Some of their properties in the SFV area are ridiculously bad. Nice management, but the properties are pathetic. To give a few bullet points... * Properties have never been updated, or even painted again (it doesn't look like) since it built in the 1970s-80s. * They do have security cameras, but they aren't great and at least one of the really good ones was either removed or vandalized and was never replaced. There was a recent break-in to the parking lot and they couldn't even get a clear picture of the thief. * Parking isn't good. There is zero visitor parking. * They constantly turn the water off because of various problems with plumbing system. * Tenants and other random people from the outside who walk around the property talking on their cel phones constantly, or using video calls at all hours of the day and night, to the point where you have to tell them to please stop it * Tenants who sit in their cars with their stereo booming after they drive back onto the property * In the past year or so, noise from freeway of obnoxious motorcyclists has increased, to the point where it sets off car alarms in parking lots because they make the cars vibrate. Not uncommon to awaken in small hours of the morning with somebody's car alarm * read more

MZL and specifically Larry Gillis were managing my building. There was absence of Larry onsite while the roof was being done. He never showed up once to manage the repairs. He also did not care to visit my unit that was damaged by the crappy roof. MZL and Larry have been named defendants in multiple lawsuits. Larry is also a real estate agent - not sure how his agency views his professional record, seeing as how he has been sued for breach of contract, small claims, breach of quiet enjoyment, among other claims possibly. In addition, MZL has been sued for breach of implied warranty of habitability, nuisance, premises liability and the like. Allegations in these lawsuits are that Larry / MZL breached their duties by allowing hazardous building conditions like decaying wood, vermin infestation, and water leaks. Do not recommend at all. read more

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i recently moved into a building managed by MZL and they are massive a$$holes. my building is great, neighbors are super nice, & the on-site manager is wonderful, but MZL seem bothered & threaten residents every time they have to do anything for the building. our trash chute got clogged recently & they literally threatened to get rid of it if it gets clogged again (despite the fact that the dumpster area is down several flights of stairs & not accessible via elevator, so not even sure how that's legal). then today there was a plumbing issue & they threatened to charge the units they assume are causing the problems. i'm sorry, things like that happen on occasion. that's literally just what managing a property entails? i have reached out to leo twice via email (once about being charged $10 more a month than was stated in the lease & once about doing something regarding the constant package theft in our building) and he has never even responded to me. typical LA slumlords. if we get a different on-site manager, i will probably leave because i can tell she is the only one who cares about the tenants & pushes for building improvements. my very brief interactions with MZL/through MZL have all been negative so far. i've never had issues like this with a property management company before where i felt like i was constantly being threatened regarding any building repairs they have to do despite paying astronomical rent. it's clear they're bothered by even doing the bare minimum for people. read more

DO NOT RENT FROM THIS COMPANY: August 1, 2023: Moved into apartment. August 6th, 2023: We discover that the former tenants cut the cable cord in our apartment. When we were shown the listing, we were informed that the apartment was already compatible with spectrum wifi. This was not true. September 8th, 2023: The laundry machine in the housing breaks breaks. Our building manager was on vacation. We were not provided with a back-up building manager while she was away. We were not informed that our building manager would be gone. I had to file a report with CSC go, the company that runs the washing machine. The building never addressed this issue. September 27 th, 2023: A neighbor asks our building manager for updates on why the front door of our building has been taken off of its hinges. September 28th, 2023: My upstairs neighbor verbally harassed my across the hall neighbor. The cops were called. This was a disruption of peace, and no one from the building controlled it, hence the police presence. I was informed by other tenants that this is not the first time an event like this has occurred. Ninfa let me know that they have tried to evict them. They were still living there as of August 2024 November 7th, 2023: I realized that the reason that we can hear everything in this apartment, a street-facing unit, is because the windows are incapable of fully closing. The building manager did not know this, and this was not communicated to me when the apartment was shown. I was informed that these would be fixed. They were not fixed for over 2 months. Wednesday, November 8th, 2023: Random repairmen show up and drill in the pool area. No notice was given. Friday, December 1st, 2023: Our AC unit breaks. It was not repaired for a month. December 6th, 2023: Random repairmen show up again and drill in the pool area, completely unannounced. Building manager has no idea that they are here. They utilize the power in the laundry room while my laundry is running, shutting the machines off and leaving them full of water. No one appears to know what's going on. May 4th, 2024: Upstairs apartment plumbing comes up our kitchen sink and floods our apartment. No one from management reaches out. June 16, 2024: Upstairs apartment floods our kitchen sink again. No one from management reaches out. June 23, 2024: communal laundry machines break again. They stay broken for two weeks. No one ever communicates with the tenants that they are fixed. There were further issues, none of which were ever addressed by anyone other than the incompetent building manager, who talked s*** about the tenants repairmen, ignored calls and texts, and generally was unable to do her job. read more

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Ditto to what many have said: if I could give them 0 stars, I would. Used them for their HOA management services. Our HOA manager was kind of a mess, completely incompetent, lazy...It was like pulling teeth to get him to do things. He told residents that there were not late fees for missing payments, and one unit had more than $1000 of outstanding HOA fees! read more

I didn't have any problem until I received my refund for my deposit check as I already left the place last month. I didn't receive the full amount of my deposit check. They charged me for a carpet cleaning fee of $100 when my studio apt doesn't even have carpet cause it's laminated! I called them and told me they will charge me $60 instead for the cleaning fee. I left the place clean and still charged me for a fee! Totally disappointed! read more

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21731 SEPTO ST APARTMENTS -CHATSWORTH CA DONT RENT HERE it's a terrible company that will not work with u to get things done they do what they want they spend money on killing the trees instead of spending money on killing the RATS PROBLEM THERE IS HERE CARPETS AND ENTRY WAY NEEDS TO BE CLEAN AND PAINTED THE ENTRANCE PAINT IS ALL WORN OUT THE PLACE NEEDS A CAMERAS because your mail box is messed with and cars in the parking lot is being brokin into from all the homeless in the area they have a Aloe Vera buss that needs to be cleaned out cause all the huge rats come from there I had call the office and they can care less I have complained to the health Dept soon they will show up just saying don't rent here it's a waist of serious money $$$$$! read more

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I know everyone says if they could give a place zero stars they would, but in this case I truly would. Erik Rothman has got to be the worst property manager I've ever encountered. We moved into the property on 7043 Alabama (#104) in April.....we moved out in October. Let me make this clear when I say he literally does not care what happens to you, your family OR your property. The parking is underground so you'd think that your belongings would be safe in your car.... wrong. My car was broken into THREE times within 6 weeks. The first offense I will admit Erik did seem some what concerned but the only thing that he did was change the code on the garage clicker. The suspect was jumping a fence that had barbed wire MOVED TO THE SIDE for easy access and he did NOTHING about it even when presented with photos of entry. On top of that there are cameras surrounding the buildings and I kid you not each and every time I asked him to review the cameras he said he saw nothing, then when I challenged that saying ''I find it hard to believe you saw nothing when three other tenants got their cars broken into as well'' He magically found the footage then and again did nothing but change the gate code and posted signs around the building saying '' don't keep your gate clicker or valuables in your car'' I might as well had parked on the street! He does NOT care about your well being and will only get back to you once you've threatened to contact the owner (who doesn't care either, I've contacted him several times concerned for my safety and got no response) They also will tell you that you will get the entire deposit back as long as the apartment is clean, they kept $150 dollars for a cleaning fee when we left that place SPOTLESS. They clearly wanted to be petty because I broke the lease which was MUTUALLY agreed upon due to them failing to keep their tenants SAFE. He and the owner are horrible human beings and it's sad that they raised the rent 100 dollars after I moved out. Just do your research on property managers. I wish I would have. I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK THE SEX OFFENDERS LIST IN THAT AREA. ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN. read more

Every month there is a water emergency, they have to shut down the water for a day or longer. I have had 7 floods in the apartment in the past 4 years, costing us tens of thousands in damages they won't repay or repair properly. Worst of all it's somehow our fault they keep doing a horrible job fixing it just to save a buck. In 7 years rent went from $1,200 to $2,175 for the same crappy apartment with exposed wires, floods. Now rents so high we stuck. Neighbors play loud music stomps int the apartment so we can't good sleep. Yelling between thin walls or playing the 10 so loud, but they won't do anything about it except to move away from the madness. The manager is the worst I have ever experienced, not a day go by where I don't regret moving into this ghetto of an apartment. Absolutely garbage rental properties they don't clean, maintain the swimming pool with drowned possums, laundromat where tendants leave bleach in the washers, fight over who's next. Move anywhere but with these slum lords. read more

After having a transient cut through apartment courtyard and vandalize our property we called police to file report. We asked what the building will do in response to the rising crime, and even offered to help pay finance improved safety and security measures. No calls answered, and have yet to hear back from the owners. Have not seen anyone on site once to show that they remotely care about our safety and well being. read more

Wish there was a zero star caring. "Leasing Agent" Cris Rose had no communication and was bipolar. Extremely kind in person but would get upset if you had two questions to ask. They string you along and have you left in the dark the entire process. RUN THE OTHER WAY! read more

They charged me $26 for credit check after the fact that they had rented the apartment to someone else. When I pointed it that out, that's when they ran my credit to show as if it was done. When I contacted the property management office to report the situation, they didn't respond for days and their response was sorry for the "miscommunication ". Very unprofessional office and staff. This place is a SCAM!!!!! read more

The manager at 333 N Berendo St. is very disrespectful. She is not a professional. Please replace her as she is not suit for the position.

Just woke up to find my wife screaming, she was going to the bathroom, as she turned on the light she found two huge cockroaches in the bathroom, this whole place is infested , its not the first time and it wont be the last (1145 E California ave Glendale CA 91206) please take care of this especially after raising the rent $200 in a single year read more

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7274 fountain ave is a piece of trash. Homeless people take shits in the driveway, our landlord won't answer calls, is rude, the place is run down. Attempted break ins. The homeless use our hose as a shower. They won't install a gate. Anyone reading this, we are finally taking out a class action lawsuit. If you lived at an MZL property please contact me and I will send you the paperwork needed for our lawyer. We are done being taken advantage of. read more

They were the HOA property management for my condo building for a few months. They inconveniently only accept payments via paper check in the mail, and they conveniently "lost" half of the HOA fee checks that I sent them, so I had to fight several phony late payment fees. When I emailed the property manager to raise a concern about poor gardening/maintenance I never got a response. read more

Terrible! That is one word to describe this management company. The apartment we rented is in fairly good condition for the age, but when coming to sign the lease (after the remodeled it and changed the floors) I noticed that the apartment was not even cleaned. I pointed it out to Kris and she was very rude and gave an attitude. The apartment had not been cleaned, had dirt everywhere, the kitchen sinks were filthy, and the soap dish in the bathroom was rusted. We rented the apartment last month, beginning of June. We were promised they would come and change the soap dish, and a month and a half later they did no such thing. Then last week, we noticed the house behind out building where our bedroom window faces is now getting demolished and re built. It is constantly loud, 6 days a week from 8am, which was not disclosed to us when we signed the lease (I am sure they were notified, per noise ordinance laws). Now, we are stuck in the lease with an apartment with nothing but problems. We want to sublease the apartment, but we have called already two times, left voicemails for them to call back to know if subleasing is allowed, but they have not returned their calls. STAY FAR AWAY FROM THEM. The apartments are old, out of date, and they never answer their phones, terrible management company. read more

My parents moved into this apartment complex about a year ago and while the area is not the best, the managers are. Gloria and Lorenzo are so sweet. They have been very accommodating. Gloria makes herself available through text or her personal cellphone after hours and on weekends. Lorenzo is always cleaning the building making sure the grounds are clean and safe. Their maintenance worker even helped my folks move in their bulky couch. We wanted to tip him and he said no. All in all, I am very happy that my folks found this place. They are very strict with parking and respond to any maintenance issues right away. read more

These people are horrible.. Only want to raised their rent, but nothing get fixed. The Air Condition is down over month and can't a hold of owner. They always pass around. read more

If I could, I would rate this management company with a ZERO. They are very unprofessional and only want your money. The building manager and I agreed orally on a 1 year lease and that rent would be $1000. She expected me to hand over a security deposit of $1100 to hold the place for 3 weeks until the place would be ready to move into WITHOUT signing a lease. If I have no lease, how am I supposed to guarantee that the place will be ready in 3 weeks? And how do I make sure that the terms on the lease is what we agreed to orally? They do this to get your money and for you to lose all your bargaining power and rights. You either lose your security deposit money or be forced to agree to their terms on the lease. Don't fall for it. NEVER hand over a lot of money for a deposit without signing a lease at the same time. I called the company to complain and the supervisor named Eric told me, "nothing in life is a guarantee." Really? Is this Communist Russia where you can scam everyone? I need my proof. If this review isn't convincing, scroll down and click to read those that are not recommended. I'm actually very glad the apartment never worked out. read more

I've been living at this building at 2121 N verdugo road Glendale ca for 10 yrs anytime I have a problem the manager quick to answer and fix what's wrong amazing service read more

MZL Properties is a TERRIBLE management company. I have been residing in one of there apartment complex's (205 N. Kenmore Ave.) in Los Angeles for over 6 months and for these 6 months they have done NOTHING. They don't answer letters, e-mails, calls or voicemails. They haven't fixed anything at all although my roommate and I have sent countless typed letters to them letting them know what needed to be repaired in our unit. All the fixtures in the units are extremely old and outdated and most don't work and break apart. The management company recently tried to do illegal construction a few months ago (without offering tenants a relocation fee; which is illegal) to get all the tenants to move out and were going to go through with it until someone in the building called the health department and upon inspection of the premises the Los Angeles Health Department had it stopped. The hallways smell like urine. The manager never cleans. There's always trash on the front lawn, in the common areas and even in the hallways. Like literal TRASH. Our heater was broke for the entire cold winter this winter and even after notifying the management company about this back in October they are just now replacing it and it's damn near April. We don't even need it now. And the kicker is, it STILL DOESN'T WORK. There are insane tenants living in the building. One girl lives right above me. She goes into drunk fits of rage at night, throwing loud tantrums and kicking walls. We've called LAPD over 30 times about this tenant and were told they could not interfere. We've told the manager about this tenant as well as the management company and they fail to evict the tenant or even check into the matter. The management company has only come to the property one for inspection and did nothing to correct the many defects to the apartment. Oh, and did I mention the building is INFESTED with roaches and rats and you have to damn near beg the "manager" of the building and the management company to send pest control out to get rid of the rodents. I could go on and on about the hell this management company has caused my roommate and I but it would be too long of a review. If for some reason you happen to be looking into a building that MZL Properties manages in Los Angeles; BEWARE. Also, if you decided to lease with one of MZL Properties buildings keep ALL documents served to you by them and all your payment stubs for rent. Record everything the incompetent manager says with your phone because these people are shady and all they care about is money and raising the rent and NOTHING about their tenants. Don't trust them (MZL Properties all their affiliates especially Rubin and Sam McAllister). I don't want anyone to have to go through what we went through. If you ever come in contact with these people run FAR FAR away. You've been warned. read more

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Rude associates who are never there to help when needed. It seems like the only thing they are good at is raising the rent.

This management team is unbelievable. So happy to be leasing property from them.

I have been a tenant in a building these people acquired a little over a year ago. Since that point, I have had a tenant from hell above me whom this company has done nothing about. I have filed four police reports because the tenant threatened to kill me. I have emailed management over 15 times about the noise levels this tenant makes at 1, 2, 3 and 4 am. We're talking building shaking noises and not the usual noise that comes from living on the first floor. The problem with this tenant's levels of noise are so bad I wear ear plugs at night over an air conditioner and I can still not sleep. I have had to see a doctor three times because I thought I had insomnia when it was actually the tenant above me making noise so loudly it woke me up at night repeatedly. They never take care of anything. The worst property managers and company I have ever had to rent from. I SAY STAY AWAY. Since this company took over the property I live at it has gone down hill so fast. read more

MZL Properties and their employees are extremely unprofessional. One of their agents, Chris, was so excruciatingly incompetent that I lost all desire to ever work with this company again. read more

If no star was an option, they would get that! Chris, especially is very unprofessional. They are only in it to collect applications, Collect your $25 and use every excuse that they can to delay your application process. I should've yelped them before trusting them. DO NOT WORK WITH THIS MANAGEMENT COMPANY. Crooks. read more

I have been leasing property from MZL since 1994. In that time my business has leased an additional two properties. In the 21 years of doing business with MZL they have always been professional and warmly accommodating. I would heartily recommend their services and look forward to another 20 years with them. read more