Funding Tree—Laughlin, Nevada Up-Date

“Are you saying that both Kendra Bernal and Peterik are in Nevada? You

state he was not moving there, but is there now, but Kendra is not ( she

 was arrested and her attorney is reportedly now suing her for not paying his fees.)

 May I quote you or is this name with held?”

   Kit Menkin

“You may use the my name. Bruce comes over a number of times a month. All

deals are faxed to the CA office.  met Kendra and her mother in the NV

office. She was looking to buy or lease a home here in Laughlin. That was 7

or 8 months ago.”

  Name = David G. Brownlee, E.A.

               Address = 3201 Partridge Run Street

                  City = Laughlin

                 State = NV

               Zipcode = 89029

                 Phone = (702)298-2584

                   Fax = (702) 298-2584

                 Email = batarista@laughlin.net

              Comments = I read with interest your various articles on The

Funding Tree, Inc. and its principal Kendra Bernal. Kendra Bernal and her

associate Bruce Peterik are alive and well in Laughlin, NV under the name

Legacy Leasing. Their offices are down the hill from my home, and from these

offices at 3650 South Pointe Circle, Suite 201F Laughlin, NV 89029 (702)

299-1234. It is strictly a boiler room with telemarketers who blow in and

out with great frequency.

I met with Ms. Bernal and her EVP Bruce Peterik early this year, when they

were recruiting for sales people. I introduced myself as a credit person who

would like to talk to them once they completely relocated to NV. Mr. Peterik

said that they were vacating CA because of its regulatory environment. Ms.

Bernal would stay in CA to run her other business, a judgment collection

service. Mr. Perterik would not be relocating to NV either, he had the job

of finding strategic funding partners.

I checked out Legacy's Clark county, NV business license on line and found

that the corporate name is The Funding Tree, Inc., the license date

10/15/02,the Category Description is "Equipment Rental", and "ownership

information is temporarily unavailable. Please call (702) 455-3573" I

called that number at Clark County, and was told by a Carol that

"Hopefully, by spring of next year, the information will be available".