I am not one to write reviews, but my recent experience with the Becker Group was incredibly disappointing, and I want to save others the time and hassle of giving this place your business.
I viewed two apartments being shown by the Becker group, and was told that one was $2500/month, and the other was $2200/month. We decided to apply to the latter, and submit an application the same day we viewed the apartment. Within the week we were told we were approved, and that the lease would be sent over shortly. Great! We stopped our house hunt, as we thought this was a great fit.
The lease was not sent over to us shortly. I sent a quick email to ask when we could expect it, a week after they said they would send it over 'shortly,' and it came over promptly. It seems we might have been forgotten about. I thought that was okay, but the real problem came when the lease was sent over. The rental amount was listed as $2400 a month, an amount that was never discussed verbally, via email, or through any materials given to us from the group. I pointed this out, and their response was akin to 'Welp, thats the price!' Now, this was very disappointing to us, as we had been house hunting from out of state, and already applied to other properties. Had we been made aware of, at any time, the ACTUAL price of the unit we were applying for, we would not have applied, as we had other options.
I called the office on three separate occasions, over the course of two weeks, to broach this issue. Each time, they took down my information, and said they would call me back. They never called me back. I called a fourth time, and asked if they would refund our application fee, since we applied under false pretenses. They said no, you agree that the application fee is non-refundable when you fill it out. They failed to realize that the issue was we filled out an application for a property that did not exist. I told them that this was at least an error on their part, and at worst manipulation, and they had the gall to tell me that I was the one who made the mistake. I have record of our conversations, and we were not at any time told the actual price of the unit we applied for. I told the representative that I spoke to that it was rude of them to waste people's time like this, and to suggest that I was lying to them about the information they had given me. She said 'We haven't been rude, you just don't like our answer.'
I am really blown away by the lack of professionalism I experienced through this company. I am writing this to caution others to avoid, and take your business to somewhere that respects your time and money. read more