ArbitrationIntel — For People Defrauded By A Solar Company
Forged loan paperwork. A lien you never agreed to. Panels that never produced what you were promised. Solar-financing fraud through lenders like GoodLeap and Sunlight Financial has left thousands of homeowners paying for a system that cost them more than their old electric bill. ArbitrationIntel matches you with a vetted arbitration lawyer — free to check, and in most cases free to start.
I. What Solar Panel Fraud Looks Like
Most residential solar deals aren't cash purchases — they're financed through a lender like GoodLeap or Sunlight Financial, arranged by the installer at your kitchen table. When that process is done honestly, it's a legitimate loan for a real asset. When it isn't, homeowners report the same pattern: a dealer fee quietly rolled into the loan principal, a sales rep who signed or altered paperwork without full consent, a system installed without pulling the required permits, and monthly payments that started before the panels ever produced a watt of power. The result is a loan that outlives the promised savings.
II. The Lien Homeowners Don't Expect
To secure the financing, the lender frequently records a UCC-1 fixture filing at your county recorder's office — treating the solar system as collateral attached to your home, similar to a lien. Many homeowners never see that filing at signing and only discover it years later, when it shows up in a title search during a sale or refinance and has to be paid off or resolved before the deal can close. If installers didn't disclose that filing clearly, or the loan itself was procured through forged or altered paperwork, that's the kind of fact pattern arbitration lawyers on our panel look for.
III. How It Works
Which company installed and financed your system, and what went wrong — no legal terms, no forms to file.
If it holds up, we match you with a licensed arbitration lawyer who handles solar-financing fraud.
The firm reviews your loan documents and takes it from there. In most cases, you pay nothing unless the case succeeds.
IV. Red Flags Our Panel Sees Most Often
Forged or altered signature
A sales rep signed, initialed, or e-signed loan documents without your full knowledge or consent.
Undisclosed UCC-1 lien
A lien or fixture filing against your home you didn't understand you were agreeing to.
Bill went up, not down
Your electric bill plus the loan payment costs more than your old bill ever did.
System underperformance
Actual power production is far below what the sales presentation promised.
No permit or inspection on file
The installer never pulled the required permit, or the system failed inspection and was never fixed.
Dealer fee rolled into the loan
An installer commission added to your loan principal without being clearly disclosed at signing.
V. Questions People Ask First
No. Checking your claim is free. In most cases, you don't pay anything unless your case succeeds — the firm's fee comes out of any recovery, not your pocket. Fee terms are set by the participating firm and can vary by state.
A UCC-1 is a public filing that gives a lender a legal claim on the solar equipment as collateral, similar to how a car loan lien works. It's a normal part of legitimate solar financing — the problem is when it isn't disclosed clearly, or when the underlying loan itself was procured fraudulently.
Many claims involve financing arranged through GoodLeap, Sunlight Financial, or a similar third-party lender, since that's how most residential solar is sold. Naming the lender helps a firm evaluate your paperwork faster, but a claim can also involve the installer, the sales rep, or all of the above.
Many solar financing agreements include a clause sending disputes to arbitration instead of a courtroom trial. That doesn't mean you have no rights — it means an arbitration lawyer who already knows that setting evaluates and argues your case there.
Yes. What you share is used only to check your claim and, if it qualifies, match you with a firm. It isn't sold to advertisers.
VI. Check Your Claim
Tell us who installed and financed your system and what went wrong. If it looks like a fit, we'll match you with a licensed arbitration lawyer — no cost to check, and in most cases no cost to start.