Complaint Review: Five Diamond - Eduardo Blanco - Miami Florida

Unfortunately anyone can make a claim on ripoff report, even people who are not our clients and have no merit with their claims.

Bottom Line:

If this claimant's claims had any merit, there would be significant legal and civil repercussions for our company.  We encourage the complainant to file the complaint with the state at, Florida Real Estate http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/re/complaint.html

In addition, a complaint can be filed with the board of Realtors, for violation of ethics.

http://www.miamire.com/miami-membership/ethics/complaint

Both of these entities govern our actions as a real estate brokerage.   FREC would likely revoke our license for such activity, if the claimant could provide any evidence to support this defamation of our reputation.

3rd option, the claimant should call the police and press charged for criminal activities against us.  If the claims are accurate, we can be charged with theft, breaking and entering, and more.

This is a false claim:

"...responsible for the security of my residence while under their management. My residence was ransacked, with over $10,000.00 in theft of personal property, and extensive damage to the dwelling, that occurred while in the care, custody & control...."

Truth:

We does not engage in rental management agreements with owners.   We did not represent this claimant is any way. We request that the claimant provide proof of any agreement with us to support such a claim.

Another False Claim:

" This company allowed an eviction to proceed, without any notice whatsoever to the residential occupant, and did enable a break-in of the residence in order to remove property, incurring significant damage to said personal property.  Irreparable damage occurred to the personal property that was removed from the residence in addition to the theft of property."

Truth:

We did not allow the eviction.  We are present when an eviction takes place.  The Sheriff's Office is the department responsible for carrying out the eviction.  The eviction was carried out in a manner prescribed by the law including all legal notices.  The Sheriff is carrying out the order of the court.  We do not file evictions. All of the evictions are handled by our bank client attorney’s offices.  

Background to the story:

We do not have the address of the property, so we are not exactly sure which property this is regarding.  We believe that claim was made by an occupant of a home that was foreclosed on.  After a foreclosure is completed the foreclosing party is still required to legally take possession of the home.  There are only two ways of legally accomplish legal possession with the occupants.  One option is voluntary moving, usually involving an agreement and an incentive for the occupant, "cash for keys' or "relocation assistance”.  The other option is "writ of possession", provided by the courts through a legal filing of an eviction.  Most occupants are proactive and take the option for “cash for keys” and voluntarily move.  In some rare cases, the occupant ignores the attempts to communicate, ignores all of the legal filings and notices provided by the court and the eviction is inevitable. If and eviction occurs and personal property is found in the home at the time of the eviction, the law requires that the items be moved to the front of the home.  Foreclosure and evictions are highly unfortunate outcomes.  There are many alternatives to foreclosure and eviction.  We do our part to information and education on avoiding foreclosure and evictions.

We are compassionate about the financial impact the foreclosures and evictions have on families.  We care about our industry, homeowner rights, homeownership, tenant rights and the communities we serve.  The broker and founder of 5 Diamond has held leadership positions at the Miami Association of Realtors.  He also led the formation of the South Florida chapter of the NAHREP (National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professional).  

NAHREP's Mission is to advance sustainable Hispanic homeownership. NAHREP accomplishes its mission by:

• Educating and empowering the real estate professionals who serve Hispanic home buyers & sellers
• Advocating for public policy that supports the trade association's mission
• Facilitating relationships among industry stakeholders, real estate practitioners and other housing industry professionals