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Complaint Review: Security Mortgage/ Howard Barron - Farmington Hills Michigan
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Security Mortgage/ Howard Barron
30201 Orchard Lake Rd Farmington Hills, 48334 Michigan, USA
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www.securitymortgage1.com
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Security Mortgage/ Howard Barron/ Barron & Associates Collect $3900 "trailing fees" and never intend to return YOUR hard earned money Farmington Hills Michigan
Howard Barron of Barron & Associates, DBA Security Mortgage will recruit you and hold you to a 1 year no compete clause, no matter how far away you live. These funds he collects is under the guise of being held to pay for any trailing fees after your resignation. Bogus. It is also to build a fund for himself, stating it's in case there is any fraud involved, and he has to buy back a mortgage. Bogus as well. He has E&O insurance for that, and it the responsibility of each branch. He also states he requires 60 days notice. If not, he keeps your money. If so, he waits until after you proivide him with a copy of your present and next years tax returns to prove you didn't work as an L/O. If so, he threatens to sue you for breach of contract for thousands of dollars per loan you do within that year no compete.
He will require you to sign a form stating any issues or lawsuits are to be settled in Michigan. So be prepared to travel to Michigan if you want to ever see your "deposit" that he collects either upfront, or per loan.
To receive your funds, you have to hope the file isn't "fined". He has a page long list of fines that he can impune on your file, and it is nit picky as possible. He may not reduce your commission by these fines, but is sure to impune them when it comes time to collect your "deposit". Bear in mind, these funds he collects, is after all taxes and fines and expenses are taken out. The net figure is then reduced by his whim normally 20% of YOUR net income check.
When I made a stink about this to him and a broadcast email he had sent me with a list of all his L/O's, I received monthly calls from others who could not get their deposit back. They asked if I had any success in getting mine. There has been at least 10 people that have called and emailed me with the same issue.
My good news is that he faced his first lawsuit in Florida by me, and he did not attend, thus putting him in default. He made the mistake of not reading the suit and respond in person. Instead, his attorney sent a letter requesting it be dismissed. And if the court would not, then they requested the case be referred to Michigan.
With my default in hand, the judge then set another date for hearing about the damages I had sued for. There is a cost for submitting, and I could not afford the fee to sue for the entire amount of $3900. but rather sued him for $2,495. After reviewing the commission statements, fines worksheet, contract, etc, I was awarded a judgement in my favor for the $2,495. dated 2/11/2014 book 26610 page 162 and certified copy located in Book 26856 p. 1117. See link below.
http://oris.co.palm-beach.fl.us/or_web1/details.asp?doc_id=20240310&index=2&file_num=20140221314
There are others I am told that have won in his "home court" and the judge there publiclly reprimanded him for keeping what was not his. Thruout this process, he never once spoke with me, or negotiated any settlement. His contact was thru an attorney that used threats and intimidation to coerse me into dropping my suit stating I was opening up myself to his counter suits.
This whole process has taken years and he has not yet paid on this judgement, and continues to recruit others and steal from them.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
AnotherFormerSecurityVictim
Sunrise,Florida,
An owner/thief who chooses to rely on his past and not respond to the report
#2Author of original report
Thu, August 28, 2014
As the original post has said, and there seems to be no dispute from the owner of this company, Howard Barron, to the validity of my claim. Instead of answering the claim made against him, he chooses first to attempt dragging me thru mud and dispariging my reputation and character. It has been said, the best defense is a good offense, and he would rather not speak of the subject matter that was heard by the Florida and Michigan small claims courts.
There are judgements against Howard Barron and small claims that have gone against him concerning him withholding an employees earnings.
As an originator since 1994, I too have a great reputation, and do not have a single consumer or employer complaint, with Howard being the one exception. He couunts on the fact he can intimidate one into thinking they are likely facing a lawsuit if they persue him for their own money, and uses an unethical attorney to use bully tactics within the context of their letters. He preys on those who do not wish to spend thousands to collect hundreds, or fight for what is due them.
These funds he is withholding will be investigated by both states of Florida and Michigan to determine if he is legally entitled to do so. More on that later (after the likely class action lawsuit).
I have had several employers in the past, but fail to see why he thinks that is a bad thing. Being recruited, new opportuiniites, businesses closing and yes, unhappy with a certain aspect of a company. Orginators know about the other various reasons for moving onwards and upwards. The move to this company was preceeded by another mortgage implode. It was a mistake, and the lure of having no upfront costs is tempting.
Make no mistake, the many page contract you are required to sign, along with a 2 year no compete clause will be enforced, if you should decide to move on. And this is the basis of his claim that I owe him. He will say that for each loan you do after resignation, he is due $2,000 for each loan you do. A bogus and unenforceable aspect of this contract.
You can also see he does not choose to point out the 9/10 of what is incorrect. If there was one mis-spoken word or accusatin, he would address it directly, and not attack me personally.
SMC7651
Farmington Hills,Michigan,
Disgruntled Employee
#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, August 28, 2014
About 1/10 of the information contained in the review of this former disgruntled employee is accurate. The other 9/10 is incorrect and fragrantly misleading. As is so common in most situations, the old ad dish is “there are two sides to every story “ is where the truth shall be known.
The truth lies in the fact that I have been in business for over 39 years. I would not have been in business this long had I been dishonest or dishonorable to my employees or clients.
When one has been in business for as long as we have, I am quite surprised that I do not have more unfavorable reports or reviews considering the thousands of clients and numerous employees we have served over the last 39 years.
In reality, it is the employee who has made this erroneous review that actually owes money to us. This former employee has had numerous jobs and employers within a very short period of time.
It's no wonder that I am not the only person who has had problems with this person and wish I had never allowed him to become a part of our organization.
Although, you can never fully satisfy everybody all the time, we have tried our best to work out a satisfactory and reasonable resolution with this unreasonable individual.
It's unfortunate that so few can taint a good reputation when we have helped and satisfied so many others in the past with our superior service and honorable methods of conducting our business affairs.
