Jake Planton

One of the best parts of working for Two Rivers Mortgage, is how the company only chooses people that fit into the culture of the company. If you have never looked at the website, I encourage you all to do so, it really is cool. Let me tell you about Two Rivers. We believe that giving back to the community is a great way to help everyone, and also help us. We donate $100 of each transaction to the charity of our customers choice. We use green power, we use recycled everything! It is more expensive, but it is worth it. The office is not really an office, it is a family room, and we like to think of our associates and customers as family. We are not like the usual mortgage company that does a deal, and then never asks, 'how do you like your new home?' That is important, and will continue to help us grow.You should use me because I care. I am one of the most brutally honest people that I know, and I will make sure that everyone knows what is going on in a transaction at all times. That is important. I am the captain of this ship, and I will make sure everyone is on the same page. I love helping people fulfill their dreams, that is what I am supposed to do. Most brokers do not explain everything they should, I will do that, and more. I feel that with this HUGE commitment, the person that is helping them should be the one that explains all of these things. SO please, if you have never heard of Two Rivers, look at the website, you may be surprised at what you find! MY BLOG!!! www.JakePlanton.com Jake works hard and often long hours, to find good loan products, not simply good rates, for my clients. Then he monitors and manages them closely all the way to closing, to smooth out the inevitable bumps in the road. He is amazingly available, and a good communicator. And, he provides my clients with an understanding of the loan process, and of how the mortgage industry is in a rapidly changing period. He has made it work for a number of my clients, and he has my unreserved recommendation!-Scott Having just relocated back to Portland from overseas and started a consulting business and with recent changes in the mortgage industry, my mortgage was a challenge. When you throw in that the property I wanted to buy is in a mixed use development which causes a lot of difficulty for lenders, my loan was a difficult one. Two other lenders had assured me they had 'no doubt' that they could get me a suitable loan despite these issues and then, just days before my intended closing, not to mention the expected shipment of all my worldly possessions from overseas, failed to come through due to issues I'd brought up in our first meeting over a month earlier.So when I got in touch with Jake, I was, to say the least, stressed. Unlike the other lenders, Jake admitted my loan might be challenging, but was happy to work with me anyway. This honesty was a huge relief - at any given point during the transaction, I knew what was going. Jake kept me up to date on how many lenders he had spoken with, when he expected to hear back from them, what they said when they did, any new information they required, and what that might mean. In addition, he provided all sorts of insight and information about the mortgage industry as a whole, including the latest changes and trends and how they were likely to impact me and my loan.It was a tough loan. Lenders tended to be willing either to take the chance on my non-conformity, or on the non-conforming property, but not on both. But Jake, following trends, found a lender that was willing to cover both risks and got me a loan, which he then closed, so I could close on the condo, in a couple of days. Mycroft Evans.