Did you get a pre-qualification debt consolidation loan mailer that stated that you prequalified for a loan under 4%? Did you apply, but didn’t get approved with a loan but got approved for a debt consolidation program with Whitestone Legal Group?
Let’s look at the reviews of Whitestone Legal Group debt consolidation.
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Whitestone Legal Group reviews
When I review companies, I like to look at both Google and BBB reviews, and sometimes Yelp reviews. Let’s look at each of the review and your options for Whitestone Legal Group.
BBB
On BBB, Whitestone Legal Group currently has a B rating, and is accredited. That said, it has a 1.0 rating based on 26 reviews, and 80 complaints in the past 3 years.
A 1.0 rating means that 26 people all rated Whitestone Legal Group a 1.0.
When digging into specific reviews, one individual mentioned that they continued to get charged past the 4 year mark, and all his accounts were not charged.
One reviewer mentioned that they enrolled $42,419 in debt paid $43,544.71, which is more debt than they actually enrolled in the program. She mentioned that Whitestone claimed that some creditors were more aggressive than others, but a debt relief company may already know which creditors are aggressive and which are not aggressive BEFORE they enroll an individual into the program.
On Google, Whitestone Legal Group maintains a 2.2 rating based on 56 reviews at the time of this writing. Below are a couple of examples of Google reviews.
Yelp
On Yelp, Whitestone Legal Group has a 1.0 rating, but it’s based on just 3 reviews. It appears that the first review was a duplicate of one of the BBB reviews.
TrustPilot
On TrustPilot, Whitestone Legal Group maintains a 2.8 rating based on 172 reviews. What stood out to me for the first review was that the individual alleges that she had settled an account, and that the company failed to make the 2 final payments, meaning that the account had to be re-settled.
What is Whitestone Legal Group?
Whitestone Legal Group is a debt relief legal group that appears to be practicing debt relief. With debt relief, you would let your accounts fall behind, and then the debt relief company would try to settle the account for less than owed.
Per BBB, Whitestone Legal Group is located at 10880 Wilshire Blvd #1101 Los Angeles, CA 90024-4112. Whitestone Legal Group’s phone number is (866) 489-9201.
When reviewing debt relief companies, I like to understand how long the website has been around.
What I found interesting is that Whitestone Legal Group’s website may be around 2-3 years old at the time of this writing.
For example, I found that in the first pulled Whitestone Legal Group home page screenshot from Wayback machine, that it was from November 1, 2020.
Your Options
If you would like to stay with Whitestone Legal Group, you may want to read the Client Services Agreement in its entirety. What services are you paying for? Are they using the fact that they are a law firm to be able to earn fees before settling debt that traditional debt relief companies have to abide by.
If you’d like to cancel, you may be able to contact them directly, but you may also have to get assistance from your bank if they do not allow you to cancel the program easily.
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