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Complaint Review: liberty property management - modesto California
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liberty property management
1120 scenic dr modesto, 95350 California, USA
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libertypropertymanagement.com
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liberty property management scammed me out of $260.00 Scam Stole Money Phone Consideration Fees modesto California
This company offered me an apartment for a stated rent of $515.00. They asked me for half the first months rent to hold the property. I drove an hour to their office at which time they told me the rent was $595.00 because an extra eighty dollars would be added to the rent every month for water sewer and garbage. I tenatively agreed and made an appointment to sign a lease at a later date. Upon reviewing my finances I realized I could not afford the extra eighty dollars a month in rent so I called them THAT SAME DAY and cancelled the deal. The next morning they asked me for the cancellation in writing via email which I complied with. Later I got a call from them telling me that the $260.00 I had given them to hold the property would not be refunded. They told me that this was because they had incured money damages from taking the property off the market. I had cancelled the deal the same day so there's no way they incurred any money damages from taking the property off the market.
The girl I was talking to on the phone about it transfered me to an automated system that went nowhere and when I tried repeatedly to call her back, she picked up the phone and immediately hung up every time. I later got in touch with a manager who told me that they had started inspections and other things on the property as soon as they had taken it off the market which cost them money. I find it hard to believe that that happened between 4pm wednesday(an hour from their closing time) when I gave them the money and 7 am thursday, the next day when they got my message cancelling the deal and called me about it.
I read an account onine about someone else they did this to. They told that person it would cost their $600.00 consideration fee to re-advertise the property. I found this property on craigslist.com which is free to advertise on and I highly doubt they are spending hundreds of dollars to advertise single apartments. In any case I'm persuing the matter in court so whatever money damages they say they've sustained which justify them keeping my money will have to be proven. The truth is they are lying about the money damages and keeping my money for nothing which is FRAUD.
Renters just beware of this company. Read the yelp reviews which are horrible and plentiful. This is really not a good company to work with. Apperantly they make it extremely difficult for people to get their deposits back, don't do needed repairs and a host of other extremely unprofessional things. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY unless you are signing a lease because they will keep it no matter what you do. STEAR CLEAR.
