Lana and her team is amazing. She is very knowledgeable and does her homework and research…read morethoroughly. She was able to get me the best rate in such competitive market, but that was not the best thing. Our seller had so many reservations about the VA loan (wanted to sell to someone with conventional loan) but when seller and their agent talked to Lana and asked so many questions, Lana was extremely patient and addressed all their concerns and finally we got our offer accepted just because of Lana Jern. She remains so busy but she or her team-member always found time to respond to any of my questions. 100% would work with her again. Summary: Extremely knowledgeable, puts clients interest at the top, result driven, courteous and friendly

Barb is a wonder woman! She helped us for 3 years to build our credit and prepare ourselves for the…read morehome buying process here in Austin. Shes amazing with communication, she's amazing with helping you understand verbiage that's confusing, and she holds your hand all the way through to the end, but also beyond. Barb also hooked us up with the perfect realtor to fit our style/needs. 10000% recommend using Uptown Mortgage for your home buying needs. It'll be the best decision you make!

thank you very much for all you personally did, as well as your staff, with regards to helping us…read morethrough this process! We are very happy, and so thrilled that we were able to pull this off in 30 days. We appreciate how hard you worked, and we are elated that we bought this house. Although I am ready to not go through the process again for a while (hahaha) Prime Lending was very easy to communicate with and that didn't go unnoticed!

Couldn't have asked for a better loan partner. Joel is simply the best. Do yourself a favor, and go…read morewith this team!

Possibly the worst bank I've ever been to. Tried to deposit money into my bank account there that…read moreI've had for 20 years and the clerk, a 20 something refused to let me deposit money into my own bank account. Then, after I mentioned I was a local business owner and a patron of that location UFCU for 20+ years he smirked and laughed at me. I cursed him out and asked for my money back, stating I was going to go to another bank. BUT he refused to return my money. Instead, the screen went black in the drive thru, and his manager got on and refused to give me back my money until I told him what happened. I did, and then, he tried to suggest a different situation happened, to cover up for the inappropriate attitude and behavior of UFCU refusing to let me deposit money into my own bank account. When I didn't go along, and restated, as I've typed what actually happened he got irritated and tried to get me to reword my complaint again to match his version not reality. At this point I brought my smart phone up into the air, and in his line of sight from the bank camera, and stated, "I'm going to start recording this conversation if you don't give me back my money, and I'm going to take this recording to the branch manager above you." Without empathy, without intelligence and just rudeness, he hung up, black screen on the drive thru window, and finally I got my money back that I went to another bank, and deposited easily without this drama and petty bs. Do NOT use UFCU - they are not the same as they used to be.

Sending another wire.... and yet another bad experience with UFCU! Imagine that!…read more WHY IN THE HELL do I have to answer verification questions, fill out a pdf, sign it, attached my license to just send a wire? THEN THAT WIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO CALL YOU TO CONFIRM! NO OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MAKES YOU JUMP through his many hopes to just send a wire! Then when I complain about how outdates their wire process is, I get attitude from the wire cleark. To hell with UFCU! Enough is enough, I am closing my account and going with SOFI!

Lacy took care of everything. She seem to do everything from home inspection, paperwork, emails,…read morecalls, etc. . Communication has always been fast with Lacy. She answered all questions during and after the process.. Kary is lucky to have her. Got the hard money loan in about 2 weeks. The Closing went smooth. Recommend Little City for a hard money loan!

We are a highly experienced, high-end remodeler for many years in Houston…read more LITTLE CITY helped us with construction financing instrumental to the complete renovation and updating of an original NASA AREA single family home. A GREAT COMPANY to do business with. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Norman J. shore 7 Star Construction Company 2016 Main Street, # 2215 Houston, Texas 77002 (832) 483-9130 construction7star@yahoo.com

On May 11th, I received written loan terms from Park Place Finance stating that if a luxury…read moreproperty I am investing in appraised at $4.3M or above, the loan terms would not change. They basically begged my broker to allow them to fund the deal. Their own appraiser valued the property at $5.3M -- a full million dollars above that threshold. They still refused to fund. After weeks of responding promptly to every document request, paying out of pocket for appraisal fees, and producing additional photos and video documentation they requested, they reversed course at the eleventh hour with no substantive explanation. Their COO's response essentially said that written terms are not commitments -- they're just "preliminary indications subject to underwriting." That's not what was communicated to me, my broker, or the seller's broker throughout this process. The cost of their reversal was real: appraisal fees I will not be reimbursed for, a seller who had already reduced the price to accommodate their funding structure, and a financing contingency deadline put at serious risk after I deliberately passed on other capital partners based on their written terms and verbal assurances. Luckily I was able to pivot and received "Clear to close" today by a reliable investment partner! Before working with Park Place Finance, I strongly encourage you to check their BBB profile. This pattern -- pre-approvals they can't deliver on, appraisal costs absorbed by the borrower, and last-minute reversals after written commitments -- is not unique to my experience. Multiple other investors have reported the exact same playbook. If you are a real estate investor considering Park Place Finance for a new construction or luxury asset deal --Make sure you have a back up lender in place, get everything in writing, and even then, do not rely on it. Their written commitments apparently don't bind them, but your appraisal fees absolutely do.

Horrible!!! I am…read moreStephanie Williams, a REALTOR® and Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) with Compass in Atlanta, Georgia, with over 24 years of experience. I represented the buyer in this transaction and can confirm firsthand everything described in the accompanying review -- and then some. I do not recommend Park Place Finance. This was one of the most disorganized, unreliable lender experiences I have encountered in my career. Beyond the written commitment they ultimately failed to honor, the competency issues were glaring from the start. The comparables they submitted were not even in the correct vicinity of the subject property -- a basic, fundamental requirement in any appraisal-driven lending decision. They disregarded their own appraiser's valuation of $5.3M, which came in a full million dollars above the $4.3M threshold they had put in writing as the condition for unchanged loan terms. None of it added up, and their team was consistently all over the place throughout the process. My client did everything right -- responded to every document request promptly, paid out-of-pocket appraisal fees, produced additional photos and video on demand -- and was still left at the eleventh hour with a reversal and no substantive explanation. Thankfully, we had a backup lender who stepped in and delivered. We received our Clear to Close and were set to June 23,2026. If you are a real estate investor or agent considering Park Place Finance for a luxury or new construction transaction: find another lender. Check their BBB profile. And if you proceed anyway, have a backup in place from day one -- because based on my experience, you will need it

Day off...errands day...first I need to deposit funds in my zero balance account with Navy Federal…read moreCredit Union.. So how did you get a zero balance account, you might ask? Great question! I filled out an application for Navy Federal credit Union, which has only one branch in Round Rock, TX (suburb of Austin, TX). I was awaiting a call or email indicating I had been approved. Instead, I received a debit card and a bank statement with $0 balance. Well, I received a whole list of ATMs and credit unions where I could make a deposit. Credit union #1 from the list didn't exist. Next, went to Randolph Brooks Credit Union to make my deposit. They told me they do not take deposits for Navy Federal Credit Union. They did not offer to contact Navy Federal Credit Union nor help any other way! Ugggh! This credit union relationship is off to a great start. Nothing like being on a wild goose chase! Terrible customer experience....

=============== PROS:…read more=============== * Staff has always been friendly and helpful to me. * Probably the lowest rate for auto loans around. * Once you have a Savings account, you can open a Money Market account online with just a few clicks, without having to visit a branch. * Coin machine lets you exchange your coins for bills with no commission. * Good system to get alerts by text message, much more useful/complete than Chase. * Website is pretty fast, faster than UFCU. Also doesn't stupidly spawn a new window/tab when you log in like UFCU. =============== CONS: =============== * Can download only the last 5 months of statements! This alone is so egregious I can't rate more than two stars. * Can see only the last 1.5 months of activity online. There's no obvious way to see older transactions, like a "Next page" button or link. There's actually a way to see older transactions, but it's both completely non-intuitive and extremely cumbersome: You click the "Search" button and type in your dates. (forehead slap) And when you do it that way, the site no longer shows you the running balance. * Can't sort transactions chronologically. * No memo field for account transfers. * Not a part of the national shared co-op branch network. * Payments on loans paid from an RBFCU Savings or Money Market account take up to one day to post. At UFCU, they're instant. * Pretty low limit for check deposits by mobile phone. I don't remember the limit, but it's lower than I have for UFCU and Chase. I would mention the amount here, but of course they don't bother to mention what the limit is on the Deposit screen of the app.

Adelo Mortgage is an amazing shop who does hands on transactions for my clients. From start to…read morefinish they are great communicators. Getting a home loan mortgage is a daunting & scary experience. The team at Adelo takes the fear away. They truly pull the rabbit out of the hat if necessary. Give Atif, Jeremy and the team a call. You will be so glad you did.

Very helpful. Atif and the team here were helpful, informative, and flexible--all things that were…read morevery helpful to us as first time home buyers.

I strongly advise against this company broker asked for $1500 upfront in which I felt suspicious…read moreabout doing so. My intuition was correct as the broker did not answer the phone, my emails, or my request. However, his associates call he did answer. I demanded a refund but received not even a message denying my deal. I was sold a dream but ended in a nightmare.

As a young real estate investor, it was difficult for me to refinance out of a hard money loan on…read morethe first property that I purchased. I reached out to Alek and he helped me navigate a complicated refinance. Thanks to Alek I was able to get a fixed 30 year note with a great rate. I was able to secure my first conventional loan and now we realized the properties business plan and the asset is cash flowing beautifully. I highly recommend Alek for your lending needs I will be using him for future loans moving forward!

Alek did a great job on my really complicated refinance. He had everything under control even when…read moreI was freaking out, and in the end, I got a really good deal. I would highly recommend him for your mortgage needs!

I guess my last review was removed. Maybe they pay good money for that. They're liars, scam…read moreartists and don't do what they say they will do. Whatever you're told you're going to make will be reduced by so called fees that you have no idea what they are. The realtor makes a pretty penny upfront so they find a way to hold back part of your proceeds. Run. I hope they get sued. Greedy liars

OMG! Had I not made a decision to apply based off the commercial hype and instead read the reviews…read morethat mattered, I would have save my family a whole week of anxiety by not even visiting the site, let alone putting in an application. Clearly, all ofthe reviews above a 2 Star were created by Orchard. They probably have a department dedicated to generating positive hype DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE. Our experience began with Jayson Symon (if that's even his real name. Everything is suspect about this company now) Jayson contacted me several days later than he agreed after my application was approved and only after I sent 3 request for updates. He then gave what was supposed to be a VA Pre-approval but was actual an FHA. He never produced the VA nor Conventional Pre-approval letters and later is accused of not producing the Cash Offer Letter needed by 2 additional persons (Lottie and Jay, who are also as unprofessional as they come), Jayson offered excuse after fabricated excuse for disappearing at crucial periods. Lottie nor Jay ever gave last names which should have been a red flag too. The 2 of them scheduled us for showing and postponed it less than 2 hours before the showing citing that seller agent needed pre-approval. No problem since Jayson had generated one. Then Lottie Dottie (yeah, I gave a last name since she didn't offer one) puts us on stand-by because now the seller's agent wants proof of funds which should be no problem according to the model Orchard claims to have. 3 days later and in this market, we are still in stand-by mode with no communication from anyone at Orchard which prompts me to do what I should have done from the jump; read 2 star or less reviews. Well, I can personally attest that our experience mirrors the experience of the 1 and 2 star reviews so far. After reading and comparing notes, I terminated Orchard officially, not that they were doing anything to terminate. I took an unnecessary point drop on my credit report dealing with these people. I don't k ow what their angle is but because of all the information they collected, my insticts are telling me to put an identity theft watch in place while waiting for an eventual class action to be filed against this company. I am reporting to AG myself to get investigation started. Do not give thos company your information.