I have had an amazing experience doing all my taxes with Peshke Financial. The team is organized…read moreand gets everything filed and completed in such a timely manner. Makes this time of year beyond easy. Thank you!!!!

Chad and his team are awesome. Super quick, organized, and on top of everything. Chad gives solid…read moreadvice, and the whole process is smooth and easy to follow. Honestly, I'm so glad I found them.

My experience with this company was beyond disappointing it was one of the most frustrating…read moreprofessional interactions I've ever had. What they advertise about integrity, transparency, and "family culture" could not be further from what I experienced. Communication was inconsistent, expectations were misrepresented, and accountability was almost nonexistent once issues started surfacing. Cory Tona is presented as the visionary leader and driving force behind the organization, which makes the operational failures even more concerning. Leadership sets the tone for how a company operates and based on my experience, the tone here is disorganization, deflection, and lack of responsibility. On top of that, I became uncomfortable with what I felt were blurred professional boundaries. I noticed Cory viewing and engaging with my personal social media in a way that felt inappropriate given the business context. It added another layer of discomfort to an already negative experience and came across as unprofessional. I felt misled throughout the process, and attempts to get clarity or resolution were met with delays, vague responses, or complete avoidance. That alone speaks volumes about how clients are actually treated once you're already engaged. After doing additional research, I realized I'm far from the only one who's had a negative experience. The pattern of complaints from others mirrors my own which makes it hard to view this as an isolated situation. If you're considering doing business here, I would strongly urge you to proceed with extreme caution and thoroughly explore other options first. Based on my experience, I would not recommend this company to anyone. 1) BBB status + rating * BBB states "TheLender is NOT a BBB Accredited Business" and shows a BBB rating of F, listing reasons including failure to respond to complaints. 2) Pennsylvania regulator consent order + fine (licensed issue) * The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities entered a Consent Agreement and Order (July 2022) stating it believed Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC operated in violation of Pennsylvania's Mortgage Licensing Act by engaging in mortgage servicing activity while not licensed as a Mortgage Servicer, and the company agreed to pay a $4,200 fine. 3) HUD Mortgagee Review Board settlement (FHA admin action) * The Federal Register lists Hometown Equity Mortgage LLC (Lake Forest, CA) as entering a settlement agreement that included a $5,000 civil money penalty, noting the settlement did not constitute an admission of liability or fault. 4) Litigation exists (public dockets) * A federal case titled Lender LLC v. Hometown Equity Mortgage LLC (d/b/a TheLender) appears in public docket listings (filed 2022). * Another federal case Edry v. Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC (d/b/a THELENDER) appears in public court documents (Nevada).

Absolutely the worst company I have ever dealt with. From the beginning, the communication was…read moremisleading, unprofessional, and felt intentionally deceptive. Every step of the process came with hidden issues, unexpected fees, changing information, and constant runarounds. It honestly felt like they cared more about squeezing every dollar possible out of customers than actually helping people. The level of transparency was terrible. Promises were made and then suddenly changed at the last minute, creating unnecessary stress and confusion. Trying to get clear answers was nearly impossible because nobody seemed willing to take accountability. The entire experience felt dishonest and predatory. I would strongly recommend anyone considering working with this lender to read the fine print carefully and explore other options before signing anything. This was one of the most frustrating and disappointing business experiences I've ever had.

I have worked with Paul a couple of times and he has been great to work with! He advised me along…read morethrough the entire process of the information I needed to provide, always patient and always available to talk. He kept me apprised of the status constantly. He is always very professional and friendly and I greatly appreciate working with him to secure the best terms available. I HIGHLY recommend Paul!

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Rating of 0. We talked to the owner Ian Isaacson several times for a cash out refi. He kept telling…read moreus he could get us what we needed after giving him all our pertinent financial documents. After several days of back and forth Ian told us he would get back to us a couple days later with results. He never called back and he wouldn't answer our calls. My partner finally got hold of another associate of Ian's and he assured us Ian would get back to us. Phone call, text or email never happened. He is a fast talking sales guy who seems like he knows his stuff but very unprofessional. He wouldn't even be man enough to call and tell us he couldn't help us. I kinda think his glowing credentials might be a bit embellished.

From the owner: USAloans, Inc (USAloans.com) is a direct lender that specializes in FHA, VA, Conventional and Jumbo…read morehome loans. Our primary focus is helping consumers achieve the financial goals, with an emphasis on accountability and superior service.

I love working with Coast 2 Coast. Steve and Franco have completed three of my loans since 2020…read more Any time I have issues regarding a loan, I call them for help and it 100% never disappoints. This last refinance was saving me from a nightmare loan with Lakeview/Mr. Cooper. Franco walked me through the numbers and all my questions - fast responses with professionalism and just nice to have true human service. Nowadays with automated /AI on the other line or international call centers, finding businesses like Coast 2 Coast is so rare. Do not hesitate to reach out to them. I'd give them 10 stars if I could :)

Franco was exceptional from the start and took great care throughout the process. He made it…read morehappen when others didn't. Very grateful and highly recommended!

Super fast! Super Easy Ana De Leon @ LAKE Forest Branch is…read morehelpful and gave me great banking advise!

After Orange County Credit union changed their website, I am no longer able to Navigate the Site…read more After one month of them ignoring this I posted a poor yelp review that spiked their attention. They put me in touch with a fixer who assured me he would stay in contact and get this fixed. He did this for a week claiming their team was working on it. His last email was how I need my Mac book operating on at least OS 11. I informed him with a picture that I am operating on Tahoe OS 26 Then he said that this is not true! Saying I was below OS 11. Basically calling me and my computer a liar. Now I have not heard a peep from them. This is so unprofessional- Do Not Bank with these people . Especially if you have an up to date Mac book. They obviously do not know what they are doing and they are dealing with peoples money. If you plan to use a MacBook Pro for online banking it probably is not going to work at this bank and they are too lame to fix the problem. In general I'm worried about someone hacking their website if they can't solve the other issues with their new website

Worst company out there in Mortgage industry. No culture, no values, Tri- Emerald isn't a company-…read morehad to lose there company name before they do fraudulent things and now there Lend Plus. They have people make sure up there reviews, comments. I feel sorry for the investor that invest in there make believe company and numbers they fake. They will never give you give you a call or email back. They don't pay their employee's what they own them. I could go on... but it's a waste of time and energy.

Bottom line: the young, eager staff works very hard to get their customers loans, but the…read moreTri-Emerald Management team can't close the deal. We attempted four concurrent refinances and our mortgage banker (i.e. low man in the chain of command) worked extremely hard to sort through our complex applications to find loans for us. Of course, we also worked extremely hard to provide reams of documents for their underwriter to give in-house approval but we finally (supposedly) got that approval for loan packages that we approved. We paid for four appraisals and waited. And waited. And waited. When things were going well, our mortgage banker (and his boss) promptly returned all calls and answered all emails. As soon as there was a problem, they wouldn't return calls or emails. When things were going well again, calls and emails were promptly returned. More problems, unreachable. When I could actually reach the M.B. (they ALL use Caller ID to NOT answer calls when they are in avoidance mode), he gave us effusive assurances and guarantees and said the loan was in underwriting and we would fund within days. (I swear, three out of four months our loans were bouncing around in underwriting, despite having been supposedly approved and re-approved, and always 3-4 days from funding.) In the end, the branch VP send a memo to the group working on our loans saying that "by the client's own admission", a payment to an existing lender was not made for the month of April and they had to deny all of our loans. She totally lied!! They had all of our bank statements showing each and every payment for one entire year. We got jerked around, lied to, and were finally completely avoided - no calls taken, no calls returned - just because they somehow botched four fundable loans (we promptly got four loans through BOFI). We missed out on rates 1/2 point lower and paid two thousand dollars in wasted appraisals. And, we will never know exactly how they screwed up and why they lied to cover it up. There are many other qualified lenders and brokers out there - use one of them and avoid Tri-Emerald.

Hard to get anything from them After getting your mortgage…read moreapproved They will disappear no service. No customer care now bother

After receiving insurance information through this company the office staff located in forest lake,…read moreCA decided we are taking too long to make a decision so they decided to make repeated calls to my mom just to tell her "Fuck you" but of course blocking our number from being able to call their offices and complain. Never doing business with such a pathetic company. Websites dont work they warn you about potential threatening viruses or loss of private information going to the website. Clearly an office culture of sadness and misery.

Thank you, Mike Miller, for working with us. I had a conversation with my carpool buddy and asked…read moreif she knew of any lenders, she immediately referred you. She said so many positive things about you, and so when we reached out to you at the very end of January, and you immediately replied back with answers to our many questions, along with estimates and rates, we knew we could trust that you would get the work done. You funded us in less than a month and while we were on emergency leave, the paperwork was set to be recorded. We liked that you thought out of the box, yet explained to us what we needed to do on the more complicated items We appreciate your honesty and integrity in working out a loan for us that we are extremely happy with. JK Chang

Matt Wright and Jen Madden are a dynamic duo! They got us a great loan, worked efficiently and…read morequickly and had terrific communication with us throughout the process. From start to finish was under 2 weeks and we were thrilled. Will definitely use there services again and highly recommend them!

Spencer is awesome!He got me a great interest rate,he's Very responsive to messages,Emails and…read morephone calls.He took the time to answer all of my questions.Everything happened the way he said it would and within the timeframe he promised.I highly recommend Aware mortgage!

Spencer was great through the whole process. We were in escrow on a home out of state and had some…read moreissues with the lender we were originally with. We got ahold of Spencer and his team with only 10 days to close. They went above and beyond to make sure the closing costs were where we wanted them to be and to close on time. I cant recommend Spencer and his team enough!