April 2020 by Alan M.
We are disappointed with Mark Berger, Rachel Meyer, and Patrick Noll. We met with Mark and Rachel and thoroughly described our situation four months ago, which clearly detailed our assets, and plans in real estate investing. They convinced us that they were a good match for our needs, so we indicate to them that we would like to move forward. Subsequently, after three months of waiting for an action plan, there was no effort made to move assets or take any action to improve our current financial situation or even make plans for the future. After a long period of inactivity, we reached out to express our frustrations. While Patrick offered some advice regarding a specific tax form that could help us recover some past year's taxes, he made a point to insinuate that we should be happy to have received "free" advice from him, and informed us that it sounded like we were not going to be comfortable paying his elevated tax service fees. He subsequently produced a fabricated email, claiming that he sent it to us previously, which indicated that he did not want to help us further, that he did not have familiarity with real estate matters. Our final communication from Rachel this week stated, "At this point, I don't feel that Berger is a good "fit" and I wouldn't feel good about moving forward only to come to a potential stopping point that would hinder your process and future goals." As a family of two teachers and three young children, we really needed help to plan for retirement. We had received a high recommendation about Berger Financial. Some people apparently have had great success with Berger financial, and I would hope that their success stories would also show up in these reviews. But it seems as though the majority of these successes were under the leadership of Mark Berger's father, as Mark specifically mentioned that he had recently taken over the business from his father and he knew that he needed to work hard to earn our trust. Well Mark, you and your team failed to accomplish this. We took a leap of faith that you and your team could help us with our financial planning for our family of five, and you only convinced us to help steer others away from your services, which is the goal of our review today. Good luck to you and your international investment ventures, and whatever strange advice that you gave us regarding bitcoin. I'm sure that you and your team will find ways to retire early and very wealthy off of the backs of other working class families. This family of teachers will look elsewhere for financial advice and tax preparation services. We would advise others to do the same.
