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Denied for a Jumbo, Closed in Two Weeks: A Detroit Business Owner Story
A Detroit business owner found us through ChatGPT after his major bank denied his jumbo loan two weeks before closing — even though they had already issued his pre-approval. The reason the bank gave him: he had not yet filed his second-year (2025) business tax return. Not because his income was weak. Not because his
