This is not meant to be a hateful review, just a matter-of-fact account of what awaits anyone who…read morerents one of Eck's properties. I was their tenant for 4 years, so I had sufficient time to get acquainted with the good, the bad, and the ugly. So, here are some tips to you, future Eck tenants: (1) THE GOOD: I rented a 3-bedroom house. Location was great, house was in very good shape for its age (it's built in the 60s), rent was affordable. And, I should mention, they did not increase the rent throughout my stay there (more on that below). (2) THE UGLY: If you look up some of the other Google or Yelp reviews about Eck, you will notice several complaints about poor response to maintenance requests. Sadly, all these are accurate. I was lucky enough to have very few maintenance issues over the 4 years, but Eck were always very slow to address them (except for one time when the AC broke in the middle of the summer - that was fixed within 24 hours), and on a few occasions nothing was done at all (the gutters remained clogged for more than two years, in spite of my 2 separate requests). Yes, they would email almost immediately in response to a request and promise that it would be addressed - so they were prompt to "respond" in that manner - but nothing was done. I found that irritating, but not as bad as what comes below. (3) THE BAD: Be prepared that you will NOT receive back your full security deposit. It just won't happen. There is no such thing as "wear and tear" in these people's codebook. If the unit is in any way found to be in worse shape than they determined it at move-in, you will get charged. In my case, I spent hours and hours vacuuming and wiping down the house, and yet I still got charged for things like: "dust on bath cabinets", "dust on bath mirror", "hall light fixture not clean", "bedroom door not wiped down" (I've posted a snapshot of some of these ridiculous charges below), etc. And the "best" part is, they cover up very nicely upfront by including a list of "possible deductions" from tenants' damage deposit in the lease, so don't even bother arguing. My first reaction was disbelief and anger. But after giving this more thought, it started to make some sense. This is their entire business model: the rent is kept at affordable levels (for the square footage offered), but part or all of your security deposit will be added to the overall cost. It's less transparent, but seems to work well in a rental market, such as Lawrence, where decent options are not widespread. And if you, future Eck tenants, try to adopt the same view (just accept that you will never see all that deposit money back), it will hurt less, I promise! My overall Rating: House: 3/5 Management: 1/5

As a young husband and college student, finding a large space to rent for a family of 5 isn't…read morealways easy. My last year in Lawrence I was pleased to find a four bedroom home with a garage for rent. I was so happy to move out of the 3 bedroom apartment complex we were living in. My first experience was with the poor customer service. Being a minority I am immune to not being treated fairly so it wasn't a surprise that I wouldn't receive fair treatment with eck management. Their office is in a tiny closet in the basement of an old apartment complex. Every time I had to turn in a maintenance request (which was several) and if I had to sign papers I would have to park far away and walk. It wasn't very convenient. To conclude my poor experience with eck management was closing out. Aside from the white carpet we were able to clean the apartment better than it was when we moved in. I didn't get my refund back. Matter of fact they charged me hundreds of dollars in fees AND even charged me for my neighbors destroying his garage door. I am now pursuing legal action against Eck management for all of my pain and suffering. I can not describe how unsatisfied I am. It's sad when you try to make a difference in this world and people still try to drag you down.

thank you for the fast attendance to all our maintenance requests! Sean came for our leaking…read morewashing machine and was super helpful. You always find great subcontractors!! And you gave us an excellent, speedy solution with a new machine!! Thank you so much! We love living in a Location property!!!

We have been Very Happy with Location Properties that has managed our property in Lawrence throught…read morethe years. Great communication with staff members, timely follow up with emails on repairs or maintenance issues. If you are in the market for a property managment company then give them a call!

I've had great service from maintenance in the almost five years I've been renting from MPM. There…read morehave been a number of repairs needed mostly because of the age of my unit. I don't know if it varies by owner, but I've never had to wait more than a day when it was something their maintenance could handle. And that includes having someone show up on the weekend in an emergency situation. If an outside service/contractor is needed, you're going to have to work with their schedule, just like anyone else. I've always requested maintenance through the app or emergency phone if needed and had zero problems with that. I sublet from the previous tenant and had no issues with that.

Midwest Property never did me dirty. Maintenance was always there within 12-48 hours after requests…read morewere placed. My roommate and I had our AC stop working and it was replaced within 48 hours of placing the request. About two months later, our dishwasher wasn't working well and it was completely replaced the day after the maintenance request was put in. Every time I called the office, there was always someone nice and helpful on the other end. My roommate and I chose Midwest Property because it was cheap, despite the bad reviews, and we never regretted it. I did have a friend who lived in the same building as us who had bug problems that kept recurring, but they were also renting a ground level unit. Overall, I would say be cautious of the first floor units because of pests, but I have no other complaints! Great experience!

Kimberly is, in a word, fabulous. I highly recommend her! Not only does she have a great…read morepersonality but she truly cares about selling your house. She scheduled open houses every two weeks. If she was out of town she had an associate do it instead. She explained everything carefully. She told me how to decorate to get the house sold, she even rearranged my refrigerator. My husband was tempted to leave me in Lawrence and take her with him to Minnesota since she was so well organized. I wish that she had at least come with us, I could use her here!!!

We have been in our house 2 years. One evening our landlord came up for a visit.they let us know…read morethat her brother was moving back to town and had bought the family home. this is where we were living out in the country. we have dogs kids and chickens and this is where we like to be.we had to be out pretty quick and were caught unaware, we could not find anything. we have looked and looked and looked. Lawrence is a very difficult town to find a rental in especially if you're a family and you've had some problems in your life and gone thru a divorce and had a spouse thats ruined your credit. it seems no one wants to help you these days. people are all about themselves, nobody quite wants to really help it's really sad that life has become all about business. I ran into this after trying to get several places and not having an adequate credit score.I kept trying, I found a house that I really liked and called, it was a realtor that was managing. Kimberly Williams with McGrew real estate, she said I'll be glad to show it to you but the landlord requires a 600 credit score and yaddy yaddy yaddy.I said well that's not going to work for us and then I said can I tell you a little bit about us? she said yes so I told her my story and to my amazement she really cared she told me to write my story down and to email it to her and she would go to her client and see if she might make an exception and give our family a much-needed break. The next day she got back with me and told me the client did not want to rent with us I guess she's one of those that it's all about the money and not giving someone another chance I've never had an eviction and I've never owed anyone money on rent I just needed a little help. this is not where I wanted to be at 55. I just want to say this is the first review that I'm going to compliment somebody on and thank them for their help and that will be Kimberly Williams because I was somebody that didn't have a pot to piss in and she still went out of her way to try and help me. now the thing is I'm going to be coming into some money in about 6 months quite a lot of money and I'm going to buy a house and I'm not going to call the Chaney's but I'm going to call Kimberly and she's going to sell me a house because my money is green enough for her, so if you're looking for a house, put your money on her thank you Kimberly!!!

Great location with awesome gym at the bottom of the building. The team at The Summit is awesome!…read moreNot to mention that Milton's Cafe is also downstairs! Beautiful Lofts in downtown Lawrence! I'm not moving anytime soon!

I have lived here the last year and it's been great. Our property manager Brooke is fantastic and…read morehas been great to all of the residents! Great place to live in downtown Lawrence.

LKS Realty offers great property management services for landlords in the Lawrence, Kansas area…read more Their comprehensive and responsive service takes the headaches out of managing my investments.

I have two college students currently residing and they have notified per lease every time they…read moreleft, but are now being told they should be submitting a work order when they leave (first time after 8 months). They have records that the students called and advised dates. So many issues, and still have unresolved issues from move in. They also are not repairing the issues timely. They want to say that the water damage from the broken pipe upstairs was due to an incorrectly set thermostat, but the thermostat was wired incorrectly and their maintenance technician had to call an electrician to walk them thru how to wire a thermostat while the tenants were in the room. Pictures below are from water damage, that has mildewed and has become hard.

During my time living in one of their properties, I had several maintenance requests many of which…read morewere only fixed after calling several times to the office. On moving out not only did I not get any of my security deposit back, but they attempted to charge me more than the original deposit, $50 for a bag of trash and money for a pre-existing damage to the property. Generally this is a company that abuses/takes advantage of younger clients, particularly college students, stay away if possible .

Cheryl Baldwin was very pleasant and kind, though the property owner lived out of state and uses…read moreyour deposit to remodel his house. We moved in with their fence held up with a zip tie, glass and nails all over the back yard, beer bottle caps stuck in the molding, and all the outlets painted over. Now I move out and he fully replaces the fence, builds a containing wall in the basement to get rid of rodents and charges me for all of it. I would not trust property shown by this company as they only show you the property and then leave to the whims of morally depraved land owners.

By far the best management company I have ever dealt with. They have managed one of my rental…read moreproperties for years. They are on top of every issue. They are always available and have maintained the property in excellent condition. They coordinate maintenance and take care of repairs without being asked, and keep me in the loop if there is any significant cost involved. Top notch and professional. You can't go wrong with Hedges!

Toni is the BEST!!! I know them by the name Location Properties. Josh is doing a good job as…read morewell. I hope Toni is the one training him. I'm a property owner and I live out of state, so I totally depend on Toni. She really cares and it shows.

Raymond and his team is wonderful. I used 2 property management companies in Kansas, Raymond's team…read moreis definitely the winner. They always respond timely, and their price for property management and also repair is fair. I already transferred one more property from the other management company to SCUDO, they helped to get it rent ready within 2 weeks and rented it out in a month. The tenant they found always pays on time, and seems to maintain the property very well. Definitely will recommend SCUDO !!

Landlord Beware As I write this review of SCUDO Property…read moreManagement, I genuinely hope that I can steer other property owner's away from this company so they don't have to share my experience. SCUDO is a poor choice for property management as it failed to take care of my properties (it managed 6 of my properties over the course of a year and a half) without providing a reasonable level of diligence while charging constant and excessive fees. As an out of state owner, I must have a property manager that I can trust to take care of my property and not take advantage of me. Some examples of not operating with a reasonable level of diligence include, but are not limited to: 1. Charging for a new dishwasher which was never installed. When I moved the property to a new property manager, I discovered what had happened, and while SCUDO did reimburse me, it clearly failed to do its job. 2. My properties were all delivered to SCUDO clean (spotless) and ready to rent. During the process of finding renters, SCUDO determined that the properties had to be cleaned again. I was charged $300 to $400 per property to have them re-cleaned. First of all, SCUDO should have taken care not to have people with dirty shoes trapse through the house during showings. Second, the fees are beyond excessive to clean an empty house. 3. When the new management company went to get keys from SCUDO, there were NO KEYS for 2 of the properties, and they were given a key for another property that didn't work. 4. Two of the six properties (which had been fully remodeled one year prior, in fact one was a new building) had a laundry list of issues we had to address. Any manager paying attention to the property would have brought these issues to my attention. Some Examples of the excess fees include: 1. A "maintenance coordination fee". Seriously, I can't make this up. 2. $125 fee for preparing a 1099. I was charged this fee twice on a property SCUDO managed for 12 months (despite the fact that no 1099 was necessary the first month since there was no revenue). 3. SCUDO's "submission to legal" fee. Every other property management company I have worked with will bill the tenant for these fees and reimburse me once collected--not SCUDO. 4. $1000 to leave before 12 months fee--seriously, a fee to hold one hostage since SCUDO knows the value of its service. 5. $99 periodic report fee--I am not sure what is being reported as a third of my properties had major issues uncovered immediately by the new management company. 6. They also charged at least one of my tenants a "tenant benefit package" for $31.99/ month, when the tenant applied for rental assistance, SCUDO took close to $200 out of the rental assistance money for this "benefit" as well as late fees (which, of course, went to SCUDO). Essentially, SCUDO is always careful to act in its own best interest rather than that of its clients. 7. Of course, there is the 8% per month "management fee", but I am not sure what you get for this, as SCUDO charges an additional fee for everything that a typical management company covers in the 8% management fee. 8. These fees add up, January through November, on the three properties that SCUDO managed, their fees alone were 16.28%, 17.73%, 14.7% respectively. If you are a property owner, if you hire SCUDO, you should build in at least 16% to 17% for their fees in your pro-forma.