Throughout my extensive experience of working with Military families looking for homes in Maryland and Washington, DC, I have spoken with many buyers who had obtained VA financing pre-approvals through on-line or internet mortgage companies. Though I am sure there are competent professionals working at some of these companies, my overwhelming experience has been that these online lenders lack the professionalism, experience and knowledge to handle such an important transaction. These companies choose deceptive names and internet addresses such as …
Throughout my extensive experience of working with Military families looking for homes in Maryland and Washington, DC, I have spoken with many buyers who had obtained VA financing pre-approvals through on-line or internet mortgage companies. Though I am sure there are competent professionals working at some of these companies, my overwhelming experience has been that these online lenders lack the professionalism, experience and knowledge to handle such an important transaction.
These companies choose deceptive names and internet addresses such as VALoanCenter.com, VALoans.com, VeteranLoanCenter.com and so on. The reasons they choose these names are so they can get better recognition by search sites such as Google or Bing, but also so they can appear to be somehow affiliated with the government. Read on to find out how to choose a lender and what to look out for.
