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FIB - Scams 101
Re: Accelerated Equity a.k.a. United First Financial------WebKitFormBoundary+B3RVeRwLFsZ4Pc1
Posted By: Craig Hansen In Response To: Re: Accelerated Equity a.k.a. United First Financial------WebKitFormBoundary+B3RVeRwLFsZ4Pc1 (------WebKitFormBoundary+B3RVeRwLFsZ4Pc1)
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, at 7:45 p.m.(pst)
>> I have spent the last few hours reading all the pros and cons, praises
>> and bashings, promises and lies, etc, etc. of everything regarding UFF's
>> MMA. Currently as a soon-to-be home owner (loan owner), I am currently
>> somewhere between curious and interested in the program. I only have one
>> question...
>> Is there anyone out there who has actually used the program and failed
>> miserably? I have read many bad comments on the system, but not from
>> anyone who actually paid the $3500.The people who bash it know enough not to waste $3500 on it.
Here's what we know: The MMA results can be easily beaten by simply sending what extra income you can generate (the same income the MMA uses) to your mortgage, the MMA is more work than simple prepayment, the MMA is riskier than simple prepayment, and you should always discuss this option with a financial planner to see if accelerating your mortgage is the right move in the first place. UFirst agents are not financial planners. They are not professionals at all. In my area, one agent is a computer salesman, and another is a carpet cleaner.
The "haven't heard anything negative from anyone who owns it" line is used often by agents. It's all they've got. As of last summer, there were 60,000 (confirmed) agents, for 120,000 (claimed) MMA sales. When half the people who own the MMA also sell it, then you aren't going to find owners who bash it. You will, however, find a few. A couple popped up in the Fatwallet dot com forums, and this guy:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/324/RipOff0324581.htm
and 11 have complained to the Utah BBB:
http://utah.bbb.org/WWWRoot/Report.aspx?site=139&bbb=1166&firm=22021100
where their claims were "resolved". Now when owners show up to complain online, we direct them to lodge a BBB complaint against the parent company in Utah, because UFirst hates unresolved BBB complaints. UFirst tries to shield itself behind their independent contractors as its first line of defense against complaints.If there are any specific questions you have, ask away. No, we don't need to own the MMA to show you what a terrible product it is.
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