I was just made aware that my husband wrote on this site and that he finally responded. I feel obligated to personally give a response since I am the actual owner of the property in question. First off, I’m appalled that he put personal information which is a privacy issue from a business angle. This is very disturbing for any future customers looking to use his services. His response was a surprise and very unprofessional. To start off “You Gotta Be Kidding” to a rebuttal is very unsuitable from any business. It took him over 1 year to respond to this complaint and not once did he call, email or mail us to discuss these issues. He did promise a balance reduction to us prior to paying him or gave the impression (he knew how desperate we were for a loan modification on our family home). And yes it is possible to reduce your principle, it’s called “loan forgiveness” – mortgage balance reduction program. Once you were paid the second time the story changed.
Regarding that he completed the work, this is false. We started the modification in Nov/2008 and sent all the documents requested by the bank with no assistance. We were looking for help to speed up/better the process and reduce our principle balance. That is when we contacted A. Miles Moore from Milestone Diversified Services Inc. in April/2009. He did assist for short while until I realized he was 1) not contacting the bank as often as he should of when the bank continued to lose our paperwork a few times and ask for more documents. 2) The lack of attention to our requests/calls 3) wanted full payment when the modification was not complete (in trial stage) 4) promised to reduce our principle balance. Please be aware that the $2,480 was for a “trial” payment period given by the bank which still did not guarantee the modification success. If he would have followed through the whole process to the very end, of course we would have paid the final payment. The trial period and the bank requesting more and more documents is not the end stage of a modification or what he states completed approved loan modification.
Prior to the 2nd payment (another $500), he would call 3 times or more a day requesting more payments (very awkward). Why would we pay on a trial payment that’s not guaranteed for successful modification by the bank. Coming to our home and demanding money was way out of the norm for a business. Why not put more effort ensuring that it officially got modified? I felt very uncomfortable to the aggression he showed when he arrived unannounced at my door. Why wasn’t this aggression shown when we called him various times for status on our modification and bank requests? I requested for the bank to drop him from further assisting me and I continue to deal with the bank directly myself afterwards.
I recommend contacting your bank directly or a non-profit. They will provide you with a list of items for them to review. It does take some time and effort, but they are willing to work with you and recommend not using a third party and paying thousands (as per my bank and research during this experience). Please google “ loan modification scams “. If you decide to use a third party please check their credentials and make sure they provide a fully stated contract.
There is no license required for loan modification consultants in NY(very scary!) – helpful link - http://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/scam-alert--mortgage-modification-consultants.
Thank you
Ann
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