25 November 2008

Scams

So, we've been trying to refinance our house for a few months now. We were working with a company called Elite Financial, and particularly two employees of that company (both our broker and his manager). This post is mostly to warn our friends and family of the company. They are a broker who uses Taylor, Bean and Whitaker. I'm sure there is nothing wrong with that financial institution, but Elite does have problems.
I could go on for pages and pages about the lies they told (even down to telling Eric that I had "misinformed" them about not having a basement....uh, yeah, that was something they never asked but then tried to pass the buck on! Or the fact that they told us the house was appraised at 10K higher than "the bank would accept" only to find out today that what the appraiser had figured it at WAS the number the bank accepted...and it wasn't that higher figure, either).
I just mostly wanted to get this out there to be careful when signing anything. Thankfully we followed the promptings and did NOT sign, as today we have uncovered more lies they have spun over the past nearly 3 months. NEVER, NEVER let someone make you feel pressured to sign something or purchase something.

1 comment:

Crystal said...

Ugh. It never ends either. When my uncle died, the local funeral home immediately started putting tons of pressure on my cousin to make huge decisions that would cost lots of money. I'm talking within hours. Grr. FYI, A funeral home hundreds of miles away can make all the arrangements, so if you know one you can trust, call them.