Ilia O.
Unethical leading and bait-and-switch
I've done refinancing a dozen of times. Here is my experience with RCN. This is the first time I dealt with RCN. RCN offered the lowest rate of all lenders I've contacted. However, RCN refused to lock the rate or provide a proper term sheet. RCN said "the rate is unlikely to change" and "the rate will only change if your [portfolio] appraisals will be off [from estimates I provided]". Since the US Fed was going to start raising the rates (it was January 2022), I thought it might be too good to be true and pressed for locking the rate, but RCN refused and - after reading not-totally-awful RCN reviews online - I figured let's give RCN a try given the RCN's multiple assurances. Another lender (LendingOne) I contacted did give me a proper term sheet and locked the rate. After finishing (and paying) for the portfolio appraisals (appraisal values came in close to the guestimates I initially provided) and all other paperwork, RCN said "the rates did go up" nearly 0.5%. Update 3/2/2022: RCN Capital CFO read this review and had our appraisal fees reimbursed. There was one more issue I did not mention - but I do now, after Googling California law. RCN Capital said we must obtain for each portfolio property for the entire amount of the loan, not just for the replacement cost (a fraction of the entire loan). We contacted about 5 insurance companies (Farmers, private) - they all refused. RCN eventually agreed to make an exception just for us. Later I found that it is illegal in California (our state) to "over-insure" real property mortgage loans, see California Civil Code section 2955.5 and California Insurance Code § 2051.5.



