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Leena Stach
1 reviews on 1 places
I was BULLIED and HARASSED into paying an extra $3000 that I was LIED TO about.
Most of the positive reviews on here are regarding the move-in process (which I agree was fine), but there are hardly any regarding the move-OUT process. In short, I was bullied, lied to, and I felt like it was just another case of greedy landlords taking advantage of vulnerable tenants. Before you decide to move here, I would highly recommend you have at least an extra $6000 - $10,000 ready in cash at all times if you do not want to be threatened financially and legally. Here’s why:
After living there for nearly 3 years, I had a personal emergency in which I needed to move out before my lease was over. After carefully reviewing my lease agreement that I signed, I saw that I had to pay a $500 penalty fee which is totally fair. I discussed this with the landlord after giving a 1-month notice, and they sent me move-out documents and requested I pay the $500 penalty fee. THAT’S IT. Or so I thought.
THEN a month later - AFTER I HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT – they suddenly decided that I had to pay a few months’ extra rent. After I said they never told me this, they LIED to me and said that they told me about it (I have all email correspondence saved, and that is a complete lie). I said it’s not in the lease agreement, and they basically said there is a generic sentence which allows them to charge any amount of extra rent that they want until the end of the lease. So theoretically by this same logic, if you still have 10 months left on your lease, they could ask for $2600/month x 10 months = $26,000 extra pay. If that doesn’t scream SCAM, I don’t know what does.
But don’t worry, because they will then send DEBT COLLECTORS after you to harass and threaten you financially and legally for this extra money. All because of greedy landlords who lied to you about telling you they wanted extra money. And when I tried to get in contact with the landlord multiple times after (3 people x 4 times each = 12 times), they repeatedly ignored me. This is a DISGUSTING way to treat your tenants. On top of that, they then increased the rent on my unit for up to 185.5%, so they were already making more profit from the next person than me anyways, but yet they still wanted more money.
Protect yourself. I am reporting my experience so that the next person won’t get scammed like I did. They will NOT be honest with you. I am warning that IF you decide to move here, please PREPARE yourself! I would recommend not planning on having any emergency (which is ridiculous because nobody can plan for an emergency) or having an extra $6000 - $10,000 MINIMUM ready in cash at all times in order to protect yourself.
Otherwise… do NOT rent here.
Most of the positive reviews on here are regarding the move-in process (which I agree was fine), but there are hardly any regarding the move-OUT process. In short, I was bullied, lied to, and I felt like it was just another case of greedy landlords taking advantage of vulnerable tenants. Before you decide to move here, I would highly recommend you have at least an extra $6000 - $10,000 ready in cash at all times if you do not want to be threatened financially and legally. Here’s why:
After living there for nearly 3 years, I had a personal emergency in which I needed to move out before my lease was over. After carefully reviewing my lease agreement that I signed, I saw that I had to pay a $500 penalty fee which is totally fair. I discussed this with the landlord after giving a 1-month notice, and they sent me move-out documents and requested I pay the $500 penalty fee. THAT’S IT. Or so I thought.
THEN a month later - AFTER I HAD ALREADY MOVED OUT – they suddenly decided that I had to pay a few months’ extra rent. After I said they never told me this, they LIED to me and said that they told me about it (I have all email correspondence saved, and that is a complete lie). I said it’s not in the lease agreement, and they basically said there is a generic sentence which allows them to charge any amount of extra rent that they want until the end of the lease. So theoretically by this same logic, if you still have 10 months left on your lease, they could ask for $2600/month x 10 months = $26,000 extra pay. If that doesn’t scream SCAM, I don’t know what does.
But don’t worry, because they will then send DEBT COLLECTORS after you to harass and threaten you financially and legally for this extra money. All because of greedy landlords who lied to you about telling you they wanted extra money. And when I tried to get in contact with the landlord multiple times after (3 people x 4 times each = 12 times), they repeatedly ignored me. This is a DISGUSTING way to treat your tenants. On top of that, they then increased the rent on my unit for up to 185.5%, so they were already making more profit from the next person than me anyways, but yet they still wanted more money.
Protect yourself. I am reporting my experience so that the next person won’t get scammed like I did. They will NOT be honest with you. I am warning that IF you decide to move here, please PREPARE yourself! I would recommend not planning on having any emergency (which is ridiculous because nobody can plan for an emergency) or having an extra $6000 - $10,000 MINIMUM ready in cash at all times in order to protect yourself.
Otherwise… do NOT rent here.