filed with the SEC;

      (iv)  any Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities on Form
            5 to be filed with the SEC;

       (v)  any Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 to be filed
            with the SEC

      (vi)  and  any  other  forms or reports the undersigned may be required
            to file  in connection with the undersigned's ownership,
            acquisition or disposition  of  securities  of the Company,
            including Schedules 13G and 13D; and

     (vii)  any  and  all agreements, certificates, receipts, or other documents
            in connection therewith. The undersigned hereby gives full power and
            authority  to  the  attorney-in-fact  to  seek  and  obtain  as  the
            undersigned's   representative  and  on  the  undersigned's  behalf,
            information  on  transactions  in  the Company's securities from any
            third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators
            and  trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person
            to  release  such  information  to  the undersigned and approves and
            ratifies  any  such  release  of information. The undersigned hereby
            grants unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
            to  do  and  perform  each  and  every  act  and thing requisite and
            necessary  in  connection  with such matters and hereby ratifies and
            confirms  all that any such attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute
            may  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue hereof. The undersigned
            acknowledges that:


          (i)  neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any
               liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
               the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
               amended (the "Exchange Act"), (ii) any liability of the
               undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements
               or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for
               profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act;
               and

         (ii)  this  Power  of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
               responsibility   for   compliance   with   the   undersigned's
               obligations   under   the   Exchange  Act,  including  without
               limitation  the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
               Exchange  Act.  This  Power  of  Attorney shall remain in full
               force  and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed
               writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney.



Date:  May 23, 2018                /s/ James Chris Hunt
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                                   James Christopher Hunt