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09-17-2015, 02:51 PM #26
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09-17-2015, 02:53 PM #27John Celifarco
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09-17-2015, 02:58 PM #28
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09-17-2015, 03:06 PM #29
I dont disagree with you but thats not how they do business, you need to go in knowing that... Believe me I get it, it sucks and I have been there. I am sure every person on this forum has had this happen to them one time or another. if you know what you are dealing with going in it makes it easier to to keep the merchants expectations in line. Honestly every other bank killed the file and this was your last second Hail Mary play.. It didn't work but you can't be that surprised when apparently nobody else wanted to do the deal
John Celifarco
Managing Partner
Horizon Funding Group
3423 Ave S
Brooklyn, NY 11234
T: (347) 773-3990 | F: (718) 795-1990
Linkedin: Profile
Email: john@horizonfundinggroup.com
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09-17-2015, 04:10 PM #30
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This thread reaffirms my suspicion that most of what people in this industry call underwriting isn't underwriting, and also explains why some people on here consider themselves underwriters when they aren't. That not actually underwriting a file before issuing an approval is considered normal and acceptable seems to point to some wholesale shortcoming with many funders and brokers in this space.
As a lender, the integrity of approvals should be first and foremost. In my experience late stage declines are usually due to something being misrepresented initially, which is then verified to be incorrect in closing. There are always going to be edge cases where something was missed, but if that is a regular occurrence with a lender they need to revisit their process and procedures, or hire better people.
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09-17-2015, 04:25 PM #31
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Isn't this exactly how mortgage lenders operate? They have the process down to a science and cash advance companies simply copied it. First you do a preliminary underwriting with general information, issue a pre-approval, and then when you have customer buy-in and signed contracts you drill down into the file and do the full underwriting. This is just a smart way for a funder to best deploy his limited resources. Nothing groundbreaking here. I don't understand why this is such a contentious issue.
As an aside, the only companies that DON'T follow this model are the unprofitable ones (i.e., On Deck) or the ones that already have all the client's relevant info (Paypal, Square, etc.).Last edited by MCNetwork; 09-17-2015 at 04:29 PM.
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09-17-2015, 04:30 PM #32
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09-17-2015, 04:33 PM #33
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In my experience many mortgage lenders issue a set of required stips, some prior to docs and some prior to funding. Better lenders issues all of these up front so you know what you need to get docs, and what you need to fund those docs all from the beginning. I wish funders did this here.
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09-17-2015, 04:34 PM #34
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09-17-2015, 04:35 PM #35
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Probably the lack of real underwriting? Over reliance on some type of mystical black box algorithm?
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09-17-2015, 04:40 PM #36
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09-17-2015, 04:40 PM #37
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09-17-2015, 04:41 PM #38
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09-17-2015, 05:06 PM #39
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Send the deal elsewhere and get someone to match the offer, the amount of lenders in this space who have underwriters willing to listen are more then my toes and fingers combined.
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09-17-2015, 06:04 PM #40
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This smells like you ran into a tax lien issue. Classic rookie blunder...
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09-17-2015, 06:48 PM #41
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Last edited by Christian; 09-17-2015 at 06:51 PM.
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09-17-2015, 06:56 PM #43
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09-17-2015, 07:03 PM #44
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Unfortunately these things happen. You have to expect some breakage of deals at the one yard line for a variety of reasons, some justified and some not. It sucks big time but you have to make sure you have a decent pipeline to offset the losses and move on. This business can break your heart if you dwell on the deals that didn't fund.
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09-17-2015, 08:09 PM #45
These are all very good points. We can never count our eggs before they hatch and the deal funds. Never spend your money Christian until the money is in your account or this industry will make you sick and crazy. You just need to move on to the next one. There is really nothing new here at all.
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09-18-2015, 09:01 AM #46
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Approval's being rescinded right before funding!
When this industry starts to get regulated look no further than companies that perputrate this unprofessional practice. For ever merchant who has been given false hope of money approved and last minute denial, you have created a hatred for our industry, the problem is there is power in numbers, piss off enough people and our unique space will slowly extinct.
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09-18-2015, 09:14 AM #47jotucker1983Guest
But what would be the merchant's claim? That the lender declined them? So would the merchant claim "damages" or "misconduct" because he submitted an application but didn't get funded?
The deal isn't done until he's funded, the money hits his bank account and the payback process starts. If the merchant foolishly (which I have had merchants tell me prior) made business arrangements ahead of time in anticipation of the funds, before the Underwriting process was complete, but ended up being declined and thus no funding, then that's not my fault nor the lender's fault.Last edited by jotucker1983; 09-18-2015 at 09:26 AM.
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09-18-2015, 09:40 AM #48
Really? You are blaming the last minute declines on the funders only?
In all of my experience, whenever a deal gets killed at the last minute, it is hardly ever the funder who all of a sudden changed their mind. I can't think of one deal where everything was clean but hey took the approval away the day of funding. It is always the merchant who either lied on their application about liens or judgement, or underwriting found out about additional owners who were in a BK, or they went to verify their rent and the LL said they are 6 months behind, or the financials they sent in showed too much risk, or they found out about a previous default on another MCA company, etc.
That is why when an approval is emailed from a funder it says "Pending final underwriting approval".
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09-18-2015, 10:24 AM #49
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"Here are your loan docs Mr. Merchant. Remember, this is a contract that's only binding for you, not the lender, so be sure you keep shopping me with all of my competitors, right up until the money hits your account since it may, or may not work, and I'm not professional enough to know the difference yet."
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09-18-2015, 10:24 AM #50
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The last minute declines are frustrating, but when this happens, stay all over your client and make sure you're not getting backdoored by your funder. We've all seen too many times where a file is 'declined' and the next day a call comes from the lender's direct sales division offering to complete the transaction.
We have caught 2 lenders now red-handed, one using a faux ISO name to hide their identity, and no, I can't mention their name here, just watch your ass in these situations.
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