Anchor Loans- Beware!

Anchor Loans- Beware!

Hal MullinsPro Member
Flipper/Rehabber · Nashville, TN · Member since 2015 · 18 posts · 8 votes

ANCHOR LOANS – I usually do not post on this forum. Although, in this case, all Bigger Pocket Members, need to be aware of this Hard Money Lender, and their unethical practices.

I am an experienced investor/builder for over 40 years. I received a promotional email from Anchor Loans. I sent in for more information. I received a call back from Rep. Tom Taylor.

Nice guy who seemed experienced enough. We came to an agreement on a loan and terms, that he sent to me. Then I was sent an Official Approval Commitment Letter with the exact terms

Which were acceptable to us, for this deal. I executed my approval on the Commitment Letter and returned it to them to set up Closing. Anchor Loans and Tom Taylor, then just “went dark

On us” for weeks? So unprofessional! So, when they finally returned my call, they stated – “Sorry, they would not be honoring the Commitment Letter they had approved”. Basically,

Knowing, I had canceled all other discussions with all other Lenders, they did the “Bait and Switch Approach”, which only the worst kind of Lenders in this industry try to pull on clients.

They lowered the L/T/V from 75% down to 70%. They even lowered their evaluation of the Property – by $25,000. And after submitting supportive comps to justify the higher value.

They basically stated, “Sorry, they are not willing to honor the original approval”. Of course, we changed to a legit Lender and closed the deal. Anchor Loans has great marketing

Materials and presents a professional image. https://app.anchorloans.com/ Do Not Be Fooled. Just thought I should share, this, knowing, If I knew then, what I know now, about Anchor Loans, I would have saved

A lot of time and a lot of money. Hope this helps. Select Home Solutions Group, Nashville Market.

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  • Contractor · Nashville, TN · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    3y

    BP has another forum section for reviewing companies, you might want to cross-post.

    This doesn't surprise me given they first reached out to you with a marketing email. I feel like the harder any company markets themselves the crappier their product or service is, especially annoying methods like spamming inboxes and vm boxes. Except for Coca Cola. Their products are fire. But I guess they don't market as much as they used to either.

  • Member since 2024 · 1 post · 0 votes
    2y

    @Allan Smith Do you mind sharing the other forum with reviews?

  • Member since 2023 · 1 post · 0 votes
    6mo

    Had similar bad experience with them too.

  • Erik EstradaBusiness Member
    Lender · Member since 2022 · 6k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    6mo

    Sucks this happened to you. They also seem to have positive reviews on Google which is insane to me. 

    I definitely think the private money/HML space should be regulated when it comes to fee/terms transparency. It really helps avoid bad situations like this.

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