Had a great intake meeting with Dustin Weaver, senior financial advisor. He took the time to get to…read moreknow us and our financial goals. No pressure just a great beginning to our partnership

Ruined one of the treasures in Bakersfield- Moneywise single-handedly destroyed this area of…read moredowntown by their sheer neglect and ridiculously slow pace. They have failed to deliver on every promised reopening date - think they deliver on other aspects of their business???? Results are in - 2024 is over and the Woolworth sits still a closed eyesore- so pathetic and beyond disappointing. Trust is critical when managing others money- but Moneywise seems to lack integrity failed to come through.....

My experience with Kern County credit consultants is nothing short of amazing…read more Rick Schwartz is very skilled, aggressive, logical and most importantly affordable. I cannot imagine where I would be, if I do not cross paths with rick. This man is a miracle I can't even stress it enough. All of his projections, timelines, estimates were on point. I went from 480 FICO and scale the latter all the way up to 765 in around a year's time.

Rick Swartz is highly recommended. Very professional, patient, and understanding. He makes the…read moreprocess easy to follow and successful. Like many of us, we have compromised our Credit Score and now seeking help to fix it. Well, this is the company and the guy who will fix it... Rick Swartz.

Horrible business...no basic knowledge of accounting . The owner would rather sit and gawk at our…read moreoffice staff instead of actually performing the duties requested of him. Scrolling up and down on the same page of the computer for over 2 hours and watching the clock was about all this person accomplished for our business.

From the owner: Accounts Payable: Pay Bills within Vendor Terms Accounts…read moreReceivable: Invoicing, Statements, Collection of Funds and Deposit into Banking Account. Bank Reconciliations: Monthly Statement Reconciliations Cash Forecast and Financial Statements: Year-End Statements and as Needed. Fixed Asset and Depreciation Strategic Business Planning and Budgeting Individual and Business Tax Returns

As a business owner I expect that the accounting firm should act in a professional manner. After…read moreselling his practice to an out of state group his office is refusing to provide his clients records. Very unprofessional behavior which has forced my company to file a complaint with the state cpa board ....avoid this company and the subsequent group that purchased his practice

We switched to Wayne Long's firm in November 2020 after being at another firm for many, many years…read more At first my only gripe I had with the firm was asking for the previous month's billing sheets was never available until the 15th of the month after they were invoiced..... I will not pay off an invoice if it is not itemized. And if you use them to invoice with, how are they not available upon mailing of said invoice? Fast forward to the end of September 2021, for our first ever tax planning meeting at Wayne Long's office. Wayne didn't come to our meeting prepared to discuss any of our companies but instead rather tell me, our CEO and his wife, stories on how his other clients were doing, for two hours. Shortly after this meeting is when our CEO started noticing other projects were taking long to get done by Wayne. So, we looked for another CPA. We gave them two entities that have a 09/30 fiscal year end to do with all the documentation by the end of October and they had to file an extension as they didn't even start looking at our stuff until after the New Year. Questions were not asked of me of the data provided until January and we were never supplied with a list of documents that they require to do our entity for the first time. We didn't even get an engagement letter to sign until February 8th, 2022, even though they had it dated October 18th, 2021. We kept asking for our tax returns over and over, with excuses that they are still working on them, week after week. We finally got them at the end of February. Now comes to the biggest gripe, the pettiness of Wayne Long after learning of our companies will be leaving his office. We let them know the morning of March 7th, 2022 that we were moving CPAs and introduced the new CPAs in an email to him. Several emails to them asking them to give the necessary tax schedules, workpapers to our new CPAs - either go unanswered or given the message that they are swamped and will get to it at the end of the week. Mean while our new CPAs are just as busy as they are but have time to write an email to get this response. Then have to write other emails to remind them after they do not give the information when they said they would. Get to March 29th, 2022, when the new CPA emailed again asking for answers to questions that were asked of two easy entities numerous times over, gets an email back from Wayne Long mocking him and belittling him. I have this email for proof, as I was cc'd on it. I have never worked with an CPA before that acted like this and will avoid working with someone like him going forward.

Another great experience today at Valley Strong Credit Union. Long line almost to the door but it…read morewas lunch time. The AC was working fine I didn't mind waiting. I noticed Avtar working the drive up and helping other members up front she was working 2 lines . I was lucky enough to have her wait on me. She is fun and efficient, SUPER describes her. VSCU mades our banking easy with all their services. This branch is complimented by Avtar get in her line she's worth the wait. The lines were gone when I headed for the exit

I really like this location, compared to most of the Valley Strong branches. The tellers are very…read morefriendly and helpful here, and the line to wait is not terrible. I use the drive thru ATM often though! They provide a decent variety of accounts that you are able to have through a banking institution, plus their rates for most of their products are pretty reasonable. I am grateful for their types of accounts they have for Youth, and being able to help my son learn financial responsibility at his age is very valuable. I highly recommend banking here!

They sell you on convenience, customer service, and support... but once they stalk you on social…read moremedia, they'll close out your account without any warning. The only explanation is: they don't like what you do for a living. If a persons social credit score is on the line, then there's should be too. Shameful.

Long lines, and numb, very slow tellers every visit, every branch. And the icing on top? They don't…read morecare. Vally Strong's customer service has gone bad. It's a sad travesty.

As a Business owner there comes plenty of expenses we are aware of and others that no one prepared…read moreme for. When tax time hit, my savings went from bad to worse. Central Valley Corporate Services helped me finance my payroll, inventory re order, and some new paint and renovations.

Needing to expand to another shop I went to the Bank for a loan and in these times got denied, but…read morethe loan officer gave me a card and mentioned they could assist in my type of loan. I called Corina at Central Valley Corporate Services and set an appointment. After my consultation with Rick I decided to incorporate. They took care of ALL NECESSARY paperwork, licences, and even found me my new building since Corina is a real estate agent as well. They built my credit and I was suprised at how quickly it grew compared to my personal credit. 6 months later I was in my new shop and now have a solid Corporate Credit account. Eduardo and the Central Valley Corporate Services team got me exactly what I was asking for and now i'm enjoying my two shops, rather than saving for the second. Thank you CVCS!!