Quote Originally Posted by MikeOKC View Post
After repeated rejections, I know a man (widely respected) who took ALL of his business (loans, checking, savings, everything) from Bank of America and said he marched it over to Valliance Bank and is back to doing business. I think this is a perfect example of an interstate bank versus a progressive locally owned and operated bank. When you have a President/CEO who was born and raised in Oklahoma City, along with most of the staff, its got to make a difference.
I think Stillwater National Bank has sort of become the lending institution of choice for local developers lately because they have large assets, they're local, and they're willing to loan to some local projects.