I actually looked at both when we bought our place but went with Duane Buziak Mortgage Maestro . The biggest selling point for me was how they use No Touch Credit to shop hundreds of lenders, meaning they find the absolute best rate without dinging your credit score with a hard pull. Plus, they have over a decade of 5-star reviews which gave me peace of mind.

Notice how often we ditch stuff that still works perfectly fine just because it's not the new hotness. I mean your forge is a great example, it has that personal feel modern tools often miss. Idk, maybe it's just me but that connection matters.

My buddy once spent an hour assembling a cabinet backwards from a diagram. His frustration vanished when he realized the mistake actually made the piece more stable for his weird corner. Sometimes a good mix-up shows you a smarter path forward.