Complaint submitted by someone in the know via my blog: Clients, beware of Freedom Team Financial and Rob Robson. He is a multi level marketing schemer and a liar. He was never nor is the largest sales rep for Choice. Do not pay him or anyone from his company a dime. Your best bet is to file a class action suit against Choice and Jeff Harper to try to get a refund which you may or may not receive.
You can call the bank yourself and check on your modification. There is no negotiations done with the bank. I used to work for Choice. All you need to do is give them the paperwork they require and update it until the bank decides to actually do the modification. You can call every week and check on the status which is all Choice’s negotiators ever did. The banks are in control and will do it when they get around to it. They are backed up and understaffed and lose things as well. This was part of the problem.
I would assume that if M&I has money from Choice and they filed bankruptcy, then M&I would issue refunds or distribute the money between the clients who never got their modifications done. However, if you do want to modify your loan and it can take a year (thanks to the banks) just call the bank yourself and check on the file every week until they actually modify it.
It’s funny how someone like you can start a blog and become a self appointed expert.
I’m a good friend of Rob. He is a multi level marketer. He is a successful multi level marketer. He is not a liar. If you think multi level marketing is a scam then that is your opinion. Rob is offering FREE coaching to anyone who wants it. If someone doesn’t want to work on their loan mod themselves Rob has offered to have his employees make the calls for them and finish the process.
A class action suit agains’t Choice or Jeff Harper is only going to waste a lot of money. Neither of those two don’t have anything to get. If you sue someone who has nothing, you will get nothing.
You say you used to work for Choice? Are you one of the original owners of the company who wanted to file for BK when M&I originally seized the money from Choice? It was Jeff and Jordan that tried to save the company. Those same original owners showed their true colors by throwing Jeff and Jordan under the bus with slanderous claims.
M&I isn’t going to issue refunds you imbecile. The trustee of the BK will review all of the facts and take money from M&I and disburse funds how he sees fit.
Grow a pair and tell the truth. Don’t write what just sounds exciting.
My name is Rob Robson and I am the owner of Freedom Team Financial. I would like to respond to whoever is the nameless author of these slandering remarks. The last 9 years of my life a have been in teaching leadership principles like honor, charactern and integrity to tens of thousands of people. I have never “scammed” anyone in my life. I referred hundreds of my friends and family members to Choice National Loan Consulting because I believed that they were the most qualified company to help them. I have spent the last 4 months trying to help Choice not close their doors so they could finish my files. Now that they have closed, I have offered my help to coach ANY Choice clients in finishing their file on their own for FREE. Because I still have nearly 200 of my own clients that are in process with their modifications, I have hired a team of processors and negotiators to help me. Most of them had worked without pay for the last month or more for Choice but were anxious to work for me to try to clean up this mess. I would much prefer it if we can just advise clients in regards to their modifications and they make the calls themselves, but if someone would like a 3rd party negotiator to help them, we can do that for $500. I would love to have been able to walk away from all of this mess but I would never be able to sleep at night. It is extremely couradous to write disperaging remarks about someone on the internet and not sign your name. My name is Rob Robson and my personal cell phone is 480-332-5154. I live and office in Gilbert, AZ and you can ask me anything you want.
Moe, just to echo Rob’s comments from http://loanworkout.org/2009/12/choice-loan-consulting-out-of-business-leaving-2500-files-untouched/#comment-19253, I’m sure you have verified your sources. Do you know for a fact that Lisa Brown is a former employee of Choice Loan Consulting? Is this your source “in the know?”
Appearantly you ran with this thread before ever contacting Rob Robson to get his side of the story. He has posted his cell phone number. Have you called him? Or is that too much work? Or does it detract from your true intentions behind this website?
Does simply posting comments on a blog make them fact?
I have known Rob Robson for a long time. He is honest. He has posted his real name on the blog with his contact information.
I’m not an employee of Choice and I never have been. I have a bunch of friends and clients that I referred to them. Some of them got great results and some of them fell victim to Choice’s financial problems.
Both Rob and I are available for free coaching to any of Choice’s customers that didn’t get what they paid for. All we want to do is help.
Doug Carpenter
480-306-0745
Doug,
I read his own comments on Trulia where he says he got paid to refer clients to this firm, Choice who was shut down. It is not me that needs to dot my i’s and cross my t’s, it is your good friend Rob Robson who does not read the news, blogs, laws and government press releases stating the fact that they are cracking down on people who do this. For over a year I have reported these laws, scams, government crack downs and people going to jail.
I did some research and discovered that based on his own words he was involved with Choice. I do commend you both for placing your phone numbers up.
A lot of people got paid to refer customers to Choice. Choice wasn’t shut down. Choice closed their doors and is or has filed BK. Choice had their merchant account with the same bank that they did all of their banking. That bank seized all of their funds for fear of charge backs when there hadn’t been any. Choice missed payroll and all of their sales teams quit selling. Choice had no money and none coming in. Up to that point Choice had a great track record and we had no reason not to trust them. Many of our referred customers got what they paid for.
Rob and Freedom Team Financial never broke any laws. I don’t believe Choice did either. Did they make mistakes? You bet. Was Choice poorly managed? Yes indeed. Did they intentionaly defraud people? No. When the bank pulled the rug out from under them, Choice was insolvent, and unable to continue. The owners of the company spent every dime, sold all of their possessions, in a futile attempt to save it and help people get what they paid for.
You haven’t validated your source or your comments about Rob. All you have done is verified that Freedom Team Financial recieved compensation for referring mortgage modification customers to Choice Loan Consulting. That is no mystery nor is it a secret.
We have worked very hard to stay compliant. We will continue to stay compliant in all that we do. When California passed the law forbidding upfront fees we stopped accepting customers from California. Although anybody that calls us we will still coach for free.
I think you should agree with me that your judgement of Rob was quick, rash, unsubstantiated, based on heresay and rumor, and wrong.
Rob Robson? I’ve heard it all…
I met Rob back in phoenix, im trying to get one of his audios but i cant find them anywhere.