Complaint Review: Douglas A.Shaffer - Doug Shaffer - D A Shaffer

In Dec of 2003 I met a man by the name of Douglas A Shaffer in regards to a lease/purchase property I had seen.The sign said no qualifying,no credit check $500.00 down.I called the phone number listed 602-418-1533 and left a message.He called right back and we met within a hour.He showed me a house located at 4607 N 87th Ave,Phoenix Az.

I feel in love with the house.Now mind you when I met with Shaffer I had explained to him that my family and myself were staying in a hotel becouse we were the victim's of a apartment fire and that I was is dire need of a place a.s.a.p and that I am also a convicted felon and ask if this would be a problem.He stated no,not at all.

He had a contract we went over and when I wanted to take it with me and go over he told me that there were other's intrested in the same property so I gave him a $1000,00.dollar d/p on 12-21-03 and $1,500.00 on 1-1-04.The lease/purchase was $1,250.00 a month with $200.00 of that going toward's the purchase price of $157,800.00.

The contract had a 2year call provision.Now I was pre-approved for a $215,000.00 loan in Feb/March 2005 and had informed Mr Schaffer that I would be starting the loan process through a diferent loan company using a VA instead of him carring the loan.

Then on April 26,2005 about 11 am MR Shaffer placed on my front door a 30 day termination notice. No reason just a get out peorid.When I contacted Mr Shaffer he told me the reason for the termination was becouse the police had contacted him and told him I was under a open criminal investagtion and that he was at risk of loosing the property if he contuned to lease to me and that if indeed there were crimanal activity going on and he did not terminate he could also be charged.

I then went to the police and got a print out of anything haveing to do with that addrest.The police told me that for one they do not call and tell you of invegastions going on and for 2 they did not call him but Mr Shaffer had called them.Then he told me that he would not sell me the home becouse he feared for the people who lived next door to me and across the street from me.Now keep in mind I never had any complaint's from the police or anyone else for that matter.

I paid all together over $30,000.00 dollar's cash in 17 month's and he want's me out with no return of my earnest deposit or any of the money applied every month towards the purchase price.He also attemped to do this to a family 2 door's down from me in which they took him to court and won. I also am in the process of a court action but in the meantime it has cost me over $40,000.00 in damages and he has since sold the house to another victim for $100,000.00 more then what he had to me.

Ray Charles could see what this man is doing.It's called Predatory Leanding.You can go to Maricopa County Recorder's Office and pull up my contract under the name Brenda Gowland.You can also see his business practice's which I am surprised he has not been reported to the IRS or the Attorney General Office.I just want to know how people can get away with this kind of theft.Had I done this I would be under the jail.

Brenda
Phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.