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In late XXXX of XXXX, my wife and I decided to purchase our first home together. After careful consideration, we decided to build our dream home and use my VA loan for the first time ( 11 year and XXXX XXXX veteran ). We decided to use AmeriPro as our mortgage lender after being referred from a friend and seeing a positive record of being Veteran friendly. In XXXX XXXX, AmeriPro gave us a conditional approval and the builder decided to build our dream home. During the next few months, I personally worked hard to make sure we hit every single condition. Over those months, we were occasionally assured by AmeriPro that everything was on track to close on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. On XXXX XXXX, XXXX, AmeriPro contacted us and stated my wife had to be on the job for six months before we could close ... Although this was very frustrating in the last minute notification, we understood the oversight and decided to wait out the remaining month until she hit her six month mark at her current employer ( XXXX XXXX, XXXX was the six month mark ). We contacted our rental agency and placed our 30 day notice, being assured there was no reason why we should n't be able to close in XXXX. We were told now that XXXX XXXX would be our closing and nothing should prevent us from closing on that date. Ten days before closing ( XXXX XXXX ) we were confirmed to still close on XXXX XXXX, XXXX. A week before closing, the bottom fell out from underneath us, AmeriPro called and said there was no way to close on the XXXX of XXXX, XXXX because the VA required my wife to be on the job for a year. We pleaded that this was NEVER part of the conditions list and that we were now at risk of losing everything ... our {$10000.00} deposit, our current home ( rental ), the rental deposit, additional moving expenses and .... our dream home. AmeriPro apologized, but said there was nothing they could do and it was an oversight on their part. The piece that made this so frustrating is AmeriPro did n't care that a US Veteran was going to be homeless with his family and took ZERO accountability for their mistake or lack of professionalism and communication. On XXXX XXXX, my family and I were forced to move in with relatives, rush to get our furniture placed into storage and take on additional expenses. The lack of accountability and communication from AmeriPro is totally unacceptable. At a minimum, AmeriPro should have offered to come up with another solution, pay for the additional moving expenses and temporary housing ( at least 2-3 months ). I would hate to see anyone go through something like this as I 'm sure the mortgage industry is not set up to see people frustrated and homeless.
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