Spent almost 14 days back and forth emailing all the paperwork for this place. Sending already what has always been plenty of info necessary about myself to obtain an apartment. They emailed me back around the third time, stating I did not exist with the credit bureau.
I just got a new car and have monthly payments (I obviously exist), however I did spend countless hours wasting my time calling all credit bureaus after, to be told that what I already knew that indeed yes, my information was all correct and there should be no problem checking my credit by anyone. I then still even offered to go beyond what is required and giving even MORE of my personal info out (to a person I did not even meet mind you!) I even offered copies of my on time vehicle payment history. Nope, still wanted more.
I had already given my $50 Application fee unfortunately because they acted like it was plenty to run my credit in the beginning and like I was a shoe in, then I am told no "You don't exist." Huh.
Afterward, even though I received two emails stating they could not even run my info (false), they kept my app fee of course anyway.
I still have yet to receive any emails back regarding my request to be refunded the app fee. If they honestly couldn't run it, so did no actual work running it as they said, then they should not just be able to keep my money for running it! This is clearly their business practice. Like a scam just to get peoples application fees? Perhaps that is why the rent was so cheap.
I saw several other interested applicants viewing the same two apartments too that I was shown, they must have made quite a penny off of all of us. I will not be doing business with them again no matter how much I like a place in the future.
Save your time and money and find property management/owners with a moral compass to rent or buy from. I offered 4 grand down even, proved a bank account with enough to cover an entire year on the place I was interested in and it still was not enough. On top of this they knew about me losing my parents and essentially bouncing around Air Bnbs with no place to live, seeing fully my Prius packed like Tetris and needing a home asap.
So all in all it is clear why I feel I was basically scammed now. Not happy about it either. Rebecca was very nice and accommodating to me, Dulce was not as sweet as her name suggests but mostly, she wasted my time, got my hopes up, and added more stress to an already very stressful time for me. I just wanted a reasonably priced apartment so could work toward buying a condo eventually and they made all communication impossible and clear in the end, that it was never their intention to rent to me in the first place. Not sure why I was profiled, I am a 36 year old white woman with a good educational background that has always paid my rent fully and on time. Plenty of references I offered etc but nothing was enough. They still sure got their $50 though! :( read more