My first long-distance rental property was truly in good hands because of Eddie. We've had a great…read moreexperience working with him, and we originally found him through Yelp recommendations - now I understand why he's so highly rated. Eddie has built his business on a strong reputation, and after working with him for the past few years, I've seen firsthand why. He is trustworthy, respectful, and genuinely cares about both the property and the tenants. His communication is excellent and he is always responsive, which is especially important for me as a long-distance investor. I'm grateful to have him as my property manager and have never regretted the decision. His company also handles construction and helps find good investment properties, which adds even more value. I highly recommend Eddie and his services. He's not only a great property manager but also a great person - and a dedicated father as well.

I live out of state and have been using Eddie for my property management. He is awesome,…read moretrustworthy, and gets things done. Placed a perfect tenant in my property, could not be happier and highly recommend him. Property is in Watervliet.

DBO is one of the better property management companies in the area. everyone on their team are…read morelovely people, especially the maintenance crew! There were several issues within the building during my time at the apartment but all issues were resolved in a timely manner and issues are to be expected in an old building. One thing worth noting is that it's impossible to get ahold of anybody from their team on the phone. Text Messages are sometimes responded to but the best way to contact DBO is through email which they typically answer pretty quickly. The only other negative is the building appearance on the inside and out. They did recently repaint all of the apartment doors but the overall cleanliness on each floor could use some love. Im sure the apartment already had years of landlord special paint jobs when they took over this building and at that point what can you really do haha but it would have been nice if the building was more maintained. All in all DBO is pretty dope! Thanks!

worst company ever. Thy will be getting bills from me as of tmm for leaks in the bathroom whn the…read moreprofessionals plumber comes the picture is of the ceiling that they fixed last week, but in reality, they only tile and didn't fix the leak

I lived at 568 Park Ave from November 13, 2015 to August 2016. I have to say the professionalism…read moreand overall decorum of the staff that was there at the time was UNPROFESSIONAL, RUDE, LAZY, and most of all GREEDY!!! Within the first month i discovered multiple issues, toxic black mold in the basement right under my bedroom (sent me to the hospital multiple times), off gassing sewage from a previously fixed sewage pipe bursting that they fixed but no one bothered to clean up the nastiness that was left. At which point I notified EPM and stated that until these issues were resolved I would be withholding rent and placed it in an escrow account until such time as they would meet with me. They didn't meet with me until December 4th to hear my concerns, I met with the office Manager and their head of maintenance guy, they showed up 45 mins late, they were rude, condescending, made me feel very humiliated and belittled, laughed at me when I expressed my concerns, and just treated me with such blatant disrespect that I couldn't even get my words out to express my frustration. However we did came to an agreement and I submitted my rent for that month, Well that's where things get really messed up, the bank stopped the transaction due to a fraud alert, EPM didn't notify me of the failed Transaction until December 10th at which point I went and got them a money order for my rent. You would think that would clear things up. Not so much, I later get a phone call stating that I still owed a balance of roughly another's month rent. I was dumbfounded. The next day I get served with court papers, they moved to have me evicted. Their reasoning: my actions of withholding rent until the issues were addressed "scared" them (their words) Needless to say I went to court and I'll advise this to anyone that goes to court if you have evidence and can back up your case - DO NOT TALK TO THEIR ATTORNEY BEFORE TALKING TO THE JUDGE. I repeat DO NOT SPEAK TO THEIR ATTORNEY. He is just as sleazy and corrupt as EPM staff. He doesn't care if you have documentation and photos, somehow he manipulates what you say and twist it to fit his narrative. i ultimately ended up paying nearly $600 just after Christmas, then had to turn around a week later and pay January rent. So $1900 in their pockets just because they didn't want to maintain the dwelling properly. But January - July, I made sure to not cross paths with them, i went out of town for 3 weeks in August, thankfully had a friend stay at the house while i was gone, cause... I get word that not only had they tried to break into my apartment while i was out of town but they had served me a notice to vacate, without even bothering to contact me to see what was going on. I had a death in my family and they didn't even care. Empire Property Management does not take care of the properties they manage nor do they care about the tenants that rent them. Any reviews on here that give them 5 stars are written by their clients that own the properties, not by the tenants that actually live in them. Upon my move out I made damn sure to leave the place 1000 times better than it looked when i moved in. (It had not been cleaned when i moved in) paint was peeling from the walls, bathroom floor was rotted, amongst other things, but I went through and fixed all of those issues including fixing the bathroom floor with the help of my friend Steve. I purchased a brand new lock set for the front and back door and gave them the keys, yet they still changed them back to some beat up brass ones that looked like they had been busted with a hammer and they charged me $250 for that, $2000 for two small spots if mismatched paint, and i even left them the gallon of paint that was for that room. They even moved a new tenant in and he was using the utilities that were still in my name for 3 days before i was able to get them disconnected. Regardless in the end I got out without much of a fight, and they made over $6000 from me while i lived there and had I known what i know now I would have looked elsewhere for a place to live. Im honestly surprised that no one has reported them or even collectively sued them in a class action lawsuit. HERES A NOTICE TO YOU EPM, being sleazy and hiding behind the title of just property management to get around the law is gonna catch up to you one day. Most of your clients are people that are your relatives or friends. Might not be illegal but it's shady and unethical. Get some morals and integrity.

Disclosure: this review is from 2013…read more.. For starters - I chose not to rent with this property management company. I am leaving a review based on my experience with them while looking for a rental when I relocated from out of state. Property management companies are not a thing where I'm from. You pick an apartment and they are often pretty nice with amenities that may include gyms, w/d in unit, central air/heat, a pool, perhaps even a basketball or tennis court. Units are also reasonably priced and well-maintained. Of course, you can always rent from a landlord, but it was a bit rare to deal with an actual "management" company. So. This experience was new. Before physically locating to Albany, I looked at a variety of places online including rentals from EPM (yes you, not ERE). I thought - 'meh, they look ok'. Let me tell you all something. Albany is pretty good about a lot of things, but one of the biggest problems is that they DO NOT keep landlords and these purported "management" companies in check. Never have I seen anything like the rentals that I saw (including those from EPM) at the price points they were at. It's truly absurd. Anyway, I saw photos of the properties I was interested in before moving to Albany. I was a little skeptical, but I stopped by their office anyway. 1st sign of trouble - they kept their office locked during regular business hours and required appointments. I was spending the summer in a nearby state and decided to go house hunting in Albany for a week. I explained that to them and I was let in. The woman I interacted with seemed fairly uneasy - my initial thought was 'why - what is, so bad about your tenants that you need to keep your doors locked'. I got over it. 2nd issue - the "apartments" were basically holes in the wall of multifamily buildings that shouldn't be anything more than duplexes. The paint was caked on all the walls and trim. It just looked bad all the way around. So when I noticed (3rd problem) the x 2 month rent security deposit - I was like "wtf?" It dawned on me that they likely going to nickel and dime people for everything they can get and that they probably target folks that do not have the means to take them to court. So. That was a no go for me. I left this review because I just read a few of the responses left by EPM to some of these reviews (even those that aren't recommended). Your decision to respond with personal information about former tenants is malicious and unprofessional. It's a similar to the feeling that I had from interacting with you for a few days. I am now certain that I will not do business with you (as an owner or tenant) and will make sure to deter anyone that asks me about your company. It's beyond clear that you're in it for a paycheck.

I rented a wonderful apartment from Jerusalem Management for the year that I was in Graduate…read moreSchool. The people that work there are very nice and very responsive to the needs of their tenants. They even wrote me a letter of recommendation to help me secure my next apartment in a different city. I absolutely recommend for anyone (college student or otherwise) to rent from this company. A++

Their attitudes their maintenance not the people but just the fact that they don't have enough of…read morethem and they ask them to do cheap repairs instead of fixes.

justIf I could give zero stars, I would. Steer clear from anything with the name Elgion on it. We…read morelived in our apartment for years and while there we got nothing fixed. Our back door would not latch correctly and we had asked since 2019 to have it replaced and George refused. It was a literal safety hazard since the door would not close. The roof is leaking at the property and instead of fixing it he would just have dumb and dumber(his "contractors" who were clearly always coked out) come and clean up the water. The place is FULL of black mold.... And when I say full, I mean it was growing down the walls, out of sockets, it was awful. They just paint over it with "mold resistant" paint in each apartment and call that ok. George is a bully who will hold leases over your head unless you pay ridiculous and made up fees. Our apartment building caught on fire from not having proper wiring and when George finally decided to show up he was pissed off that someone called the fire department because now he was being held responsible to fix it by the town. Code enforcement came and shut our building down for an entire week. Our refrigerator broke and he promised us a new one and even told us he ordered it but then dodged us anytime we asked about the status on it. He does not have proper smoke detectors. His guys will not come and plow the parking lot even though it's in the lease. The people he does hire are incredibly sketchy and he does not give proper notice so you could be home alone with your kids in the shower and these people are just entering your place with no warning. He raises the rent each year and charges ridiculous amounts for these places that are cesspools. He allows someone to live in the building who is mentally unstable with a bunch of guns who has threatened multiple tenants in the building but he didn't care because that apartment paid the most in rent. The hot water only would work from time to time so we would have to go shower and bathe our children at family's house. George is also incredibly sexist. He often acts like he just cannot discuss things with the women in the building. We constantly had to run electric heaters because none of the baseboards worked so we would freeze in the winter if we relied on his "free heat." I could go on and on and on. Long story short, while the price may be comparable in today's economy, I promise you, it is not worth it. Getting out of there was the best thing we have ever done.

After 2 months still no security deposit $1050 make up stories not in office or sign a check I will…read morebe contacting my lawyer

A close friend of mine lived in a building that was bought by Veno properties, and upon buying the…read morebuilding, decided to raise rents by ~30% -- without addressing any of the structural issues of the building, nor doing any renovations. The windows were rotted, and the building was cited as potentially having lead service lines. Communicating with the company is nearly impossible, with automated email messages and general phone lines to call that don't lead to another human on the other end. They're a faceless organization, and do not care for the buildings they own -- mainly focus on real estate holdings.

Specifically for the Middle St unit in Ballston Spa NY:…read more The people at the rental company seemed to really want to help with ongoing issues in the home (especially the maintenance people, they were awesome), but I got the impression that the actual owner of the home didn't want to pay for the below issues to be solved. I lived here from 2025 to 2026, and below were the ongoing issues that caused me to leave: - Black mold and leaky roof in the unit downstairs. Finally showed up in late January 2026 after submitting a request in August 2025 for the mold, only to be told they cannot fix the mold until the roof stops leaking, roof still has not been fixed as of May 2026. Roofing specialist were sent out multiple times but the issue persisted. Got the recommendation from another roofing company to replace the roof, not sure if this is the owner not wanting to pay for a new roof or the roofing company that was sent not doing a great job. - Tree specialist that was working at the neighbor's house recommended to cut down the dying/dead tree in the backyard in Fall 2025 as it was at risk of falling directly on the house, nothing was done to address this. March 14th 2026 the tree fell on the house. Because it was a weekend, we could not get in contact with anyone at Veno and had to call the fire department. After the tree fell on the house, the bathroom ceiling started to leak. Maintenance request was submitted for the leak on 3/24, as of May 2026 leak was not fixed and small spot now turned into a 52 inch leaking crack in the ceiling. - Large holes in the basement foundation, leading to an ongoing rodent problem. I'm unsure the extent to which these issues are actually a result of the management company vs the owner of the house.

We have been working with Kim now for 2 years. She has been overseeing our vacation home and…read moreAIRBNB. She has been a great partner for us, just really complete service, always available to us and our guests

Simply put, without the diligence, know how and thinking from this company I would've simply shut…read moremy front door and sold my property. For me, I bought a home, a dream and didn't realize the complexities involved with owning and renting out a house remotely. This company and specifically Kim, was in constant communication with me and problem solved every step of the way. The local knowledge as to what contractors to engage is worth its weight in gold alone. Recommended and vouched for.

If you're looking for the best property manager for your home, look no further.  Alida at…read moreWanderlust is amazing! I've been renting out my newly built vacation home on Airbnb since October 2020. My first year was a very frustrating experience with a different property management company and I almost stopped the short term rentals. I switched to Wanderlustny in October 2021 and can only give the highest praise for every aspect of their work.  Alida provides a high level of service and ensures that both the owner and the guests have the best rental experience.  She communicates frequently with guests before, during and after their stay and goes the extra mile to make their stay a 5-star experience.  For example, when a recent guest at my house mentioned they were celebrating a birthday, she took it upon herself to get cupcakes and a birthday card to welcome them on arrival and got them a reservation at a restaurant they were not able to get themselves.  She always looks for current events and compiles a list with must-sees and best places to eat/drink for the area. For the home owner, Alida makes sure the house is in perfect condition before and after any short term rental. Whereas the typical property manager does a quick and superficial walk through, Alida takes her time to thoroughly inspect the house and grounds and communicates frequently about anything she notices. When rentals are slower, she promotes my property on social media and handles pricing adjustments to increase rentals during off seasons. Alida stacks her team with the best local contractors so issues can be fixed quickly if needed. She develops a great report with cleaning crews but also supervises their work and has them come back to fix items they might have missed.  With Alida of Wanderlustny I have zero concern about renting out my house. I just wish I had found her sooner and saved myself a lot of headaches!

You won't find a more professional and trustworthy property manager than Alida. She is smart,…read moreproactive, and truly cares about her clients' best interests. She helped me find all sorts of resources that I needed for my house in the Catskills, when I couldn't get anyone to even call me back. Most of all, I can trust her judgment, which provides invaluable peace of mind. The best.

Maddalone and Assoc. took over my building after the former management was fired. At the time the…read morebuilding had leaks that became horribly unmanageable and made life a living hell. Maddalone swore they were going to fix them, but never officially did, the ceiling continued to leak in my bedroom and the kitchen up until we moved out. In the backyard, the fence was rotting on the posts and kids were tearing it apart. Management did nothing. We were also told we would receive our deposit at the end of the month (30 days). We left the apartment in good condition and as clean as possible. 30 days later, no deposit. I was then told "end of the week" then "two days" and finally I threatened to take them to court in order to get our deposit. It was $30 short from when we paid an increase in the deposit to match the rent increase.

The WORST and I say WORST management. Nothing ever gets fixed unless you reach out over and over…read more There is always an excuse. The building is NEVER cared for horrible communication. It's so frustrating paying so much money for this.

Got a bad feeling from this place. Pretty sure they overinflated their claim on how many customers…read morethey have.

Beware. They start out strong and then disappear when they realize either they don't "like" your…read moreproject (too small) or can't handle it. They make empty promises they can't fulfill. Very disappointing and appear to be FOS. Backed off when we tried to negotiate the INITIAL estimate for kitchen renovation..! Just left us hanging and then made promise to be available and assist with design ideas- RADIO SILENT! Don't waste your time.