---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-253866"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000889123"
company_name: "REDWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS VIII"
filed_at: "2026-06-02T21:19:33+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:20:59.973266+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Redwood Mortgage Investors VIII dismisses BDO, appoints Baker Tilly as auditor; remediated material weakness

## Summary
- Dismissed BDO USA, P.C. as auditor on May 29, 2026; engaged Baker Tilly US, LLP on June 1, 2026.
- No disagreements or reportable events except a material weakness in internal control over credit loss evaluation, which was remediated as of December 31, 2025.
- Remediation included hiring personnel and implementing CECL model controls during 2025.
- BDO furnished a letter agreeing with the disclosures, attached as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-253866
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000889123
- company_name: REDWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS VIII
- filed_at: 2026-06-02T21:19:33+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889123/000119312526253866/0001193125-26-253866-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889123/000119312526253866/d58358d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  REDWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS VIII engaged Baker Tilly US, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Baker Tilly US, LLP
  source text: On June 1, 2026, the Company engaged Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Partnership’s new independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889123/000119312526253866/0001193125-26-253866-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  REDWOOD MORTGAGE INVESTORS VIII dismissed BDO USA, P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: BDO USA, P.C.
  - Successor: Baker Tilly US, LLP
  source text: On May 29, 2026, Redwood Mortgage Investors VIII, L.P., a California limited partnership (the “Partnership”), dismissed BDO USA, P.C. (“BDO”) as the Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/889123/000119312526253866/0001193125-26-253866-index.htm

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