I have been investing with Darin Ely and Virginia Asset Group for approximately 15 years. He has…read morehelped me through a lot of life changes, from dealing with my parents finances to most recently helping me with my retirement. Darin put together a plan and lets me know what's going on and what to expect. I need someone to keep in touch with me frequently, especially when the economy isn't doing well. He has been great about matching my investments to what is going on in the markets. I just know he has done a good job for me and he keeps in touch. I definitely recommend him, especially if you are someone who needs your investor to have a lot of patience. At this point, I would say Darin is like a member of the family. Even when he needs to explain things several times, he always is willing. I can't recommend him highly enough.

From the owner: Virginia Asset Group is an award-winning, full-service regional firm that provides a wide range of…read moreinvestment services to retirees, pre-retirees, and business owners. When you select us, you’ll receive personalized attention and customized planning. As members of your community, we make it a priority to understand your aspirations and dreams. We invite you to get to know us, so we may show you what it means to become a part of the Virginia Asset Group family. Securities by Osaic Institutions, Inc.

I've been investing with Fidelity for over a decade…read more My pension from another job is held and managed through them and my current employer 401k is as well. I've opened a few other investment accounts through them in the past few years and have worked with some of their wealth management advisors to come up with a game plan. I am not the kind of person who spends hours researching or reviewing stocks. Nor do I want to be. So I appreciate the Fidelity tools and website that provide information and analysis. Their app is easy to use. The website is also easy. And trading and selling stocks and transferring money around from outside accounts is easy as pie. Today, I met with my new advisor, Josh in their new shiny Virginia Beach office right across the street from West Elm. First, the inside is spotless and modern with iPads and brochures and tons of seating. I was offered a coffee or tea while I waited. Parking is easy with a few parallel street spots in front or the garage across the street with free two-hour parking. Josh listened, he took notes, he reviewed my accounts and we discussed my goals for investment, retirement and growth. I have some homework and we plan to meet again to discuss. Overall, I'm very happy with this initial meeting and the new location in Town Center is easy and convenient! Prior to this their closest office location was Richmond.

Karrie Thomas is one of the finest and most knowledgeable financial advisers I have ever had the…read morepleasure of working with, she has managed my retirement account for years and has grew my net worth by plenty. I would recommend her and her staff to anyone. If your looking for financial advise Kerri is the one to talk to.

NAUTILUS IS AMAZING! They helped me when I lost my husband and help make some of the best financial…read moredecisions. Karrie and Nikki are top notch and I would highly recommend them.

Highly recommend working with Tim. Tim is polite, knowledgeable, and hassle-free. He set me up…read morewith my original policy, and just helped me obtain a new policy (original insurance canceled).

There are not very many Insurance and Security Sales People in this 757/Hampton Roads area that…read morework AS HARD and are as kind, helpful and caring fb as Tim. I love the fact that he so knowledgeable and knows more than any Insurance Agent I have ever worked with. If you want to work with someone that will completely have your best interest in mind and communicate with you thoroughly every step of the way then Tim Jonquist is the Man!! With the plan!

A website that cannot take my social security number in a basic input is inexcusable to me as both…read morea loan holder and a software developer. UPDATE: I called customer service. "Invalid social security number" is simply a misleading error message. In our case, the transfer of data from Quicken (including the release of SSN) won't complete until after the effective date of the transfer. Then we will be able to make an online account. I am hoping the 60 day protection period ("expected and normal", per phone rep) for this transfer will mean that a naturally late payment (through no fault of our own - I cannot pay online without an account!) will indeed work out, and that the rest of the transition will be smooth. But as you can see, I am already a bit cynical. I will try to remember to update this review if things improve, though (with the caveat that a star will ABSOLUTELY be lost if there are extra fees for the convenience of paying online. This is 2020, folks. Paper is dead.) On the brighter side, our representative was very clear and kind.

FURTHER UPDATE: They refuse to release my funds until I upload futher documentation, either a paid…read morein full invoice (can't do as I need this money to pay in full) or an updated Waiver of Lien and Contractor Bid to reflect new money from insurance company (already uploaded insurance worksheet) The website will not let me upload the files. I have no way to upload the documents to them as they do not accept emails. The only reason a company doesn't have an email address is because they want to steal your money and not release it to you. I was told I can apply for an exception, but that takes 7-10 days. They will end up making me late making my payments and causing me to pay a 3% late fee despite this being entirely their fault. UPDATE: They are still with holding my funds. I sent them my depreciation check from my insurance company and they are dragging their feet to process and now telling me I will need to get updated forms from my contractor instead of sending me MY money and letting me be the adult and pay my bills. Again this process has been absolutely beyond frustrating and its appalling that this company can have this many negative reviews and nothing can be done. I had no choice in them being my loan servicer and my insurance company and contractor have never had to deal with a mortgage company this involved in the process but they legally can not be removed from the insurance checks. 0 stars should be an option and you would see that this company is rated a lot lower than the rating it has. They have been nothing short of a nightmare to work with in getting my home repaired from damage. In fact, I think Frodo had it easier trying to destroy the ring in Lord of the Rings than I have with this process. They delayed the start of my project by dragging out sending me my initial check (from MY money that I was forced to send to them and they take hostage) They cited endorsement issues saying that it wasn't endorsed properly because my credit union used a stamp and didn't use a pen (not their policy) Eventually they sent me $20,000 to start my work. The work is now complete and they are playing games again. They have marked my final inspection at 95% even though the job is complete but will not tell me why. I am just told it takes 3-5 days to review before they can send me additional funds. They are sitting on over $20,000 that I need to give my contractor who has completed the job and I continue to get the run around. At this point I would rather live with a gaping hole in the side of my house until my mortgage is paid off then have to go through this process again.

Very persistent selling strategy. Will not leave if you don't set an appointment or buy any policy…read more The least they expect is 100 dollars from you for signing up for some so called associate. Should not be allowed to be in business. They are not looking out for your good, only their numbers of recruits. I've seen other multi level marketing companies but none as worse as this.

Great Company! Great products! Great Leadership! Great System! But it only works if you do. It's…read morenot get rich quick. It's an opportunity to truly build something with a group of people that have common goals and that takes work.

Our family booked a one-week stay at a condo and had already paid in full. Less than a month before…read moreour reserved dates, my father had a stroke. A week later, as he had been moved to the rehab floor of the hospital and clearly was not going to be able to go to the beach in three short weeks, nor was my mother (or any of us as we needed to be close by to help with things), we began calling to try to cancel the reservation and get any kind of refund. No, we hadn't purchased the optional insurance (didn't really consider it - it's the beach in the state we live in and everything was just fine at that point). We were promised by more than one person that they would look into things and get back to us. After three such phone conversations, nothing had been done and we had never heard back from anyone as they'd promised. The company did not cancel the reservation as requested and, only days before the reservation date, said that per their policy no refunds of any amount could be issued less than 30 days prior to the reservation. While I understand policies such as this, one would hope that a severe medical emergency might constitute an exception and allow for at least a partial refund. We were not just trying to back out of a reservation, it was a legit significant medical issue that kept us from being able to go to the beach that week. I suppose my recommendation to others if you're going to book with this company is to purchase the optional insurance but then also hope nobody in your family has a significant medical emergency that prevents you from being able to actually use your reservation (unless you have $3000+ to just throw around).

Hire new staff...a staff that shows care and concern If I…read morecould give it less than one star I would. Balcony dirty with spider webs which I cleaned. To make matters worse, on our last day, someone entered out apartment and left our door open with a bag from inside the apartment. Anyone from the street could've walked in, stole our property or worse waited for us to return to cause harm. Find out days later, they did that to allow maintenence to enter to clean balcony...on our last day, ridiculous. When manager finally called me 9 days later, you can tell from her to explain, she did not care. I would never recommend this company...also needs to be known...this is my first negative yelp review

If you're looking for the BEST PRICES and admirable insurance brokers that will provide you with…read morethe best services and treat you like family then Epps Financial is where you want to go. Changed the process and experience of finding great health insurance for a great price for me.

Epps not only got me affordable coverage I didn't think I was eligible for, they dealt with all the…read moreheadaches of dealing with the insurance companies. I would recommend them to anyone.

We used Seashore Title in Virginia Beach to close on both house we sold and house we bought…read more Easiest closings ever! I'd recommend Laura and her company to anyone looking for a title company.

Seashore Title in Virginia Beach is a great company. They were very understand with the issues…read morethat came up with my closing and was patience and kind. I would recommend this company to my friends and family. The Hines

I have been waiting for months to write this review. I held off until I got my tax return in the…read moreslight chance I needed them to get involved with the IRS. But this morning, after almost 7 months, I finally got my return. I will say that when I contacted Paul directly, he was apologetic about my service and refunded their fee. That is why they get one star. But aside from that this has been the most maddening tax season in almost 20 years of filing taxes. I contacted PIM in early Feb because I am military, wife is self employed, and she also has a W-2 from another state for teaching. Just a bit too complicated for us to do ourselves. I read reviews and PIM seemed to be a great choice. Well after finally getting through (left a couple messages before getting a call back), they scheduled me for an appt 4 weeks later. I was annoyed it was going to take that long, but figured it would be done correctly so its fine. What they dont tell you is that is just a consult appointment. You spend a hour with your tax preparer and then "They add you to the bottom of the pile". So we are already this much into it, and just had to keep going since everywhere else was already swamped. Our preparer, Tara, was respectful, but seemed ill-informed. We had a nanny over the summer and we paid a services to file all our tax paperwork for us. So she just had to add it to the childcare expense. She said she wasn't familiar with how that works and she had to ask someone about it. She also seemed to be confused with some easy stuff like how to file out of state W-2 with residency in another state. We should have cut our losses, but we didn't. We were already too far into it. Now started the first wait. Tara said it would be about 3 weeks. Nope. Almost 6 weeks later and no less than 10 ignored phone calls and multiple ignored emails we got our paperwork for review. Me, not a tax pro, took one look at it and noticed it was WAY off. Like, just simple childcare credit stuff was completely ignored. It was more than $5k less than expected. So I contacted Tara MULTIPLE times before getting a response and shared with her my concerns, and she said "Oh, I guess I can file your nanny expenses in your childcare". You guess? You guess?? I am paying a PROFESSIONAL to do our taxes and she has NO idea what the heck she is doing? And to make matters worse, in the response she said "I also noticed your state return didn't compute right, I have to spend some time figuring that out". So lets recap - not only did she MASSIVELY undercut our return, but she MASSIVELY over claimed our state return. And if I hadn't already been expecting a general number, I would have just said it looks fine and had her file it. Two weeks later, its filed. If all that wasn't enough, I had no idea that who is listed first on the return could impact filing, but guess what, it does. For the first time in our marriage, my wife was listed first for some strange reason. I didn't even notice when I reviewed it, but yup, she was. So because that is a change in how our taxes have been filed for the last 15 years, the IRS froze our return and required identity verification. Which, if you aren't aware, is a complete NIGHTMARE that ended up taking us almost 15 weeks, multiple hours on the phone with the IRS, and multiple hours verifying line by line our previous years returns. And its so nice when the IRS tells you "just make sure you are consistent with primary tax payer in the future to avoid identity verification". Noted. So NO. I do NOT recommend PIM. I may not have a recommendation for a Va Beach service, but I will always have recommendation on who to avoid. PIM. Avoid PIM.

Paul was extremely knowledgeable about tax preparation and how it affects active and retired…read moremilitary families. He made it a painless and easy process. I would recommend anyone retiring from the military to talk with him before filling out your retired pay form as well as he can save you from getting that huge tax bill after transitioning. His advice for positioning yourself for the upcoming year and special tax situations was also spot on. Highly recommended and wished I had used him sooner.