My request was returned the same day I CALLED THANK YOU ROBIN. Only had. One request. thank you. Barry Rosen read more

ZERO starts but I had to select 1 to even post this review. The absolute worst HOA. The residents spend $462/month on HOA fees and nothing is done. Grass half cut, they never ever ever return calls and can never handle issues from the residents. Very unprofessional and they care nothing about the residents. My family has made several calls, sent several emails and never received a call back or an update. I even tried to schedule an appt to come into the office and no one ever called back. Completely dishonest group and its sad that people are that scandalous in this economy! So many generic emails that say send your concerns via email but whats the point? We never get a call back! read more

I have tried for 3 weeks to get an answer to a question regarding a claim the HoA has on my property. I get a voicemail but I try to return the call and can never get through to speak to someone. I feel like I'm getting the runaround. Very very frustrating. read more

They are one of the worst HOAs to deal with... EVER!! Please avoid Smith Management Group by all means!!!

Poor customer service...they just don't respond. Nothing major-yet--but their lack of attention to their clients will lead to this. I believe every single one of the reviews that is poor. Worst managment company we've had in 40 years. read more

UPDATE ..I received an email on March the 3rd and it said they haven't heard back about my issue they will keep me informed, it is now March 23 and I've heard nothing from this company, NO update, NOTHING. I would NEVER again live in a property managed by Smith Management, it is useless to contact them, you will get nothing..but please keep paying. ZERO STARS..A call in a reasonable amount of time would have been decent customer service, instead I have to post this and get a COPY AND PASTE RESPONSE. I've sent you 15 emails that I have every copy saved, how about you just respond to one ???????? I've been calling and emailing this company for weeks and they REFUSE to contact me. This is truly the WORST customer service I've even dealt with. First I spoke with a foreign call center that said someone from this "company" would definitely call me back within 48 hours.. surprise I received no call. Then I emailed and receive a response from a secretary that didn't read my email and she says that someone would definitely be getting back to me.. that was over 2 weeks ago. I got no response and all I'm trying to do is pay a stupid bill for my elderly hospitalized mom and do you think they have the decency to get back to me NOPE. Reading through their reviews .. makes more sense now. How do communities continue to use this awful company. I live in South Florida and though HOAs were bad down here, but this one is so much worse.. the fact that they blatantly lie to people. read more

This association is misusing funds of the people who live here, failure to notify Tennants of special assessment fees. By law they have to give 30-60 day notice for these fees. Only document they have given notification on with residents states they are broke. Then hit everyone with $1200 or more in these fees without any prior notice since May. All the while expecting them to be paid within 30 days. All with no notice. These notices are supposed to be delivered to all residents either certified mail or posted on the doors. None of that has happened. They have added charges onto residents accounts from dates unknown. Mind you this was during the time they sent their notice of having no money. Seems convenient right?? The property grounds have gone derelict due to this severe misuse and mistrust of this HOA. So now we sit with a green swamp of a pool which is breeding grounds for all sorts of bacteria, including bugs. Trees that are falling into buildings and pathways. Stairs that are falling apart due to to severe carpenter bee damage and infestation that has gone on for atleast years that they are refusing to fix. The saw dust from their damage can be seen on most all the stair cases. Stairs to peoples homes that are severely damaged by them. Puts the residents at risk for injury or death. They tore out the entire wash room, put a notice up it was being repaired then never repaired it. Tore out the children's play ground. So now its a rock pit. Not fixing potholes in the parking lots that have caused damage to cars. Multiple large tree branches had fallen onto a building blocking an entrance, their emergency line was called they sent nobody. This was late May after they sent their notice. Several residents of the building the tree had fallen on had to saw down the limbs of the tree branches and move it themselves because they did not send anyone out to remedy this. The tree branches just sat there blocking the side walks for at least 2 weeks. Eventually we had to relocate them ourselves and risk injury for something they should have been corrected by the HOA we pay these ungodly fees to. The same tree is falling apart and the large limbs keep breaking off. Again, failure to do the job you guys are designed to do. Stay away from this HOA and this condominium. If you are a resident or potential resident reading this, I encourage all of you to report this severe violation of HOA to the BBB to start. Submit any and all pictures, documents (or lack there of), and stories. I also encourage you to join in on taking this HOA to court for their severe misuse and mistrust of their power and our hard earned money. They are ruining families here by forcing them out and not even doing their job. What they are doing is illegal and they need to be audited and investigated immediately for their actions. read more

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Bad business practices. Bad record keeping, does not follow through on responsibilities, and they ignore the requests of HOA's. Not recommended. Use at your own risk. read more

They did not pay several of the association vendor bills for the past two-years. We were hit with bills from our plumber (for ~$20k) and our cable company (for ~$2k). Smith was tasked with collecting rental fees from homeowners using storage lockers. Out of 191 lockers that were being rented, Smith was only collecting rental income from 25. Our association lost out on approximately $19,000 over the past two years while under Smith's management. Smith refused to provide the association any vendor bids, unless the vendors were on Smith Management Group's list of preferred vendors. Smith uses a proprietary contract with all of their preferred vendors which is not disclosed to the HOA's Smith represents. Smith collects 10% off of every contract from their preferred vendors. When we stood up to say the work performed by Wagner Roofing & Construction Solutions, one of Smith's preferred vendors, did not meet the contractual obligations, Smith quickly and continually sided with Wagner as it was in Smith's best interest so that Smith could get their 10%. This hidden kickback is a clear conflict of interest that was not disclosed in our contract with Smith. It gives Smith an incentive to side with their vendors over the HOAs they are contracted to represent. Good luck getting anyone from their office to return calls. In the two years under Smith's management, we've never had so many upset homeowners. read more

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Worst group I've had the displeasure of working with. You CAN NOT reach anyone by phone. They have a phone screener at a call center who never forwards your message. When you do get a hold of someone, they are very condescending in there approach. It's like they're doing you a favor by talking to you. All HOA's stir clear of this company all they want is your mone. read more

Our new subdivision (less than one year old) has egregious erosion on our walking trails, creating a safety hazard for residents. I've contacted SMG several times, by phone and via the TownSQ app. Their response via the app: Thank you for creating a case with Associa Customer Support! Please see below for following details: Case Number: ###### ##### - Branch Contact Request - Request - CAM Callback see attached pictures UPDATE: Within an hour of posting this review, our subdivision got an announcement saying the trails will be addressed "when construction is complete". That date is years away, and by then the HOA responsibility falls on the residents, not Smith Management Group. From their note: Erosion throughout the community has also been discussed and we want to ensure everyone that the developer, builders, and management will repair areas that are needed when construction and development is completed. FYI: Once construction and development is/are completed, the HOA responsibility falls on the board elected by the residents, not Smith Management Group. So, they quite literally, said "We'll let the next guy handle it." To be clear, I asked for *erosion control first*, and repairs made in the name of safety. I called their number again today and did not get past the answer-bot. read more

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This is the worst company we voted in,cheap is not always the best way. I have contacted them several times regarding a down tree from the storm, it's been done for 4 months, the community head told he doesn't have a chainsaw to remove it,then he started it may be quicker if I cut it up and put it in the yard waste bags .why should I do that when I pay a hoa fee every year, he stated I understand and never got back to me,now I'm wondering where is the money going to read more

The worst management company I've ever encountered. I was giving them a chance since there was a change in management. The experience of them not resolving service requests is unacceptable. They close service requests without resolving them. They will respond as if they are looking into it After that, they close the ticket and sometimes delete the ticket. So there no record of the initial request. I put a request in 3 months ago and 2 months ago; Nothing has been resolved. read more

The worst Management company of all times they dont answer the phone, they dont respond to phone calls, they are understaffed but arent giving discounts for the fees that you charge every month to do nothing. Between Smith and our Dumb Board members I dont know who is worse. This fence has been broken for two years and this temporary fix has been in place for three weeks now. Go out of business already Smith Management. Clarkson Court Townhomes Board sucks if you purchase a home you will experience the worst board ever the property is not maintained, look at the picture below they are responsible for the gate a board member drives by this everyday and does nothing about it. They took out a loan for special assement and still have not used the money for what they said they needed it for but we pay every month for this assessment. THE BOARDMEMBERS ARE IDIOTS. The worst property in West County we pay $300 a month for nothing. read more

Smith Management Group - Real Estate Services Near Me - St. Louis, Missouri

The response from this company (if you get one at all) takes weeks. I had to hard mail, email, send on app and call and leave a voicemail and it still took over a week to get someone to respond. I am not sure how much our HOA is paying them but it is too much (when we take over, the residents are firing them immediately). I honestly don't think they have ever even been to our subdivision. The lack of knowledge on processes amazes me ( I work in the industry), they must get these people from temp to hire and they have never worked in this industry (or learned how to proof read or spell correctly). Every single communication we have received has been littered with typos. They even spell a simple name wrong (example - Amber they spell Abrem, yes it is that bad). Never use this company, ever. read more

Would give negative stars but cannot. This company is the worst. I knew that as soon as my HOA hired them. The manager we had was an idiot and nothing ever got done. This company then took alot of the money our HOA had in savings and used it and didn't do the work or do it right with the right materials. Now our HOA is left with not enough money to finish or fix houses that this company was supposed to do. Do NOT go with this company. They have lots of lawsuits. read more

For approximately ten years my office was in the same building as Smith Management's office and had the opportunity to get to know Bob & Lana Smith, the principals of the company. Having been a condo owner for approx 15 and a Realtor for 30+ years, I KNOW the importance of a management company that KNOWS real estate law regarding condominiums (much different than single family ownership). They do! This is not to imply that they aren't familiar with and also handle management of single family homes and commercial real estate. read more

Smith Management is top of the list of the management company not to get engaged with. Community managers will not address problems that they create. After months of communications Smith finally admitted that made and error and that my clients did pay the association fees prior to closing. Smith would not reimburse the seller for the full amount. Holly is not the person I would want to manage my community. Ever. read more

-0 rating from me, but you have to leave a star. Call and they don't answer, leave a message and they don't answer. Request for repair can go undone for months and then they send a repairman to the wrong address. They told me the work was finished. It wasn't because they sent the repairman to the wrong address and tried to put it on me when it was in writing. Like I don't know where I live. They want you to use Town Square for communication. Town Square doesn't work and they can't explain it to you. Horrible service, unreliable and totally uninterested. read more

This is my second review. You can see my first review on this same site. Smith Management could not find my first payment and I was asked to stop pay the check and issue another. The second was a paper check that I sent to their office and once again has not been cashed and no one was in touch with me. The second check was sent on 3/3. I am really disappointed with Julie, my HOA rep that never followed up on this. Why is it my responsibility to follow up with the company? I am definitely reaching out to a local news station to follow up. I should not have to follow up with them for four months! I reached out to the BBB and now reaching out to the the attorney general. I will not stop until you fix this and it better not happen next year. read more

Today was my second interaction with these parasites. I am absolutely new to the STL area. 1. During the purchase of my property (2 months or so ago) the lender needed paperwork from the HOA. Obviously Smith mgmt passed the buck to some other parasites who proceed to charge several hundred dollars for the required paperwork. I had to pay it; then they held it up for 10 days further delaying my loan (I had to pay a late fee). What does Smith Mgmt do......they simply give you the run around and pocket monies. THEY PROVIDE NO VALUE!!!! HOAs should dispense with them! 2. Today I got a bill from them (first time) demanding further payment of which I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE. They had the temerity to add a LATE FEE!!! Upon checking, it was because, they tacked on $195 of :TRANSFER and ACCOUNT OPENING Fees........why? Seems like they somehow get their claws into the HOAs and then do whatever they wish with NO ACCOUNTABILITY!!! Why would a resident have to pay several hundred dollars to get paperwork with information about the same resident? I am sure the company is very profitable; they steal every penny they can with NO ACCOUNTABILITY. I am happy to talk to anyone about this bunch of parasites!!! read more

I would give negative stars if I could. They ignore requests for service for months, do shoddy work, don't finish what they start and the neighborhood gets more rundown by the month. And they're rude on top of it. Fortunately our board has fired them. I was planning to move, otherwise. Bye bye Smith! read more

Our condo association has been a victim of Smith Mgmt. for 5 years. It is utterly inconceivable that this service oriented business could operate so rudely and unresponsively. Serious maintenance complaints from most every neighbor have been ignored for years. Problems pile up ... improvements diminish. Longtime residents have noticed a pathetic decline in the look of the condo exteriors and grounds. Our Woods Glade neighborhood is poorly rundown. Unfortunately, the condo board of directors does not have the fortitude, nor commitment to battle the dreaded Smith Management loosers! . read more

AWFUL service and management. They are phantoms and they just don't care about anything but taking your money. Try reaching them by phone or email - you can't. read more

If I can give negative stars, I will. They don't know what are they doing. They are absolutely ignorant. I am asking to fix wood panels around my window since they are doing the wood replacement at 2392 Charlemagne drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043. I am waiting on it for a year. The last year they came and painted my building outside. This year they came and replaced panels and took off what they painted the last year. It was just a waste of money. I don't know whom else to complain. I will be filing in BBB if it isn't done by the end of the year. read more

Former HOA Board Member. Wish I could score SMG less than 1--horrible horrible horrible. They lost all of our historical property records during the transition. Consistently late with our financials. Slow or nonresponsive to phone calls, voicemails, emails. Huge markup on office supplies and usage/click charges using their TownSq app. Didn't approve any work orders--TownSq used only as our "owner request" entry point but we had no visibility of the actual work order queue. Slow collecting bids, and despite having their "preferred vendor network" they conveyed at our HOA meetings that they were unsuccessful soliciting any bids for our building repairs so we have gone years without power washing, maintenance/repairs of siding, roofs, gutters. Extremely high employee turnover--we've had several property managers and currently with assigned an interim property manager. Property managers are spread too thin at 9-11 properties assigned per property manager, hence being nonresponsive to client requests. My own Resale Certificate prepared by SMG stated that no capital repairs were planned in the next two years despite them knowing the backlog of major projects in the pipeline for which bids were being sought (as conveyed by the new SMG President)--but soon after a $50,000+ capital project was completed for asphalt repairs (some might call this contract fraud and is being investigated). The new president was condescending to our owners at our recent meeting and was primarily interested in convincing our Owners to utilize their wonderful TownSq app (to collect more click fees). Our HOA continues to retain SMG because our realtor HOA President has "a relationship" with them despite the wishes of the majority of our Owners who signed a petition to terminate the SMG contract. A terrible situation with this company. Avoid. This review submitted by a CPA, IT Project Manager. read more

I wish it was possible to give a 0 star review. I have dealt with issues with Smith as a both an HOA board member and as a resident and have nothing positive to say. Their reps will be very friendly and act like they will help but unfortunately the company isn't set up in a way that backs it up. If you use this company it WILL take YEARS for repairs to happen and you will get little if any support with billing issues (as a resident i have been dealing with an issue for over a YEAR AND A HALF!) Our treasurer quit because of how complicated it was to just get a simple financial report. They are difficult to impossible to get ahold of directly. I could list several more issues. We would have moved to another company sooner but they were the least expensive...but you get what you pay for with this company. UPDATE: Since Smith posted this reply i sent ANOTHER email to the email address they listed as well as to my property manager and still zero response. The reply was obviously just to save face. PLEASE beware! read more

So far the experience has not been great. I will say that may be an understatement. Hard to get a response from our manager and this last fiasco was beyond tone deaf. The Board was planning what we knew would be a very contentious meeting. Our manager still had not sent out info to the owners about the meeting and giving them what amounted to only 3 days notice! It was a meeting on finances without a balanced GL no less. We had very bad advice last year on the reserve. This is getting to be an untenable alliance. I have never worked so hard trying to make up for SMG lack of engagement in our community. read more

I'm updating my last message. After I left a poor review here i was contacted by someone named Paige. It looked like things were moving along. Apparently not. Now neither Paige or Nicky are helpful. Who is above them I don't know. I will definitely find out. Pretty soon it will be cold and the ground frozen and that will be their excuse. That's all for now. read more

I agree I wish I could give zero. This company does nothing but raise HOA fee and continue to mismanagement literally every thing they are responsible in my townhouse community. I got so tired of emailing, calling, leaving voice-mail that I went to there office and still cannot get help. Stay away from smith management read more

I have no complaints about this company. They took over management of my current community, and I haven't had to deal with them at all. I like it this way. The managers of the last company were incompetent and refused to communicate anything, and didn't have the simple grasp of their own governing documents. I have not had any issues or reason to deal with the management company and I am ok with that. Keep up the good work you benevolent absentee managers. read more

Unfortunately there is no negative stars because that's what I would give them. This company has terrible property managers who treat their clients terribly! They are unpleasant and extremely unhelpful. Not to mention ignorant to owners. I live in a condo complex and we are paying these people for their terrible non service! You literally have to threaten them with your attorney to get them to do their job! Please, please, do not use this management group! You will be so sorry you did! And go's forbid you get a manager named Trea! Several people in our complex have dealt with this guy and everyone has said how awful he is to them. Perhaps Smith management needs to revisit their hiring process. read more

One star is way to generous, this should be a zero. I have resided in the community for a short period of time. This is the worst experience ever. The account person Jesse disconnected our call when it was discovered Smith Management overcharged my account by $800.00, and advised me I owed them monies. My bank is working to satisfy my account. I have reached out to Edith my contact person on several occasions due to the leaky gutters which is now causing my basement to flood, the rotten patio door frame, and several other items in which I cannot receive assistance in rectifying. My next step is to attain legal counseling if no assistance from this unprofessionally, ran Management company; Smith. read more

I live in a condominium complex they manage on Holloway Ridge Ct. Not responsive to numerous emails about dangerous fence conditions And landscaping issues. Not responsive to my neighbor having a very crooked mailbox That looks like crap. Very frustrated by them. 8-2021. read more

Whatever you do, DO NOT use this management company. They will take your monthly fees, but do not pay any bills. Such as the water bill, trash bills, or anything else, however, they will pay themselves. read more

I currently own two properties that Smith Management group manage. I called in to check on the status of one of them and was told that they couldn't tell me anything because it is in 'legal status'. ??? It turns out that if you have more than one property you can only have an account to pay online for one. So I have been logging in and paying what the online account says. Not one phone call / or mail. They said they sent something in post but I've received nothing. So disrespectful. Over a year ago I requested (two or three times) to have all correspondence sent to my primary residence. It was never done. They have been saying the buildings would be painted for three years....funny how the building with the board member gets painted last summer first! read more

This management company doesn't pay their bills. They rack up 10's of thousands of dollars of services them move on to someone else and not pay their bills. We did landscaping for them 2 years ago and have been trying to collect. We made a payment plan after we were going to send to attorney and they still reneged on that, sent to attorney for collection today. These people are dishonest and a disgrace to other management companies since people will now judge them based on this crappy company. You should be ashamed! IF YOU ARE A CONTRACTOR DO NOT DO ANY WORK FOR THIS COMPANY UNLESS THEY PAY IN ADVANCE. I WOULD WAIT TO SEE IF THE CHECK CLEARS FIRST! read more

I have never taken the time to write a review for any company. Our experience has been so bad, I felt I needed to warn others so they don't make the same mistakes we have. Simple requests are blatantly ignored and nothing is done in a timely manner. The only bill we can count on to be paid is to Smith Management for their service (or lack there of). We have been requesting they issue checks to vendors for work that was done at the beginning of the year and they have still not been paid. We keep getting the run around and are making no progress. They don't respond to simple requests and when they do, it is an empty promise. The incompetence flows through the company like a disease and no one will take the initiative to get things done. I am at a loss for how to resolve our issues and would warn anyone who is considering hiring them to run for the hills. read more

Horrible management company. Can't get ahold of anyone. No one calls back in a timely manner. Threatening to put a lien on my house even though I've provided confirmation of payment from a prior management company. Absolutely awful! read more

If I could give them 0 stars I would. They manage my subdivision Clarkson Woods. I recently sold my home. They charged $215.00 to send a letter to the title company regarding my status. For 11 years I was always on time with my HOA fees. This is outrageous to charge homeowners this kind of fee to send a letter! I have let my fellow neighbors know and they are just as upset and feel it is a ridiculous amount. Many angry posts on our subdivision FB page. They are looking at changing companies. I also reached out to them and got no response. Shameful read more