I’d like to add my voice to the vouch for John Leblanc of the CFW Group as well.

I contacted John in August 2009 for help with a student loan nightmare, after receiving a letter from the government to collect on a defunct loan. The government and I had by that point reached a sort of impasse where I quickly felt I was way out of my league because no matter what I did to try to get more information it either seemed to only fuel to the fire they were lighting under me or was met with absolute disregard from whichever agency I was dealing with at the time. Simply put, it felt like everything they said was being used against me, and everything I said was also being used against me. Not a fun situation to be in.

So like I said, I called John in August 2009, not entirely sure what to expect or what was going to happen. He quickly set me at ease, telling me exactly what he was going to do and how he was going to do it, reassuring me that he was on my side… if anyone called me or mailed me about the loan I was to call him immediately and let him take care of it.

And he took care of it exactly as he said he would. As confirmed on a conference call with the government this morning: John Leblanc saved me about $21000.00 in federal loans! I’m –still- reeling from that number. I wasn’t lying when I told John I felt like crying. The wait was well worth that moment when I heard the agent confirm it over the phone. TWENTY ONE THOUSAND.

I’ll be frank, I had my moments where I wanted the process to move faster. I talked to John about four times over the course of the 2.5 years and each time he had to re-assure me that patience was needed when dealing with the government, that requests for information can take months to be processed and still be denied for whatever reason. In hindsight, looking at how it was when I was trying to deal with the government/banks on my own, it makes sense: I was getting NOWHERE with them over a three year period, so getting SOMEWHERE every six months was a definite improvement. And now, 2.5 years later I still can’t believe the outcome of it all.

Thanks again!