Communicate with your Veterans especially your first time home buyers. Our experience, I'm sure, was a few and far between but because of the lack of communication and assumptions of what we were supposed to know or do, I would NOT recommend Veterans United. We were left in the dark and our first buyer experience was stressful and unpleasant. I hope there will be a chance to change this.
It started out great and we were referred to an amazing realtor, Wade Bartels.Everything fell apart once we put in an offer. Our realtor contacted us saying we hadn’t started the loan process yet and we were completely confused as we had done everything VU requested and were told we were “good to go”. At the same time he is contacting us we get about 20ish to-do items from VU. Why hadn’t this already been started??? There was a great lack of communication and it seemed like they waited until the last minute to ask for anything. Questions like, will your wife live in the house with you (we told Zach we had just gotten married before we put the offer in)... and then following up with how old is she? Why don’t you ask for all pertinent info in the first question so we don’t have to keep playing these back and for “to-do item” games.We already had an extended closing period of about 6 weeks but it took 8 weeks to close which I’ve heard is a common problem with Veterans United... never being able to close on time. If they were on top of their game from the start this wouldn’t happen. This screws with peoples lives, work schedules and bank accounts.Once we were finally cleared to close and VU refused to let us close Friday afternoon and insisted it be on Monday, we sat in the title company waiting for the paperwork from VU and waiting for errors to be corrected for FIVE HOURS!!!! That is completely unacceptable!!
Response from Veterans United
Hi Joshua, your honest feedback is valuable and we thank you for sharing your voice with us. Once we have received the contract from your agent, we hit the ground running to ensure we order what is needed, including your appraisal. It is our goal to provide expert and reliable communication through a dedicated Loan Specialist. When communicating with all parties they notify via email that if a well is on the property (private or community), that we will need to have that inspected. Generally, well tests look for the presence of nitrates, nitrites, coliform and lead, but guidelines can vary based on where you’re buying.
What matters for the VA and lenders is that the well water meets local health requirements for safe drinking water. When there isn’t a local authority with set requirements, the water will need to meet either state guidelines or federal standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency. We invite you to connect with our Client Advocate team and become a part of our effort to continuously improve the client experience at Veterans United. Hearing that your inspection and reinspection to ensure safe drinking water delayed your closing was disappointing, but glad to know that you we were able to negotiate an early occupancy so you were in your home while closing out the remaining details. As soon as we were made aware there was an issue between the title's balance sheet and our own, we were able to work with closing management to get the deal done! A member of our Client Advocate remains available and we invite you to connect with us further. Discussing your experience and learning how we might look to improve is part of our commitment to provide outstanding customer service.
All of the other staff I worked with during this process provided professional service.
Overall excellent service from the start to the end! I would recommend both Hunters team and my Real estate agent to any of my friends the end up moving to Fort Bragg as well!
Incrediblely easy process!
I recommend anyone to use veterans united. Great team
Outstanding overall experience. All of the folks I worked with are great.
Thank you to Amy and Jordan for their professional work ethic, they made it so easy for us to buy our dream home.
We looked into Veterans United to help us find a house, and in turn, they gave us a red carpet experience to helping us find a home.
I was on a time crunch to get my loan to close. My team worked hard and fast to get it done. Once I had items to do, I took care of it quickly and my team did their part quickly and I was able to sign in approximately 27 days
Highly recommend Veterans United!
I was informed of Veterans United Home Loan from another Vet from a different state. When she explain the experience she had, I had to try them out. Even over my local credit union. The process was fast, their rates were compatible I was approved for what I qualified for. Once the process started, it went smooth, I mean really smooth sailing. Just as I was told from my fellow Vet. I can truly say, I experience the same treatment my fellow Vet experience and it was great. I recommend Veteran United to all Vets and if they can provide assistance to non Vets, I say to anyone, try them out you wont be disappointed.
