I have been a Blaze since 1983 in it's various forms. T Ever…read moresince the merger this institution has deteriorated. I will likely move to a new bank once I use up my checks.

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Interviewed them and thought they fine, but ultimately I chose to take my business to another…read morepractice. That said, I have no doubt that I would have been happy with their services.

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So there are a couple of reviews on here that are not too favorable. Have to say that when I read…read morethe reviews in their entirety, I understood why they're negative: the authors didn't do their due diligence before investing. First, Sandvold doesn't "lose your money." They invest your money based on their best info about market trends. They don't invest anywhere without your permission. Meaning they'll explain market trends, answer questions, make recommendations, but will do nothing unless you approve. If you have less than a set amount invested, there are fees involved; above that amount it's considered "no-load" and you don't pay a fee to invest or trade. If the investment loses money, it's because the market did something unexpected, not because "Sandvold lost money." Sandvold doesn't make money off your loss. He makes money when you do, and he collects a percentage of your return. Please note: a percentage of your *return*, not your principal. This is an important point: they make money only when you do, so they have a vested interest in making sure you make money. I have never had any problem receiving return calls from them. They've been very responsive when I needed to take a distribution for a real estate investment. They worked with me to wire funds rather than mail them to make sure I received them in a timely manner. They meet with me quarterly to review my investments (even those I have invested elsewhere [employer retirement funds]), making recommendations based on analysis of trends and projections. If I fail to call to arrange a quarterly meeting, they call me. I am not charged anything for the meetings, nor for the trades or investments. I've recommended Sandvold to my siblings to invest money earned from the sale of Mom's estate. Both my siblings are out of state; no matter. As another reviewer here mentioned, state lines are irrelevant. They're a phone call away. So: Why did I rate them four stars instead of five? I haven't made money as fast as I wanted. I was an idiot earlier in life and didn't plan for retirement. Now retirement is staring me in the face and I'm woefully unprepared. Sandvold can't fix my decades-old mistake, but they'll work with me to mitigate it as much as possible. I want to make larger returns, but that requires larger risk and based on my "pucker factor" (i.e., my "risk questionnaire"), they're suggesting lower-risk investments. It's my own damned fault that I don't have as much in my retirement funds as I probably should, but they're earning me money nonetheless. It's a respectable firm. And I recommend them.

A few years ago I had a discussion on financial planning with one of my neighbors (who had moved…read morefrom the Twin Cities area to Utah where we live). He told me about the high rate of return and personalized service he was receiving from Sandvold Financial Group. He and his wife choose to move here after they retired. What impressed me was their passion for the CEO Terry Sandvold and what his team was doing for them with their investments so that they could enjoy their retirement without money worries. I had previously met with a couple of other local financial advisors, but after doing so I felt they were more interested in making money from those who invested with them, rather than making money for those who invested. Additionally, these financial advisors represented only a few funds without having access broadly to many options in the marketplace. Eventually, I reached out by phone to Terry. He and his team were knowledgeable and first sought to understand me, where I was in my life, my goals and what I wanted to achieve. After several interactions and careful review of information on their website coupled with review of the detailed information that they sent us, we started cautiously by entrusting a portion of my retirement funds to them. In time I moved more of my retirement funds, as they earned our business. Ultimately, I rolled over all of my retirement funds to them for investing. The results have continued extremely positive. Further, their service has continued as they promised it would. My wife and I are very pleased with both the returns and personalized interest everyone continues to take in us. Incredibly, we realize now that they under promise and over deliver. Once a quarter Terry personally reviews our investments with us and provides advice and direction for our consideration. He has our portfolio well balanced. The research demonstrated both during those personal discussions, as well as periodic interactions with his team have heightened our confidence in Sandvold Financial Group. After the close of each day in the market, their website allows me to check on our investments. If anything, in the beginning Sandvold Financial Group was too modest in both their diverse access to funds and all that they do for customers. I eventually learned how active they are in their community, even contributing with a weekly radio show "Money Talks". I encourage you to do what we did. Namely, check out their website: www.sandvoldfinancialgroup.com and compare their team and expertise with what you are currently doing. Then reach out to them and personally compare their available investment options and expertise. Even the national insurance company I was working for did not have near the access and flexibility in investment options, nor the personalized investment advice, nor the high rates of returns that I have enjoyed and continue to experience. Retirement can last a long time. We are grateful to work with Terry and his professional team. It is nice to enjoy retirement knowing that our money investment matters are in capable hands. Evan B.

We are disappointed with Mark Berger, Rachel Meyer, and Patrick Noll. We met with Mark and Rachel…read moreand thoroughly described our situation four months ago, which clearly detailed our assets, and plans in real estate investing. They convinced us that they were a good match for our needs, so we indicate to them that we would like to move forward. Subsequently, after three months of waiting for an action plan, there was no effort made to move assets or take any action to improve our current financial situation or even make plans for the future. After a long period of inactivity, we reached out to express our frustrations. While Patrick offered some advice regarding a specific tax form that could help us recover some past year's taxes, he made a point to insinuate that we should be happy to have received "free" advice from him, and informed us that it sounded like we were not going to be comfortable paying his elevated tax service fees. He subsequently produced a fabricated email, claiming that he sent it to us previously, which indicated that he did not want to help us further, that he did not have familiarity with real estate matters. Our final communication from Rachel this week stated, "At this point, I don't feel that Berger is a good "fit" and I wouldn't feel good about moving forward only to come to a potential stopping point that would hinder your process and future goals." As a family of two teachers and three young children, we really needed help to plan for retirement. We had received a high recommendation about Berger Financial. Some people apparently have had great success with Berger financial, and I would hope that their success stories would also show up in these reviews. But it seems as though the majority of these successes were under the leadership of Mark Berger's father, as Mark specifically mentioned that he had recently taken over the business from his father and he knew that he needed to work hard to earn our trust. Well Mark, you and your team failed to accomplish this. We took a leap of faith that you and your team could help us with our financial planning for our family of five, and you only convinced us to help steer others away from your services, which is the goal of our review today. Good luck to you and your international investment ventures, and whatever strange advice that you gave us regarding bitcoin. I'm sure that you and your team will find ways to retire early and very wealthy off of the backs of other working class families. This family of teachers will look elsewhere for financial advice and tax preparation services. We would advise others to do the same.

We are just starting to look at how to finance retirement, although we have been saving money and…read morehave a good amount saved. We took a class taught by David Herbeck of Berger Financial Group, and the purpose of the class was for us to understand our current financial position for retirement and look at cash flow projections. The class was excellent, and we had a lot of work to do. For example, I had a pension in my maiden name even though we had been married 24 years! David was very thorough and respectful. He put together a cash flow analysis by looking at our investments, our expected Social Security, our pensions, and our current income. This was a great way to start getting serious about retirement planning. Thank you, David!