Stan McAlister and his agent directly lied to us on numerous occasions; making all kinds of promises and assuring us that certain things didn't need to be written out in our contract because we could "trust them to do the right thing"... unfortunately we were naive enough to believe them. McAlister realty, and Stan in particular, can NOT be trusted... if you take the risk to buy a home from SK Builders (who McAlister works with exclusively) make sure to have your own agent represent you & make sure to get EVERYTHING in writing, as that is the only way they will actually honor their word (maybe).
Also, be aware that McAlister & SK Builders love to play you off each other, meaning that whenever you have a problem & contact one of them, they will say it's the other company that needs to address that. You will go round & round for months & never get anywhere due to this, which is incredibly frustrating since these two companies work with each other exclusively so essentially function as a single company, even though they are technically separate, which they will frequently use to mislead you and ignore your concerns.
There are too many things that were done unprofessionally, even unethically, to include in this post, but for just one example: the day before we were set to close on our house Stan suddenly cancelled our closing (without even telling us) by informing the closing lawyer, who then called us to ask what was going on? Come to find out Stan wanted to cheat us out of $2,000 dollars (long story) and when we insisted that it wasn't right & he should "do the right thing" as they often said they would, his response was to cancel our closing & say it would be ONE to TWO MONTHS before we could close (maybe) unless we were willing to accept his cheating us out of the $2,000 dollars!!! Stan was fully aware that we had already packed up all our belongings, had all utilities set to start the day of closing, and had movers set up for that weekend; basically he knew we couldn't afford to delay closing so used this bullying tactic to force us to accept his cheating us.
Please be aware, this is the kind of company McAlister Realty is; they are ONLY concerned with how much they can take you for; they will make all kinds of promises, telling you whatever you want to hear, with no intention to follow through with anything that they're not legally required to via contract. Make sure to get EVERYTHING you need written into the contract, and don't pay for any upgrades as I promise you it will be cheaper to do it later with a 3rd party professional, and much more likely to be done correctly as well. read more