Complaint Review: Jeffrey S. Jensen

Once again ladies and gentlemen, please consider the source of this vindictive slanderous tirade.

Was Ericka Noebel fired (or PCish, asked not come back to work) from the College of Idaho?
The answer is yes.

So to cover up for her own silly behavior she lashes out at people and I apparantly am not the only one to experiance her unjustified wrath.

I do find it interesting that she, a Budda (that's what Erika told me herself and there is nothing wrong with being a Buddest either), councils me on how to be a Christian and stating that I go to church maybe once a year.  In actuality I am a life long member & my wife is a Deacon in our church and also an active member of the PEO.

Lavish lifestyle?  Erika, I have never owned or even leased a boat or an RV.  My house was built in 1985 and I drive a 2002 Ford Exibition with 170,000 miles on it.  Yes, I play golf but not often enough as my game is a train wreck on a good day but I still  enjoy it I'm sorry as I was not aware of your DUI arrest until late this summer Ericka and you say it happened in October of 2010?  I wonder why I was not made aware of that Erika as you and I still had a contract?  Oh, that was because it was your business, not mine.  The very same as my dealings with my bank were my business, not yours. 
    
And now you accuse me of substance abuse too?  That is so 80's , Erika.  I will be 60 years old soon and what you are talking about would give me a heart attack.  I guess if you hang around enough low lifes long enough you will be told what you want to hear.  Especially if you are buying.

No Erika, I have three daughters that I alone educated post high school after I got divorced from my first wife of 22 years who ended the marraige with all my cash well into the 6 figure range 10 years ago.  I have not yet recovered from that hit and maybe never will.  Divorces and daughters higher educations are very expensive.  Free and clear properties were mortgaged to pay for these expenses and all I can do is work as hard as I can and try and pull myself out of this fiancial choke hold and that is exactly what I am doing one day at a time. 

You have a special needs daughter of your own Erika and you have received a lot of help from the govt. and that is fine as that is what those types of programs are designed for.  However me, being self employed all of my life and paying self employment taxes for almost 40 years have never received a dime from the govt.  Not once have I ever received an unemployment check or any benefit from the govt.

Yes, image is important to me and I am not going to stand by idly and let somebody take shots at my wife or me.   It's when a loose cannon like you comes out of the blue, who nobody knows anything about her history, defaults on a lease agreement, had a substance abuse problem herself and can't even hold a job for 1 year and starts wildly shooting in my direction that I will stand up for myself.   You told me your father was a retired decorated military pilot when we first met.  I am sure he is very proud of you especially after your behavior and perfomance in the last 14 months.    

But to finish on an up note Ericka, congratulations on your recent success with sobriety (no drinking, no smoking, no nothing).   I know it means absolutely nothing to you coming from me but honestly, Ericka, stay the course for yourself, your daughter and the people around you.

Merry Christmas      

 



 

Mr. Jensen:

I am so thrilled that you have found a tenant at C of I who, like I, has paid you on time.  I am also glad that you seem to have pulled this property out of foreclosure and hope that you will manage your personal bills (including the mortgage for this property, which apparently you didn't pay all the while you showed up on our doorsteps asking cash the first day of our five-day grace period) better in the future, without using foreclosure or near-foreclosure as a method of rotating your personal debt.  I can tell by the ostentatious RV, boat, big cars outside your house that personal acquisition - and possibly reputation - is very important to you.  That is why I'm sure you will thank me for helping you walk the straight and narrow path by disclosing any future potential foreclosures before causing consternation (look it up) for your tenants, who most certainly deserve better, no matter what their lot in life. 

And I'm sorry to see 1) that you can't spell epilogue; 2) that you don't spell check what you put something on the internet; and 3) that you are still upset enough at this report that you felt a need to post a rebuttal a full year after the incident occurred, although, to date, you haven't refuted the fact that you made me sign a year-long lease on a foreclosed property.  Regarding my DUI, I sure wish you could get your dates straight.  First off, it's a matter of public record, so I have no personal shame involved especially since I have been really fortunate to be receiving awesome counseling and have been clean and sober for a while now (no smoking, no drinking, no nothing) - talk about a blessing in disguise!  Secondly, I think both you and I know that my DUI, which - gosh, did you not read the date on it - was last October?- was actually A YEAR AGO, even if you are backlogged on the local news.  It also has no bearing on the fact that you are a dishonest businessman who does not feel he owes his tenants any sort of extra consideration in the 'what you need to know' department.  This is what this complaint is really about.  And let's not forget your email to me saying "you'll be sorry lady".  What kind of response is that?  As somebody who has the audacity to go to Church on at least an annual basis, have you ever thought of, "I'm sorry?"...or "Wow, thank goodness that situation didn't end worse than it did?".  Has that occurred to you?  You were the perpetrator, and you got off relatively scot-free, no.  Shouldn't you, as Christian, be counting your blessings and demonstrating humility?

So, while we are on the topic of substance abuse (and I think I can speak on this topic with some authority - it is a problem of epidemic proportions here in Canyon County), I feel a little bit sorry that you chose to bring THIS particular topic up.  This is because, in the months since my episode with you, I have met numerous people in this town, some with connections to Century 21, some not, others with connections to other organizations, who tell me about their similarly underwhelming experiences with you.  In fact, it was even stated to me during one such conversation that your financial troubles, and the reason you feel your rental properties - and the tenants that live in them - are disposable, and treat them as such, is that you have a rather prurient interest in all things powdery.  According to one website:

"*o**i** is a very expensive drug. One of the surest signs of ...use is frequent financial troubles. It is not uncommon for an addict to go through several hundred dollars worth of the drug in a single night. Therefore, *o**i** users are always having money problems...[they]will frequently ask their loved ones for money and be unable to pay it back. "

Wow.  That sounds familiar.  Apparently your image of yourself is less pristine than you imagine it to be.

I don't know how wise it is to be bringing up MY personal stuff, when your stuff is a matter of local knowledge.  So is the fact that you've had to work massive overtime to fund your lifestyle - where you and your wife 'hone [sic] a good game' on the golf course-  and the fact that you asked at least one relative to get you out of hock when the foreclosure happened on Sunset Avenue.  Apparently this is a frequent occurrence.  I would take a personal moral inventory before posting another ill-informed rebuttal here.

I hope you now realize that having rental properties doesn't mean you have no accountability to your tenants, and can drive those properties in to the ground to resolve your rotating debt issues which, of course, are entirely your own.  You affect people's lives this way and that's not ethical.  If this keeps up, if I were you, I'd get help.  Because see, all I did was post a little complaint that comes up on a Google Search...next time you may not get away with just 'one disgruntled customer.' 

I'm, not a betting woman, Jeffrey, but if I were you, I would let this go.  You've apparently resolved the situation, right?  Your tenant is happy? Right?  You might even think twice before doing the same thing to other tenants as you did to myself and my colleague?  Right?  I hope we can put this matter to rest.  Otherwise, you just look like a petty wanker who can't let go of the fact I let you show your a** in public.  I'm sure that's not the case, right?

your friend in Caldwell

Just for the record I still own the property.  I pulled the subject property out of forclosure last December just like I told Ms. Noebel I would however she chose to follow the low road and unjustly slander me on this site.  I should point out that the property is now leased to a College of Idaho (Ericka Noebel's current employer) professor who is thrilled with the property and also happens to pay on time.  

Someday maybe you will realize that people are not out to get you Ericka and that they do the best that they can.  In case you have not noticed but times are very difficult for a lot of people and they are struggling just to get by, me included.    

However speaking of matters of public record maybe I should point out that I did read in the local paper where Ms. Noebel was arrested for a DUI a few months ago.

Happy Halloween.  

I am posting to advise the general public to think twice before doing business with Jeffrey Jensen.  Mr. Jensen works at Golden West Realty of Caldwell, ID.  I do not believe he represents the integrity of other realtors in that office.  I met Mr. Jensen when I moved to Idaho to pursue a new job.  Mr. Jensen had posted an ad for an apartment on Craigslist, and when I met him, I saw several properties he was looking to rent.  He came across as a used care salesman, but I figured since I didn't need a social rapport with this guy, who cares?  I really liked the apartment, too.  After some though, I mailed him a check and signed a year-long lease after I returned to my home state.  I moved up three or more weeks later to find out that this property had been foreclosed.  This was something that was very much 'in the works' by the time I saw the place, and was definitely "final" by the time I signed the lease.  I also paid for two weeks of non-occupancy for which Jensen apparently billed his previous tenant, although he had asked her to leave early.  Jensen knew full well that I would not have moved 1200 miles just to move again, and that, as with all real estate transactions, he had an ethical obligations to disclose adverse material conditions and risks.  He has since told me, and the other duplex tenant, that the imminent foreclosure and auction were non of our business.  He tried to extract rent in advance from us, even though the house is going to auction, even though it's clear is spending the money on something other than the mortgage on that place.  Two days ago, he told us he would be shutting off teh water - and the lady next door has two small children under the age of 10.  That is an unlawful eviction, but Jensen feels it is fair when it comes to this type of business.  His response? It's "economics, pure and simple".  Clearly.  Jeffrey Jensen is out for himself and the almighty buck - he is not concerned with how this affects other people, their families or their livelihoods.  Think twice before doing business with him.
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Mr. Jensen has apparently discovered this report.  I MUST add the caveat that this is just MY experience, and the experience of the lady next door, and the previous tenant and *probably* quite a few people. It is POSSIBLE that Mr. Jensen doesn't always do business like this.  However, people I've spoken with locally are 'not surprised'.  So judge for yourself....this is the email I received today -

Dear __________

I had decided just to let this situation go away because of your ignorance but not now.

Please be advised that I am now seeking legal council [sic] for your most erroneous, slanderous and mean spirited posting on the above mentioned site.

I would suggest you post an immediate 100% retraction of your statements and post an apology to me on this site and any other I find to minimize the damage this is going to cost you.

I am going to seek the maximum amount of damages I am allowed and I promise that you will regret you ever did this.

Trust me Lady this is going to be extremely expensive for you.

Most sincerely,
jsj
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His words, not mine.  Judge for yourself.  I've always been of the mindset that your body of work should speak for itself, rather than threatening your detractors.  Apparently he and I do not agree on this point.

And in response to his comment about being blinded by our ignorant feminine emotions, way to slander half the human race. LOL.  Merry Xmas.

I guess all I can say is consider the source.

Heath n aka Ms. Erika Noebel did sign a one year lease on the property.  She paid a one month damge deposit and a month and 1/2 of rent.  She resided in the property for 2 1/2 months.  She did not pay her last month's rent so she was evicted as per lease agreement.

Yes the property had slipped into foreclosure proceedings.  Properties go into and out of foreclosure proceedings all the time.  Just because they are in the process does not mean they will ultimately be foreclosed upon.  That is the process in which owners have the opportunity to pull it out of foreclosure by making up the payments.

Less than 12 days after she filed this slanderous tirade it was out of foreclosure. Something that I had repeatedly said to her that I would do and did.

As far as the water issue was concerned I did not have the funds to pay the water bill as she had not paid her rent.  I had got an extension from the city to not have the services disconnected but it had run out.

Had she paid the rent instead of signing a lease that she apparently could not afford she put the blame on me.  It is not my job to put a roof over her head as I have my own family to support.

I, as the landlord, was "told" by her not to come onto MY property.  It is a big park like yard and I can not afford having a yard care company so I mow,trim and irrigate it myself.  I was fearfull of false "accusations" which caused me a lot of extra work as I could not properly maintain the subject property for 30 days.  

Her description of me was offensive to the people of the State of Idaho and sales representatives of used automobiles. 

Having lived in this small town all of my life and marketing real estate properties for 37 years full time come January 1st, 2011 I do not have to defend myself against such slander.  You do not stay in business if you even resembled these lies.

The mean spirited nature of this unfortunate unhappy person is really sad as I have seen it time and time again.  When in the wrong, blame somebody else. 

Too bad as I thought she was truly happy where she was at and I went to extra efforts in keeping it attractive.   Just for the record the property on one side was leased sight unseen for 16 months the day it was available.  The other side was rented 3 days after Ms. Noebel vacated by a client of mine who had to vacate her premises on a tough real estate transaction that has gone over a month past closing.  Both of them rented for more money which proves both former tenants had good deals but were blinded by ignorant feminine emotions and very poor advice.