Green Mortgage Northwest

Financing a house is a lot of work but Green Mortgage made it as easy as possible. Elliot was able to do almost everything electronically via email which makes it so easy to review documents and sign them when you have time. I highly recommend him and his company.

This was my fifth experience with a lender, and by far the most pleasant. Amanda and Liz were open, accessible, knowledgeable, and just plain easy to work with!

The written word is NOT enough to express our gratitude to Elliot, Phyllis and the rest of the Green Mortgage NW team. We just finished purchasing a home in Portland and every expectation was met or, more often, exceeded! Elliot not only kept every promise he made, he anticipated every move, navigated every bump/​obstacle and his professionalism and courtesy goes beyond anything I’ve experienced lately. This Mortgage Broker is a throw back to when folks actually cared about customer service, and going above and beyond. A time when reputation meant something. I would trust my closest friends and family in his hands and will keep a stack of business cards in my purse (something I do NOT make a habit of doing)
I just couldn’t say enough about how grateful we are. No one should expect borrowing money to purchase a home to be pleasant — but with Elliot, it actually was. THANK YOU!!!

How I love this team, let me count the ways. I am a first time homebuyer, and through research, I came across Green Mortgage NW. Amanda and Liz were my team and from minute one, I knew I was in great hands. I think the longest I waited for a response was five minutes and let me tell you… these poor women had to answer about 5 billion questions from me. I never felt like I was bothering them or asking a stupid question. I just closed on my first home and I will most certainly recommend them as often as possible. Thank you for such incredible, top-​notch customer service, ladies. You really made this scary/​exciting event so much smoother!

Working with Dakota was a truly impressive experience. It was amazingly fast and painlessly efficient — and I most appreciated the speed of communication. Thanks to him we were able to close in less than 30 days… Will definitely use Dakota again!!!

Liz and a and we’re awesome and made the process E-​A-​S-​Y! I have bought homes before but this was my first out of state transaction and paper work had to be done via email or over the phone. Liz and Amanda took my call and immediately started working on the financing. Very knowledgable and extremely thorough. The financing for the condo purchase went very smoothly. I would use them again if I purchase another home in Oregon.
Thank you for the excellent work Liz and Amanda.
The Rengifo-​Bialorucki Family!

If you are a first time home buyer like we were, you might be overwhelmed and have some questions that you’re apprehensive to ask. I had no idea how the whole process would work and the Green Mortgage team really made me feel relieved. They took the headache out of the whole process and made the home buying process a heck of a lot less daunting. Liz will walk you through everything… she made it so much less intimidating for me… they are a hard-​working, easily accessible and honest team who will get you all set up in a timely and hassle free manner.

Dakota Gale was… fine. I imagine he’d be more than fine with a conventional loan. With a VA loan, he was a bit lost. There were several times when he’d give us information we knew from our own research was incorrect («your fiancé can be on the loan even if you aren’t married» was my favorite) and then later attempt to cover for it by saying something like «They’ve just changed the policy» or «this is highly unusual.» No they didn’t and no it’s not.
However, we did get our loan, and at a very good rate. Hence, three stars! Would recommend for a conventional loan.

Holy moly! Almost 70 5-​star reviews? This can’t be correct. Surely someone out there only feels that he’s just worthy of the «Yay! I’m a fan» or «A-​Ok» ratings…
Psyche! This guy deserves ever bit of the praise the other Unilocalers wrote and more. I’ve worked with Dakota to buy two houses and am working with him on a re-​fi on my first house now, and he has exceeded our expectations the whole time. He’s been very patient with the barrage of questions we’ve asked, never pressured us in any way, and been amazing responsive when we made offers on houses and needed to submit pre-​approval letters. And to top if off, he’s a genuinely nice, honest person and a pleasure to work with — the kind of guy you want to have a beer with after getting a deal done. Speaking of that… Dakota, I owe you a beer or two when you’re back in town!

SUMMARY: Dakota really deserves praise for his responsiveness, competency and professionalism. If you are comfortable using Dropbox, dealing with scanned documents, and electronically signing documents then you will enjoy working with him. We would recommend him without hesitation.
OUR EXPERIENCE:
My wife and I found Dakota through Redfin, and after reading the almost-​unanimously glowing reviews here, I decided to drop him a note. Many people commented that he is very responsive, and true to form, he responded to my message within five minutes.
He promptly set up a Dropbox shared folder that evening, and within a few days we were pre-​approved and ready for serious house shopping. It did help that I had all my documentation nearby and ready, but basically I never felt like I was sitting around waiting for him.
After we had an offer accepted, he got to work getting the loan set up. He kept me updated on progress at every stage, so throughout it I never wondered what was going on nor worried about his competence. Although this was not our first home, and we didn’t have as many questions as some first-​time home buyers, he did a fine job guiding and helping us through a minor credit-​report error that was uncovered during the process, and little time was lost. We closed on-​time.

My husband and I were referred to Dakota by our (also awesome) realtor (s). As first-​time home buyers, we were a bit paranoid about getting screwed over and, thusly, were in discussions with other brokers to get the best rate possible.
After some back and forth, it became pretty clear that Dakota was the best of the bunch for several (important) reasons. He’s prompt, professional, detail-​oriented, and, at the end of the day, earns (and deserves) your trust and confidence. We had one broker actually completely ignore 3 questions that I had posed about timelines and such and another broker actually wanted to confirm bonus income but reduced it by a factor of 10! Clearly, details like that are sort of important when you think about how many numbers are actually thrown about in this whole business of buying a house! At every step throughout the process, it became clear that Dakota was head and shoulders above his «competition.» I could cite a few more specific examples but that would just be mean (to his «competition»).
Dakota actually let us know of the possibility of a lower rate through a big bank, even though it would clearly mean he would lose our business should we pursue that route. If that doesn’t inspire confidence that he’s trying to get you the best deal out there, then I don’t know what else would.
Being out of state home buyers, in our experience, made no difference as we have never had to follow-​up (or manage) Dakota and everything has been handled electronically. We were never made to offer redundant information (like submitting forms online and then have to re-​enter them elsewhere), wait for a reply, or decipher hastily-​written emails.
In a nutshell: All these glowing reviews are definitely well-​earned. We would heartily recommend him to anyone looking for a hard-​working, honest, and responsive broker. Dakota is a consummate professional. (My only fear is that adding to these glowing reviews will make him too busy should we need to call upon him in the future! ;))

Dakota recently helped my wife and I buy our first home, and he was an absolute pro. I started my search for a lender on Lending Tree, which was a bit of a learning experience. Most of the posted rates are those sites are not completely accurate, and most of the phone calls I got were from brokers that had no interest in explaining options or pros and cons of different loans. They just wanted to know if we found a house yet so they could make the deal. I had one guy, who will remain nameless, send me the completely wrong timeline and interest rate. Not exactly reassuring from someone who can make or break your transaction.
After a little search on Unilocal (thanks Unilocal!), I found Dakota, and he was fantastic. He actually asked a ton of questions about our lifestyle and long term strategy. He gave me a full breakdown of different loan options, explained the long term fiscal benefits of each, and really knew his stuff. Because he was local to Portland, he knew the area, had some suggestions on where we should look for our needs and budget, and was super helpful.
He has a very efficient and tech-​savvy process. We swapped documents with dropbox, e-​signed the paperwork, and almost all correspondence once the ball was rolling was done via email. When we found the house we wanted, we had only a few hours to make an offer due to high demand, and Dakota was super fast with getting our realtor the info we needed to put in the offer. The seller’s agent even mentioned that part of the reason they took our offer was because we were working with Dakota, and he’s always on point.
I received notifications throughout the process of what the next step was, and what was required from me for a smooth closing. We had zero hangups and Dakota had everything lined up well before our closing day.
Overall, it was great experience for my first home purchase and I would use him as a resource again in a heartbeat.

We found Dakota through Redfin, searched him out on Unilocal and couldn’t believe all of the 5 star reviews. We interviewed 3 different brokers and Dakota by far, out worked all of them to earn our business.
We are first time buyers and like others, had many questions. We were pre-​approved and had been looking for about 6 months before we finally closed with Dakota on Dec. 13^th. Through that 6 months, looking back now, we were very indesicive with what we were really looking for and we had done 28 summaries, holy cow that’s alot of work for Dakota.
When we finally had an offer accepted, Dakota walked us through and anwered every question we had. In the process, my wife began working and put us over the amount to qualify for USDA. Dakota was very diligent in getting us the info we needed to make the best decisions in the process of a conventional loan.
Our closing day was origianlly set for Dec. 15^th, but that was a Sunday and we changed it to the 13^th, a Friday. Unfortunelty, we forgot to tell Dakota about the change and he found out on the 12^th. Dakota, the true superstar that he is, sped things up and we had the keys at 3pm on the 13^th.
We couldn’t be happier with Dakota and highly recommend him!!!

As a first-​time home buyer, I went into this process with a little bit of naivety, a healthy dose of skepticism, and a metric ton of questions. The whole thing couldn’t have gone smoother and that is 110% thanks to Dakota. My home purchase went through without even the slightest of hitches, Dakota explained everything thoroughly along the way, my every question was answered in detail (so promptly, it was as if he’d finished composing a response before I’d event hit Send), and docs were ready to sign a full week before closing.
I do not have much experience in this domain, obviously, but I cannot imagine a higher level of service than that which Dakota provides. Even the realtors and escrow officer were all blown away (and totally outclassed) by his thoroughness and timeliness. And to top it all off, Dakota also recommended an insurance broker that ALMOST rivals him for awesomeness (that’d be Violet Marsh @ RISC Insurance, for anyone looking!).
Thank you, Dakota!

I found Dakota through Unilocal during my initial house-​hunting in the Portland area when I relocated from Denver, and he was straight-​forward and provided great advice. After I spoke with a couple other brokers, it was evident that Dakota really knew the process and made it easy for me to understand.
I used Dakota to purchase my new home, and he quickly became the best broker that I have ever worked with. He responded to my questions/​concerns extremely quickly (usually just minutes) with detailed answers, and worked well with my realtor and closing agent. The loan application process and document transfer system that he used made the entire process very easy. Together, I had the perfect team to purchase my new home (despite working with a difficult relocation company as the seller), and we closed on-​time and under the original estimate for closing costs.
I highly, highly recommend Dakota for your mortgage broker needs, and will not consider even interviewing another broker for future mortgage needs.
Thank you again, Dakota — my family and I are exceptionally happy in our new home thanks to your hard work.
–The DiRosa Family

We could not be happier with our recent refinance with Dakota Gale. He’s a wealth of information, extremely patient, flexible, easy to reach whenever questions popped up, and made us feel like we were in the best hands possible. He was never pushy and had our best interest in mind at all times.
The electronic documents are secure and easy to deal with. We hope to do a remodel and ADU in the future and will definitely turn to Dakota for financing.
Thanks Dakota!

I don’t think you’ll find a better broker. Expedient, efficient, expert.
Always seemed «on top of it» and a pleasure to work with.
Highly recommended!

I cannot recommend Dakota enough. Whenever things got tough or hurdles presented themselves, Dakota stepped up and rose to the challenge. When the home that we wanted did not want to deal with FHA loans, he voluntarily contacted them and walked them through the process of FHA, and how it really isn’t that different than a conventional loan.
That was the home we bought and I am sitting in now, thanks to Dakota. He flat out rocks and you should use him.

Absolutely solid! If you’re in the home buying process or looking to refinance, you can do no better than going with Dakota. He was knowledgeable, responsive and utterly professional. Even with a minor hiccup in our process, things went smooth as silk. Do yourself a favor and give him a call.
One caveat: You must be comfortable with working electronically (email, scanned docs, e-​signing, etc…) in order to work well with Dakota, but then you probably wouldn’t even know about Unilocal if you weren’t…

My wife and I decided to refinance our home and take advantage of the low rates. We were so lucky to find Dakota. After being let down by the overly complicated mess and lack of response my lender at the time was providing I read the reviews on Unilocal and decided to send Dakota an email just to see what he could offer. I sent the email 11pm and got a phone call then next morning 9am. His customer service, response time, ability to simplify, explain, and answer all questions is second to none. It became a little bit of a joke between my wife and I that I don’t think Dakota ever took more than 30 min to respond to any email or phone call. He makes you feel like your loan and business is the most important thing going on in the world.
For the more tech savvy Dakota uses all the latest technologies to make the entire loan process unbelievably easy. He generated and shared a clear and competitive analysis of our refinance options online. All docs were shared via dropbox and signed via eSign. He truly embraces the new way to home financing while maintaining that small town customer service feeling.
It took me awhile to write this review after the closing of our refinance because I felt like nothing I could write would do justice to how truly thankful my wife and I were to find someone like Dakota to help us through this process. Because of his knowledge, skills, honesty, and communication there is no doubt who I will go to with any future refinances and who I will refer all my family and friends to. Dakota easily earned this 5 star review. I only wish he fixed cars too. Thanks again Dakota.