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Are all hard money lenders this bad?
Kiavi changed my appraisal 3 times and the last time was 5 weeks into it, I of course walked away. Lima one wasn’t transparent with their processes, and I just heard finance of America is getting pretty bad. Are these guys all just legal scammers? Or are there some good guys in this industry. If there are please feel free and share companies that you’ve had clear transparency and great communication. Thanks!! 🙏🏼
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Kiavi changed my appraisal 3 times and the last time was 5 weeks into it, I of course walked away. Lima one wasn’t transparent with their processes, and I just heard finance of America is getting pretty bad. Are these guys all just legal scammers? Or are there some good guys in this industry. If there are please feel free and share companies that you’ve had clear transparency and great communication. Thanks!! 🙏🏼
They are not scammers, there is reasons why things change.
Recommend going through Google and looking closely at the track records of reviews for each of these lenders. If there are "miles of bad reviews" for Kiavi, to be honest, some of that is on you for trying them? Stick to lenders with top ratings on google, biggerpockets, facebook etc. and you should be fine