DO NOT WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO RENT A HOME!
I viewed a property on Friday, November 15th in Gilbert, and after having viewed the property, I called Active Renter to make a few inquiries. Unfortunately no one was in the office and I had to wait until Monday to call.
Monday I called in and spoke with Cheri and asked the questions I needed to know. She assured me that no other applications had been submitted, and that they only process one application at a time. Monday evening I submitted my application and paid the $50.
Tuesday morning I spoke with Cheri and she needed me to email her some proof of income. I explained to her that my situation was slightly precarious because I'm an independent contractor so I don't get pay check stubs every two weeks. She requested that I send over YTD income and 2017 1099.
Almost immediately I sent her a W2 from 2018 and a 1099 totaling over $65,000. (Requirement was for 3x monthly rent amount which was $1475). Then I submitted one 1099 from 2019, and told her I was working on getting my other 1099.
I sent in my other 1099 at 2 PM, but realized it was password protected, so I sent her a screen shot immediately afterwards. I then called her to let her know the first one was password protected and just to check the second one. She opened the email with me on the phone. She then proceeded to tell me that another application was coming in on the same property (coincidentally after it sat on the market for 47 days before I had applied). She then let me know she was going to be out of the office most of the day the next day (Wednesday the 20th), but that she would get all of my documents over to the owner.
At 3:15 my realtor sent her all of the documents in one email, with an itemized description and math pre-done the last two years there was proof of income totaling over $65,000, and that my credit score was over 800.
Wednesday morning rolls around, and crickets... I called into the office around 11:30 to see if I could get an update, but no one answered. I left a voicemail. My realtor then calls in around 1:00 but Cheri wasn't in, so he left a message with the other lady in the office. Shortly thereafter, Cheri responds to my realtor and tells him that she was working directly with me. But I hadn't heard a word.
At 1:54 I receive an email from Cheri saying that she's working hard to get my application going, and she has presented the owner with all of the documentation she has received, but had no income to present to the owner and that's what he was wanting to see.
Confused, I call Cheri and expressed my confusion because I had sent her documentation for 2018 and 2019 showing well over the income required for consideration. She tells me she doesn't know what email I'm talking about. I begin to read her the email and she tells me she sent that earlier, and that the owner had selected an applicant that was better suited.
She proceeds to tell me that she presented the documentation to the owner as it came in, but it just took too long and the owner decided to go with the other applicant.
Meanwhile I fly out of here tomorrow, leaving my car here because I had assumed that I had a place lined up for my family and I within the next two weeks, but now we have nothing.
This is one of those companies that collects applications and charges application fees, then leaves you high and dry. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME DEALING WITH THEM.
As for Cheri, I've never spoken with another individual in such a customer service oriented business that speaks so condescendingly. From the moment I spoke with her on Friday and she told me the owner doesn't allow pets, and I responded "well that's perfect because I don't like pets." She scoffed, and has spoken down to me and my realtor since.
She emailed my realtor essentially told him to get lost because she was communicating directly with me, when she actually wasn't communicating with me at all. She told my realtor that I accused her of taking other applications, which she evidently did before mine was even processed.
I'm sick to my stomach that someone would do something like this, and even more sick to my stomach that my family will not have a home to come to. read more