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Cato Realty, Don Cato, Don Cato Realty, Don Cato - do not rent from this person Greensboro North Carolina
If you have a choice of renting from Don Cato or living in a box… live in a box. I rented from Don for about two years, because he did not disclose that the lease was a 13 month lease ( completely my fault, because I did not catch it in the contract) but who does a 13 month lease – this should have been my first red flag that he was sneaky. Don is the laziest landlord you will ever come in contact with. If you have any maintenance issues – just plan on them either a) not getting done or 2) getting done weeks or months later. For example:
At some point I had enough with Don and his laziness and decided to start looking to buy a home. I informed Don of this multiple months before I started getting serious about buying a home and he told me “ I will work with you and we will figure something out if you find an home.” Well the day came and I bought a house. I again informed Don that I was going to move out and the closing date was about two months away. To which Don told me “ I will do my best to find a tenant but you will have to pay until I do”. I get this and under his contract I had to pay, I am an adult and I understand this logic so I continued to pay my rent in the hopes that Don would find someone.
Realizing how much of a sleazy person this landlord is, I would have friends make cold calls to Don and inquire about the apartment. He would sometimes tell them that the apartment was available but on other instances he would tell them that the apartment was not available and had been rented.
Now for the kicker…. At the beginning of one of the months, after I had moved out I received a text message from someone who still lived in the complex telling me that there was a couple moving into my apartment- DON HAD NEVER TOLD ME THAT HE RENTED MY APARTMENT! I can only assume as much that he expected me to pay that months rent ( I did not) I called, emailed and texted Don about this multiple times without him ever replying to me to give me an explanation.
Additionally, once I received my security deposit about 90 days after I handed in my keys ( legally it is 30 days). I received a charge for $250 as a “ Release Fee” – Release Fee? You just rented my apartment to someone ( and didn’t even tell me), you didn’t “ Release me”
Take my advice, please do not waste your time or hard earned money on any property that has Cato Realty attached to it. I promise you that you will be sorry in the end.