Accountants, attorneys, realtors and more who serve you in Spanish or English. Every Avalado expert is interviewed by our team, with licenses you can look up. Using Valado is free.
Answers about finding an expert on Valado, the Avalado badge, and getting featured.
Valado is a free bilingual directory of vouched-for experts who serve clients in Spanish and English, such as accountants, attorneys, realtors, financial advisors, counselors and business coaches. Every expert with the Avalado badge was interviewed by our team. A few licensed experts appear before their interview, clearly marked "Avalado pending." "Avalado" is Spanish for "vouched for."
Yes. Browsing Valado and contacting experts is free. You pay the expert directly for their services. Valado does not charge clients and does not take a cut. Some experts pay for Valado Pro, an optional set of extras such as the Pro label and a profile card for their website. Pro never changes who we vouch for or the order you see experts in.
Search Valado for Finance & Taxes, set the language to Spanish and choose Houston, or Remote for video appointments. Each profile shows the expert's license and the states where they can serve you. Before you hire a CPA in Texas, you can confirm the license on the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy website.
Each profession has its own public lookup. CPAs: Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. Attorneys: State Bar of Texas. Real estate agents: Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC). Counselors: Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Financial advisors: FINRA BrokerCheck or the SEC adviser search. Insurance agents: Texas Department of Insurance. Valado profiles link to the right lookup when one exists.
No. In the United States, a notary public only witnesses signatures and cannot give legal advice or file immigration paperwork for you. In many Latin American countries a notario is a trained lawyer, and that confusion is often used to scam families. For legal help, hire a licensed attorney and confirm the license with the state bar.
Use the search bar at the top of Valado. Choose the specialty and set the language to Spanish. Under Where, pick your state and an in-person option in your city, or choose Remote to see experts who can serve you by video.
"Avalado" is Spanish for "vouched for." An expert with the Avalado badge was interviewed by the Valado team, had their license looked up in public records when available, and approved their own profile. Avalado is our own review, not an official certification, so always confirm a license with the agency that issued it before you hire.
The expert's profile is public, but our team has not interviewed them yet, so they do not have the Avalado badge and Valado does not vouch for them. We found their license in the state's public registry. If the interview does not happen within 30 days, the profile comes down until it does. Always confirm a license with the agency that issued it before you hire.
We interview every expert for about 15 minutes, in English or Spanish. We also look at the website and professional profiles they share, like LinkedIn. When a state or licensing body offers public license records online, we look the expert up there too. We write the profile from the interview, and the expert approves it before it goes live. A licensed expert may go live before the interview, marked "Avalado pending" and without the badge, once we find their license in public records. We are not a licensing authority and cannot officially verify credentials, so please confirm any license yourself before hiring.
It protects experts from spam and from people who copy contact lists in bulk. You enter it only once per device, and after that you can see every expert's contact details. We do not share your details with an expert unless you send them a request.
No. Valado helps you find and contact the right expert. Any agreement, price and payment is directly between you and the expert.
Not at this time. Valado features and reviews experts rather than rating them. If you have a concern about an expert, write to us and we will review it.
Short tips each expert shares on their profile, written from their Valado interview and approved by the expert. They are general information, not personal advice.
Across the US. Some meet clients in person in their city, and many serve clients remotely by video. Licensed professionals, such as attorneys, CPAs and counselors, can only serve clients in the states where they are licensed, and every profile shows where that is.
Sign in with Google or LinkedIn and fill in your profile, or ask a client or colleague to nominate you. If you are a fit, we schedule a 15-minute interview, finish your profile in English and Spanish, and publish it after you approve it.
Nothing. Being featured and earning the Avalado badge cost nothing. Valado Pro is an optional paid upgrade with extras like the Pro label and a profile card for your website. The booking calendar is free for every featured expert. It never affects our review, who receives the badge or where you appear in search.
An optional plan for experts who are already featured. During the beta it costs $9 a month or $90 a year. Your profile shows your own brand with a small "Vouched by Valado" seal and no other experts next to you. It does not buy placement or promise leads. The Valado Pro page lists everything included today.
Professionals of any background who are 18 or older, hold any license their work requires, and can serve clients in Spanish. Most also serve clients in English. We confirm this during the interview. We focus on knowledge professionals, such as finance, legal, real estate, health and wellness, business and marketing.
Yes. Sign in to update your profile anytime from your dashboard. In Settings you can pause it or delete your account. You can also write to us, and we remove a profile promptly, usually within 7 days.
Yes. While you are featured, you can share your profile link and show the badge on your website, social media, business cards and email signature, as long as it links to your profile.
Valado and Lumigraph Press are brands of the same company. Lumigraph Press helps professionals publish books, and it may tell featured experts about its services. Buying anything is never required to be featured.
Yes. Use the nomination form and share only their business contact details. We reach out to them once, and they decide whether to be featured.
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