We were in the market for buying our first house and the competition today is not simple. Lior made…read moresure that our offer will look like a strong one by talking to the sellers agent and explaining our pre-qualification. Once we started escrow we were helped by Michelle as well. She helped us expedite the process since we had to go overseas 5 days after escrow started. Lior and Michelle helped us throughout the entire process and made sure we understood everything when it comes to the loan. On the actual day of signing we were greeted by a very friendly staff and Michelle even helped us watch our 5 months old baby so the process will be easier for us. Thank you Lior and Michelle for an amazing service!

Michele Cohen was incredible to work with. She understood the urgency of our situation and was ON…read moreIT from start to finish!! Without her, our home purchase would not have been possible. Michele is the best and we are so thankful!!

I had the pleasure of working with Suley of Stree Free Mortgage. From the first day, Suley was…read moreexceptional; she was very responsive and diligent; not to mention patient with my eagerness to close escrow as soon as possible. I couldn't have asked for a better customer service experience. Her knowledge of loans and resources made a huge difference.

I spoke with Linda in an emergent situation after a big bank totally messaged up in the last hour…read morebefore I was able to remove loan contingency. Linda totally cleaned up their work, comforted me about the process, and was undeniably knowledgable in a user-friendly way that not one other person (from agent, to broker, to lender) has ever been. My only regret is that I did not call her sooner. She is the -- by and far -- best person to work with on such a huge life-purchase. Honest, knowledgeable, and compassionate. Could not recommend her more.

Doug and his team really went above and beyond the call of duty for us. Not only did they help us…read morecraft a mortgage that really worked for our family, but also offered the guidance and insight along the way to alleviate what can be a pretty stressful process. I would highly recommend Doug and Hillhurst Mortgage to anyone looking for a creative team that truly cares about getting you into a great deal that works for your unique situation.

We just used Hillhurst to close on our first home - from cross country, no less - and Doug, Syrita,…read morePanos, and Michael could not have been better partners to assist us in navigating through such an in-depth process. The whole team is approachable and transparent, and will go above and beyond in their efforts to make you feel included and comfortable with all of the paperwork flying about. Bonus points for being so smooth in working with self-employed incomes as well, although I can't go above 5 stars on Yelp.

We were looking to refinance our home. We started the process with another lender but something…read moredidn't feel right. Our son had previously referred us to Joseph. We gave Joseph a call and told him how we weren't feeling too confident about our current situation. Joseph was straight up honest with us. He told us he'll review our documents and if everything seemed on the up and up, he'll tell us. We LOVED that! Joseph worked tirelessly to get our refinance completed and funded. We were impressed with how he took care of us! Emails, text messages, phone calls (even on weekends!) to keep us abreast of our refinance. If we refinance and/or sell our home in the future, we will definitely give Joseph a call. Thank you Joseph!

Joseph did an excellent job in assisting with my VA purchase In San Diego while still working and…read moreresiding in Hawaii. Other lenders denied us what Joseph made Possible. On top Of this long ordeal, he was able to lock us in on a great interest rate and made our home Purchase a working miracle! I strongly recommend anyone to work with Joseph because he is willing to go beyond the limits to help you out in any situation and to give you your dream home. You will NOT regret working with him and his team!

What an incredible team Nelly has. We absolutely loved working with them. Nelly and the team made…read morethe stressful process of buying a home a little less stressful on the mortgage front. Anytime we had any questions or concerns they were on it and immediately responded to us. Highly recommend Nelly and her team for any of your financial needs.

We absolutely loved working with Nelly! She was always available to ask questions and we always…read morefelt that she had our best interest in mind at every point. She was also just fun to work with and we know were given the best service and financial options for our mortgage throughout the process. We will definitely be coming back to Nelly for any needs in the future!

Thank you Vigen for making my home buying experience so easy. Vigen walked me through the process…read morestep by step and explained everything precisely in the escrow process. He was available at any time when I had questions. Great work!

Vigen helped me buy my investment property when other lenders said it was not possible. I tried 2…read moreother places before reaching out to Vigen. Also I was able to put a less down payment than I thought I would need. Thank you so much for your help. You guys are the best

This company is awesome ! thank you leticia yu your the best…read moreand also the rest of the team. you guys are very helpful and efficient doing my home loan refinance . I definitely recommend my family and friends Thanks again!

PLEASE read this before you consider using this lender. This was the absolute worst and unethical…read moreexperience, and hoping this review can help others avoid this unethical lender. After being approved for a loan and signing a contract on my condo, I was repeatedly provided with misleading and inconsistent information from my loan officer, which created unnecessary confusion and eroded my confidence in this lender's handling of my loan. In addition, she failed to complete basic tasks such as providing the agreed-upon weekly loan status updates to my realtor. After asking for finalized loan terms week after week, the lender refused to provide them to me claiming it was a "private lender." Then, 4 days before closing, the lender said that they wanted to raise my downpayment to 25% instead of 20%, and still no finalized loan terms. Of course, this raised red flags and I finally sought out a new lender, and thank goodness I did. After obtaining a new lender, I then learned how unethical and abnormal their business practice and this entire loan was. Extremely shameful way of conducting business and I would encourage anyone who is considering using First Choice Lending to look elsewhere.

My personal experience working with Tressa was horrible. I was the agent on a deal for a buyer I…read morebrought to her, and everything felt fine prior to acceptance, but went downhill immediately after. To start, Tressa became upset with me for allowing the buyer to open on a Friday instead of the next Monday saying we just lost 3 critical days, but then proceeded to change both the loan amount and the down payment assistance amount without notifying me or my client! We both (the buyer and I) only found out about it 2 weeks AFTER opening (so that time gone) because I had requested an estimated closing statement. She made the correction, but continued to, in my opinion, purposely keep me in the dark about the status of our file. So when we didn't receive CTC one week like she said we should have, I asked her about it and to my horror found out: 1) She sat on my client's file for the first 12 days, as in didn't submit the city reservation request at all, blaming it on issues with the buyer. One of these "issues" she told me had been resolved in 5 days, and the other "issue" she never brought up to me at all, all while leading me to believe everything was moving as it should be 2) She held off for 15 days to submit my client's info. to another DPA program, even though she knew about it the first week in escrow. She again tried to blame the buyer saying it was sprung on her last minute, when it was not. 3) The city can actually take up to 4 full weeks! to send their check after CTC, something she never told me about (up until then she had told me 2-3 weeks) even though I had directly asked her about it. When I then adamantly requested to know okay how much time do we really need since clearly we're behind, Tressa - refused to provide an answer - proceeded to blame me once again for allowing us to open on a Friday - used info. she found on my Instagram to INSULT me multiple times - complained about barely making any money on this deal - lied about requesting a document we needed to get us up to speed (when she hadn't) - then called the listing agent without my knowledge asking why the closing date had been changed (when it had not been! Tressa had misread the contracts). I ended up having to set up direct points of contact with everyone involved -- the underwriter, the city, her broker, etc.; watch over her like a hawk daily; and corroborate every piece of info. she gave me to get this deal done. To say that I was beyond disappointed, in my personal experience, would be an understatement. Please note again, this was my own experience working with her behind-the-scenes, not as a buyer.

As a first-time homebuyer, I felt like there was A LOT of trust that I was just being asked to put…read moreinto other people's hands to get through this process successfully. Living in California, this is especially terrifying given how competitive and expensive the market is. And add on top of that the distrust built up from the scam that is student loan debt. With that being said, I thought that I would be the only person I could rely on to look out for my best interests throughout the home-buying process, and holy crap was I wrong. I don't understand how Tressa and her team can have hearts so big to give all of her clients the support, attention, reassurance, and care that I received while working with them. While I was looking for a home, interests rates were increasing faster than they ever had in decades, but still Tressa fought like hell to find me the best rates. There were legitimately points when I was on the phone with her, trying to understand how she benefitted from giving me such unbelievable deals, only to find out the only reason was because, "It seems like you really need this and I want to help you." And as sellers were taking more and more protections away from buyers to squeeze every penny out of them, there was Tressa, in my corner, leaving no stone unturned to make sure I'd be safe if anything went south, putting her neck out there on my behalf. And each step of the process, whether via email, text, phone call, or video appointment, her team's communications were clear and frequent. This especially meat a lot to me as I was trying to close on a house while on a charity bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles! It felt like she and her team were always by my side, and I feel incredibly grateful to now be in a home that I love, only made possible by the tireless and selfless efforts by Tressa and her team. Just go ahead and work with her. You'd be sorely missing out if you didn't.