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Based on 419 reviews
Accelerated Strategies4.9Honesty, pricing, process and quality scores appear once 5 customers have rated them.
Accelerated Strategies help families gain confidence and control over their finances so that they can experience financial peace of mind. We do this by providing consulting, education, and software services to help homeowners pay off their debt faster. Through our relational approach, we empower American families to make better decisions using revolutionary financial strategies.
Accelerated Strategies (acceleratedstrategies.com) has 419 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.9 out of 5.
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Inna C.
I am so glad that I came across Sam's and Daniel's videos on a youtube. I joined accelerated Banking programm and paid my mortgage with in 14 month after purchase. It works! They have a great team of knowledgeable mentors. I would recommend accelerated banking to everyone.
Lourdes A.
Kate helped us through the process in spite of the hurdles we went through. It was difficult at first since we started doing 1099 instead of W2s on our taxes. We got approved for a first lien HELOC in November 2021 for $220K which was what we owed on our mortgage. We paid this down to $77K by January 2023. After we filed our taxes this year, we refinanced and was approved for $577K. Our credit card balances, solar panels and a truck was all paid off with the new loan. We still have enough money to invest in other real estate. Kate continues to help us in this as well. This company is great and they are here to ensure our success.
Donald E.
The Kwak Brothers and Accelerated Banking have redefined my view of debt and finances. They explained the program, and it was straightforward to follow. The tools were explained, and the process seemed easy to follow. I hope in seven years; I can return to post that I am debt free. I think now, after following up for a couple of it is doable.
Jennifer M.
The Kwak Brothers and Accelerated Banking have redefined how I think about money and finances. The explanation of the program was easy to follow, the tools provided are well explained, and the staff are caring and helpful no matter how many questions or situations you have to 'math out'. Everyone should be doing this!
Reply from Accelerated StrategiesMay 31, 2023
Thank you Jennifer for your kind review :)
Theresa
First, getting of the uncertainty of will this work. Second, just learning and doing it. Third, The feeling of take a remain 19 years in pay a mortgage down to 3 months. Sticking the plan and watch the results and having tunnel vision. Fourth, have Mikkiel to call went I had questions about the tracker. Fifth, Kate for the new tracker. Sixth, closer to being debit free to a point. Seventh, looking forward to what to come, creating generational wealth.
Reply from Accelerated StrategiesMay 5, 2023
AWESOME! Thank you for your amazing review of our experience!
Richard R.
Delivered as promised. We paid all our bills off. We consolidated into one payment. All our income now goes to reducing the debt on the property. We will be debt free in 5 years vs 30 years.
Reply from Accelerated StrategiesMay 5, 2023
AWESOME! Thank you for your amazing review of our experience!
Tyler L.
I will be as accurate as I can with this review to help people understand why I am giving this a 1 star review. I enjoyed my phone call with my sales lady who walked me through all my numbers related to my situation and it seemed to map up from what I understood. I was going to save 10 years on three different properties and a couple hundred thousand dollars in interest according to my sales rep. Once I decided to purchase this service ($5000), the next step went to an introductory phone call with someone explaining what I should expect for my next steps. I enjoyed that phone call and all was going well up until this point. The next step was talking with my strategist to fine tune my plan on the best route to go. This was when everything fell apart. My first phone call consisted of imputing my numbers for calculation and discussing my goals. He could not figure out why the excel spreadsheet wasn't calculating to what he thought was correct so we rescheduled the phone call to a week out so he could speak with his manager about this spreadsheet situation. At this point, he hadn't asked for my information I was told I would need to bring for my initial appointment with my strategist. Information like my monthly expenses, principle and interest amounts for my mortgages, etc. A week later I get on the phone with him to start from square one. He told me I was only able to take out Helocs on two out of three of my propertys because of the LTVs. This is when I got very confused/irritated because my sales lady told me I would Heloc everything and go a whole different route. The sales lady told me in Washington state I could take out a Heloc on an investment property with an 80% LTV and my strategist was telling me 70%. I knew for a fact it wasn't 70% because my personal bank offered me a 75% LTV Heloc the week prior. This bit of information let me know that my "professional" strategist hadn't done his research before providing me with the most accuracy plan that I should have moved forward with. I let him know that I could find better Helocs and he sent me an email later saying that he could find me something with a 75% LTV and not a 80% LTV like my sale rep said. So I was sold a lie according to my strategist. He told me that he would send over a list of banks and an excel calculator with all my numbers imputed so I could see the math on my future path. I was never sent this information. I was frustrated at this point so I tried to call the company and explain my situation to get a different strategist. My thought was since the strategist was working from home with no supervisor, he was being lazy and not performing his job to what he should have. I was giving the company the benefit of the doubt and thinking the strategist was a dud. I left a voicemail explaining my frustration with the phone number on the accelerate banking website only to find out that it routes my call right to my strategist and he got my voicemail. Maybe my own fault that I didn't know that? So I found out I couldn't talk with anyone else in the company other than my strategist... I was trapped. My strategist, after listening to my voicemail, then let me know that the next zoom call would be with his manager and him so that I could understand everything that he has been explaining. When I got on the next zoom call, it was just my strategist with no manager and he said that between him and his manager working together going over my numbers for many hours that it just doesn't work out and I they'll have to refund my money. This confused me very much because he wrote up a whole plan for me based off our first phone call and now he is telling me that my situation doesn't allow me to use their accelerated banking system. I didn't question it at this point because all I wanted was the refund so I could leave this company that I'm having a terrible experience with. I'm not sure if my strategist was a dud or if the company is a dud. All I know is from what I experienced they were disorganized, I was lied to, the strategist I dealt with was not educated (maybe he was a new financial advisor) and many more things seemed fishy. In the end, I got my $5000 refund and that was the most positive experience I got from the hours I spend dealing with company. Id give this company a zero star if I could because what they advertise does not line up with what I got. Absolutely terrible experience. *UPDATE* The company called me about 1 star review. They agreed with me that I got the short end of the stick for what happened. On the other hand, they claim they're reaching out so they can improve their system so situations, like mine, don't happen anymore. I believe they have good intentions want to improve. If anyone was to ask for my OPINION on to use them or not, I'd say to go a difference route. If you do use them, good luck and I hope your experience is better than what mine was.
Reply from Accelerated StrategiesJun 1, 2023
Dear Tyler and to whom reading this review, First and foremost, we appreciate the fact that Tyler took the time to thoroughly write this review. Whether it's a 1 star or a 5 star review, we welcome all feedback with humility and extreme ownership. Second, we certainly feel that we could have done a better job being more organized, professional in our conduct, and better prepared to work with Tyler and his journey in our program. I, personally, would have certainly felt the same way if I were treated the way Tyler was treated in the process of our program. So we formally apologize for the horrible experience that Tyler went through. We believe he deserved better. At the end of the day, we knew the right thing to do was to offer a 100% refund and we did so as Tyler has mentioned. In fact, our decision to refund Tyler was not out of his request. But rather, we're the one that initiated and recommended a refund in the first place. Also as mentioned, we did reach out to Tyler about his experience and listened for feedback. Since then, we have made several changes and improvements to our experience. In the past, each of our clients are assigned to a specific strategy consultant from start to finish. The drawback as Tyler has experienced is that there's issues with continuity if the consultant is not available. We would assign another consultant is assigned to continue working with the client but would lack the context or the background information about the client. This caused massive delays and unnecessary waste of time for the client and our team. We now established a "Single-Universal File" policy where any of our strategist would be able to access a client file and provide a streamlined experience so that the client doesn't feel like they have to start "all over". In addition to this change, we've made changes to our phone system where if the assigned strategy consultant is not available, it will then attempt to reach the next available consultant to assist with the client immediately. This allows the client to reach us faster and get the help they need. Just as any other businesses, we strive for perfection and positive experiences. However, we also admit that our team is made up of people. And like any human, we make mistakes. It's easily recognizable that no business can achieve 100% positive reviews. At the same time, we stand by our "Excellent" status on TrustPilot in our 7+ year of business. We appreciate the fact that Tyler took the time to give us feedback which is incredibly valuable to us. We take Tyler's feedback as a moment to reflect and improve. We have taken real steps towards improving our services and we would like to ask all future clients to give us an opportunity to provide a positive and valuable experience based on this moment of falling short as humans. As a parting word, we would have certainly liked to have Tyler experienced a positive result. We own up to the fact that we could have certainly done a better job but we also recognize that this allowed us to grow and improve. We wish Tyler the best in all of his future endeavor. We sincerely hope that wherever Tyler goes, he would have a bright future. Blessings, Sam Kwak CEO & Managing Partner
Yvonne Castro P.
To say that I was skeptical about the program is an understatement. It took me about nine months from the first time I saw the videos about Accelerated Banking to circle around and finally take a plunge. I'm so glad I did! We went from 27 yrs expected time frame to pay off our home (using an amortized mortgage), to less than a 5-year expected time frame to pay off our home. The numbers don't lie. Don't wait like I did. Watch the videos, join the webinars to learn as much as you can about the program, and save time and money by getting started. Life is too short to be throwing our hard-earned money away. Did I forget to mention that the team of staff and strategy consultants are always there to help when I need it? Thank you Patrick and Kate for all of your support.
