Unfortunately, after wasting much of my valuable time and being given lots of empty promises by the owner Josh, I was told I had to sign a legally binding contract drafted by his attorney (which he never read nor understood). This contract had nothing to do with anything we had agreed upon and then after requesting several times that it be changed to reflect our oral agreements, the same contract was sent to me over and over while I was told it was fixed. I gave Josh a lucrative opportunity to earn some good cash on short term rental investments and he demanded a pretty hefty percentage, meanwhile I was the one doing all the legwork, finding tenants, getting everything ready and he couldn't even get his contract straight and it was completely one sided giving him all the protections and me with nothing I had asked for. Then at the end, he knew I was leaving the country in 2 days and he completely ghosted me (after telling me he needed to change the contract). The things Josh was asking me to agree to in his contract were not fair and did not represent any of his duties to me. He would say things like "Well that is an oral contract between us but I am not putting that n writing". However, he went overkill on focusing only on his commissions and his "lack of liability", lack of responsibility, etc. I guess he thought he was going to coerce me into accepting his ridiculous contract thinking I was up against a wall when he ghosted me at the last minute before leaving to Europe when he was supposed to take over managing my property. However, I have a friend who stepped up and is more than willing to do the job for a fraction of what he was trying to charge me. His contract completely contradicted everything we had agreed upon beforehand. It's more of a shame for him, he will be the one missing out on his best paying opportunity but no shame for me to find out and not get stuck signing something that makes no sense for me and gives up all of my rights as a property owner and gives him everything he wanted. Unfortunately he has all of my personal information now, like my social and other things but I will be keeping an eye. He was a good actor and it just goes to show that you really can't trust anyone, even the people you think come across as trustworthy. So glad I found out now vs. later. After reading the ridiculous contract his attorney drafted with all of these additional "fees and penalties" which were never discussed beforehand, it left a bad taste in my mouth and many visible red flags. His loss, onto finding someone real and honest, who does what they say will do and stands by their word. Again, shame on him. read more
