Their website says they are trustworthy...I question the integrity of a business that calls…read moreincessantly, even though I have requested 10 times to be taken off of their "list". I could only request 10 times because they hang up on me. Very frustrating, disrespectful.....I would not recommend this business.

David Zendejas is a top notch mortgage broker! He is always there and always professional and…read moredriven! I would work with him again in an instant and am so glad that my realtor suggested him! He definitely goes the extra mile and cares about his customers! Sara

I have a long positive experience with Wonder & Co and would like to respond, unsolicited, to the…read moreone negative review posted last year. I, too, had been preparing my own returns, corporate and personal, until a problem cropped up and a friend recommended Steve Wonder. He gave me exactly the same advice as he gave Jennifer: if after review, an error is found, I got to choose whether to have him file and amended return...or to wait and see what happens. Bearing in mind that this comment refers to "honest errors" and not to "possible fraud," a recommendation to wait and see is a reasonable low-cost approach indicating that the CPA does have the client's best interests in mind. Preparing an amended return would have been costly; it would most certainly trigger IRS review; and that could trigger review of prior and future returns. Like you, I chose "wait and see," not because it was recommended but because the recommendation made good sense. As to time, Wonder & Company is a small very busy firm dealing mostly with on-going tax needs of corporate clients including the personal returns of those clients. A "knowledgeable" client would know they are buy all the time, but busiest in August/September because those are each 6-months after the automatic extension dates of Mar 15 and Apr 15; and that on open matters, IRS "deadlines" are not set in stone. My guess is that they saw you as a knowledgeable potential on-going client with a small but fixable problem, which together with your diligence in providing necessary paperwork, WAS RESOLVED for $150. Sounds like a bargain to me. And the reason Wonder and Co can provide such a reasonably priced service IS BECAUSE they have full-time clients for whom they DO meet deadlines and whose loyalty can be depended on keep a full-service CPA in business. You may need more "hand-holding" than Wonder and Co is able to provide a single-use client, but for long term professionalism, fantastic recall, and smarts, I couldn't have made a better choice.

Wonder & Company (W&C) continually dragged their feet when dealing with an IRS response that they…read moreagreed to help us with. Our first experience with them should have been a sign to find a new accountant and I'm sorry I didn't trust my gut at that point, but I'm hoping this review will help others find a reputable accountant other than W&C. My husband and I first met with W&C in late April 2012 after we felt like we had done something incorrectly on our 2011 tax filing. We explained our situation to the W&C accountant and she said she would review the documents and tax laws pertaining to our issue and get back to us with an answer. We never heard from her, in fact we didn't hear from the company again until DECEMBER 2012 (nearly 8 months after the initial meeting) when we received a bill in the mail from Wonder for $150 for the review of our 2011 tax return. I immediately called W&C and was told by the accountant "everything was correct, you filed it correctly." I was a little suspicious of this answer and wondered if our filing had even been reviewed. After talking to someone else, I was told the owner would do a review of our taxes and get back to us. After a few weeks, we were asked to schedule an appointment to go over our filing. During that meeting, we were told that we did in fact do something incorrectly and that we had 2 options 1) file an amendment to correct it or 2) leave it and only correct it if the IRS were to notice it We were advised by the firm to take the second option so we paid for the review of our taxes and left our return as it was. This was the first issue -- being told that our return was correct when in actuality is wasn't. That was bothersome. The other issues started after we received a letter from the IRS (they caught the mistake) and we had to work with Wonder & Company to provide responses - help with such was provided in the same fee we had paid to have our taxes reviewed initially. We received that first IRS letter in April 2012 and W&C responded to that one on the actual 'due date' (June 19, 2013) that had been given to us by the IRS. The IRS responded with additional questions in early July asking for a response by August 14th. This response was quite involved and required us to send several bank statements, IRA statements, rollover paperwork, etc. I worked with W&C quickly to ensure I was provided everything needed to respond accordingly. I sent final paperwork to W&C on August 1st with written explanations of each. Leading up to the response deadline I called wonder and company no less than 3 times and emailed them twice trying to ensure they had all necessary documentation from me to file on time. When I called them on August 14th and left a voicemail expressing my concern that I hadn't heard from them, they returned my call and told me that the IRS deadline was "arbitrary" and that while the IRS would like us to reply by that date, it isn't necessary that we file our response that quickly. WHAT??!!!??? On August 16th I was asked by W&C to provide additional information which I did promptly. Then I waited...for only a few days and then I began calling and emailing again because I had not been given confirmation of our response being sent. It wasn't until I went into the office on September 17th that I was told that the response had been submitted. I was told that someone would email me the response by end of day. I finally got the email (after calling 2 more times) on September 20th, another 3 days after promised, and saw that our response was filed on September 7th - 24 days after the deadline. Luckily, this final response was adequate for the IRS and they dropped their inquiry. The continued excuse we were given when calling or emailing was that W&C was under continual business tax deadlines and had to work on those business customers first to ensure that they met the tax deadlines. I guess that means that even though I'm a paying customer and also have a deadline to the IRS (which they missed by nearly a month) that I'm not as important!?! What's worse is that we accepted and offer to have W&C setup my LLC. On March 28 we were told the process would take 3-4 weeks. We received final paperwork on May 21, 2013 (7 weeks in all). We've now been told by our new accountant that our company was setup in a complex manner that will require additional tax filings and money. It's not that it was setup incorrectly, however it could have been setup more simply in order to avoid additional tax filings/paperwork/money. Moral of story - trust your gut and first impressions - they really do tell you a lot! Overall, W&C's lack of courtesy in responding to emails and phone calls as well as their delayed response to the IRS are the basis for this 1-star rating. The fact they setup my LLC in a manner that would allow them to make more money off of me should I have used them as my business accountant didn't help their rating.

This is by far the best VA lender I have met. I have been in Real Estate since 1984. You are a…read moreVeteran there is nowhere else you need to go. They have VA loans down to a science. They will help you out as a Real Estate Agent or a buyer and help the seller understand the VA benefits. I think it was well put that it is not well understood to the general population that VA regulations have changed and the benefits really help the buyer and seller. Respectfully Michael D. Benninger

Shout Out Time For all those starting the home buying process and looking for a reliable,…read moreknowledgeable and responsive mortgage loan officer, Christopher Lantagne is your man. As a recently retired 30+ year Command Chief Master Sergeant, Chris continues to educate and support his fellow Airmen, Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Coast Guardian, Guardian and Veteran maneuver through the whole VA Home Loan financing process. He's join me in multiple ZOOM conference calls with several active duty military clients stationed overseas, provided them with knowledge about the various loan options available to them, followed up with their requests, kept them on track with his own status checklist and ensured they had everything they needed prior to Closing Day. To say that he has a good work ethic would be an understatement! He's been an intrical part of my success as a new Sales Agent and someone I would definitely recommend partnering up with. Give him a call and let him know Andrew sent you! Christopher Lantagne NMLS #2021113 Residential Mortgage Loan Originator U.S. Air Force Retired Cell: 850.585.7105

Gateway Mortgage has been a terrible experience for us. We had set up automatic payment at closing,…read morebut Gateway Mortgage did not correctly set up the payments or finish the paperwork. We signed all the documents and provided all of the information at closing. I even made extra payments to give time for the automatic payment to be established. However, when our June payment came to be due, the automatic payment did not go through. We were not aware of this and thought the payment had been made. As soon as I became aware that the payment had not been made, which was less than 20 days past the due date, I immediately made a double payment. So I paid the 20 day old payment as well as the upcoming payment. In spite of my dilligen5 efforts to correct Gateway's mistake, Gateway reported us delinquent to the credit bureaus. My credit score dropped from an excellent 820 to a very low 615. When I contacted the credit bureaus, they said all we needed to do was to have Gateway report that we were in bad standing with the company for June and that our edit reports would then be corrected. Tracy Mock, manager at Gateway, and Gateway customer service refused to help us. As a result, we have repeatedly had problems because of our "low" credit rating. I am extremely frustrated and disappointed with the lack of customer service and care at Gateway Mortgage!

Shelby Chapin is by far the most professional, caring and "hands on" mortgage lender I've ever had…read morethe privilege to work with! I'll attempt to keep this brief and succinct as possible. I'm a 100% disabled USAF veteran with a multitude of physical and mental issues to include a severe and devastating anxiety issue. I was a USAF Special Operations helicopter pilot for more than 22 years so failing is not an option for me. However if it were not for Shelby Chapin's professional and hands on approach I would never have been able to purchase my brand new home which is absolutely wonderful for both myself and my Service/PTSD dog, Flirt. Many of you will find this next statement almost as important as Mrs. Chapin professional service, she showed me that I not only deserved to take advantage of my VA Home Loan but it would save me thousands of dollars over a Conventional Home Loan! Was Mrs. Chapin required to show me a VA loan that saved me tens of thousands of dollars? My guess is absolutely not! She chose to save me money because she felt I had earned my VA loan and she is a consummate professional. BTW, she also arranged for my Closing to take place in New Braunfels which significantly decreased my horrible anxiety disorder. One more very significant fact I feel I should mention is, I have purchased four homes in my adult lifetime. My current house is the only home I've ever used my VA Home loan benefit to purchase. I owe Shelby an enormous thank you for showing me how much money I saved using what I had more than earned and that is my VA Home loan. Thank you very much Shelby. Thank you very much Shelby and I apologize for taking so long to write up this review. Flirty and I absolutely love our new home (we moved in December 2015).

Matt, Jessica, and Kendra were diligent when describing the details and made themselves highly…read moreavailable to answer any questions. Very professional and outstanding service. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a great mortgage company.

Matt Hemberger! If…read moreyou are looking for a home loan lender, Matt Hemberger with The Wood Group - Fairway Independent Mortgage is your man! My boyfriend and I were looking for a home throughout 2016-2018, throughout that time, I believe some where in 2017 we got a hold of Matt's business card and switched over to him to be our home loan lender. He made the process easy! He was so kind! He wasn't pushy, invasive, or demanding. Matt was super knowledgable and informative. He kept us in the loop at all times, but wasn't overbearing with the contact. He provided us with factual data and talked with our realtor (who is a close friend and our advisory throughout the process) to keep him in the loop as well (in which was what we wanted). He also talked in plain english with us - he didn't ever try to schmooze us over with fancy words or confuse us with mortgage lingo. Matt is smart, thorough, helpful, and willing to work. Unfortunately, the home builder we went with swayed us use their mortgage company and that process seemed to be a nightmare compared to Matt. However, we still contacted Matt throughout the process of the home loan with the builder's mortgage company, because he was open, honest, and truthful and could help us understand all the numbers and paperwork that was being thrown at us. We learned how important it is to have a home loan lender that blends with your personality - next time we plan to use Matt. Hopefully he'll still be in the business when we move into a different home.