Shady business / marketing practices
The advertisement I received paints a picture that seems too good to be true… because it is. You will fill out a form online that is utilized as a hot lead for a salesperson. My exposure to Proper Funding is limited to receiving a postal advert, filling out an online form, and speaking with a rep / salesperson over the phone briefly. When I had a difficult time getting concrete answers to basic questions, I ended the call. Other companies like Discover and BOA (not an endorsement) also sent optimistically positioned mailers, but the most important questions were answered within the mailer, and I was able to call a rep that clarified points, answered additional questions, and did NOT try to hard sell me on a loan.
For instance, ‘will accepting this loan require me to cancel the CCs that it pays off?’; ‘can I get pre-approved and receive confirmed interest rates and loan durations with a soft credit inquiry prior to accepting / committing to the loan?’; ‘Is there an origination fee?’; ‘Is there an early payoff penalty?’ Proper Funding’s mailer did not include any of this nor other basic info pertinent to evaluating the quality of the loan. Further, the salesperson gave evasive, vague, and non-committal answers to these questions and others.
Equifax sold Proper Funding my personal info including name, address, debt amounts, credit score and who knows what else. That’s not new and far from isolated, but it does make the point that Equifax, Experian and Transunion use little, if any discretion in selling our personal info.








