It's too bad I cannot give La Joya zero stars, otherwise I would. When I was looking for an apartment, I contacted Roger among other apartment finders. He showed me places that were not within my specifications and when I told him I was going to look at another place, he asked where it was. He said "I know the owner, let me talk to him" It turned out that he did NOT know the owner and was scamming me.
Roger is dishonest and lied to both the owner and me and told me not to contact the owner about anything and that he would do the communicating. He told me that the apartment was leased by a woman for July and I could move into another place in the same building and move into my requested place once that was over. That seemed reasonable, and I took the offer. This apartment was under repair and was more suited to college students on break than for an adult trying to create a home.
After a couple of weeks, I asked for a status on my desired apt. He told me that the lease was through October and suddenly, the lease was a man and that the price (quoted to me by the owner) had gone up an additional $100! I said no to that.
I had some procedural questions about the building itself, so I emailed the owner. He told me that Roger had told him that I had OFFERED to pay the additional money and that the place I wanted had been taken off the market. He contacted Roger and neither of us has heard from him since. I am now in a unit in the same building and, although not quite as nice, I am happy and dealing directly with the owner, who is great.
Roger seems to be only out for his commission and does not care about the people he works for. STAY AWAY! read more