!DO NOT RENT FROM MARK ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES!
This Management Company is very unprofessional, rude, and caters more to the Owners (making sure they're happy and satisfied) rather to the paying tenants!
I rented a townhouse from this joke-of-a-company and found several things that was wrong with the property within the first 1-2weeks of moving in. Of course, I documented, called and took plenty pictures, but they were not very accommodating to fix much. I created on-line maintenance requests only to be ignored until I started calling....
Next, the carpet throughout was noticeably worn and filthy, yet I was told that it had been "recently" shampooed/cleaned only to discover post cards from the previous cleaning company reminding that the carpet was over a year overdue for a cleaning.
Secondly, the back sliding door was broken, window blinds to the oversized kitchen window that leads to the backyard were broken (eventually to be removed since they would not replace them-reasoning was that window blinds are not required- really?!?)
Also, they gave me two sets of garage remotes; but only one worked and I was told they would not be replacing it, AND questioned why I needed two!
Additionally, one of the Property Managers (Tami in particular) is purely rude to the point where she gets argumentative through emails and conversations.
Finally, I was given a 60-day Notice only to be rushed out before the 60 days. I was continuously asked "When are you moving again? The owner wants to know because she needs to schedule her movers and has closed on her house." Excuse me? Did she not remember sending me a 60-day Notice with a notice to vacate, along with her attorneys who in turn mailed a separate letter ensuring I left by that date- OR ELSE! How rude was that to send a faithful tenant an intimidating letter as if I weren't going to vacate by the date the Owner gave me. Makes you question what kind of tenants/business they are used to dealing with
And Lastly, unless you're a college student or in transition, this would not be a good company to rent from because they do NOT have leases. Their rentals are month-to-month, which I will never do again! Because I was not in a lease, they increased the rent after 10 months, and during my stay I was asked to allow them to come in and do an inspection because the Owner wanted measurements in the kitchen of where her refrigerator would possibly go, AND within those 10 months, I was told to allow an inspector to come in to appraise the property- all red flags after another, after another!
Needless to say, I graciously left that Owner's house and found something to my satisfaction. My new Owner is overly accommodating and wants to make sure that his tenants are happy for long term. We have excellent communication and deal directly with each other without the rudeness of Property Managers.
All in all, this Mark Andersen company only cares about the needs of business; keeping their homeowners happy and collecting rent- horrible company to rent from, yet lesson learned! read more