I am a real estate broker who has referred clients to Jim Schnell and Joseph Nichols since the 1970's. They are singularly excellent loan brokers, good with people, caring and honest. You cannot get better service.

PROS: Knowledgeable, good with people, generous, honest
CONS: None

I highly recommend the mortgage broker, Joseph Nichols, with Schnell Investments in Berkeley, 525-4050. He worked with us a long time through many house bids and always provided very sensible advice. We thought it was nice that he even drove by the homes that we bid on. I think part of this was his curiousity and part of it was so that he could relate to what we were talking about when we talked about the home.

PROS: Great personal service by Joseph.
CONS: He wasn't very good with e-mails.