I would not recommend working with Opes Advisors. They made the first time home buying experience unpleasant and more stressful. I worked with Zoe Sanchez. As a teacher I get paid monthly and my employer incorrectly gave Opes my income divided by a 10-month income payment schedule instead of a 12-month income payment schedule on my verification of employment earnings paperwork so my income looked higher than it was, which was not their fault, but Opes was unable to correctly verify my income despite having W2's, paystubs, tax statements, etc., which proved my income in plain sight, and they qualified me for a loan that was above my debt to income ration. I did not find this out until the final week of closing escrow. In the final week before closing they called me and said I either needed to pay all of the mortgage insurance upfront which was 7K+ dollars, or come up with a 20% of the total cost down payment to qualify for the loan and get to the appropriate debt to income ratio. At this point I had already released my contingencies so the previous owner was legally able to keep my deposit I had already placed of $40K if I did not come up with these additional funds. After 3 days I was able to secure enough funds for the 20% down payment from family, but Zoe said it was too late to apply the funds to the down payment and I would have to pay the mortgage insurance, which was a bad deal for me because that money would not go to my principal and interest. She was adamant that it was too late and this could not be changed. Then 2 days later she miraculously said I could and and gave no reason as to why the change was permissible all of a sudden. I increased my down payment to 20% and then I get a call from her saying that they have to increase my interest rate from 4.1% to ether 4.375% or 4.5% with a lender credit because I no longer qualified for my locked in original interest rate due to the increased down payment, and again they could not provide legitimate reasons as to why they had to increase my rate and were rude and unsympathetic, and seemed annoyed in explaining the process. I also took a $75 home ownership course which Opes required for my original interest rate program which was now no longer needed for the higher interest rate. Due to all of those instances I had to extend my close of escrow twice and pay the seller $100 per day of extra closing time after the second extension. To top it off, when I went to sign the final disclosure paperwork at Old Republic Title Company Opes had incorrectly filed my paperwork with the wrong date and we had to come back 3 days later the following Monday to sign the paperwork again, an hour drive from my house each way. I found them to be disingenuous, incompetent, lacking in customer service, and would not recommend them, nor would my real estate agent who was shocked and disappointed by their service as well. read more