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Complaint Review: Mid-Central Realty Scott Mende - Madison Lake Minnesota
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Mid-Central Realty Scott Mende
PO Box 355 Madison Lake, 56063 Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Mid-Central Realty - Scott Mende Bad rental business practices fraud
We rented an apartment from Mid-Central Realty based in Madison Lake, Mn. Two days after we moved in everyone in the building were served with eviction notices from the county because the owners of the building have not paid their taxes since 1997.
When I approached the company to find out if this was going to be taken care of they said that they already paid their taxes and everything was ok. I contacted the land records office for Blue Earth County and they informed me that the taxes were not paid. The building was inspected 3 times in the last 3 years and the owners have not fixed anything on the inspectors list of items to be repaired or updated. We have also tried to get a copy of our lease 5 different times and still do not have it.
The building is infested with cockroaches and the owners distributed toxic roach killer to the tenants to spread out in their apts to take care of the problem, which is not what the inspector had instructed them to do. They pose a very dangerous health risk to everyone in the building by doing this.
The state will be taking the property in the end of June 2001 and don't know what they are going to do with the building as of yet. The garage is filled with old appliances, garbage, furniture and other hazardous materials, not to mention the roof is in very poor condition and is dangerous to anyone that may enter it. My wife and I have two small children and do not feel safe in the apt rented to us. We put everything money and time wise into moving from Minneapolis to St Clair where this apt is located and now will probably have to move again because the owners are not responding to any of the warnings they have been given from the city inspector or the county.
This company also sells houses, so if you are looking for a place to live and the name Mid-Central Realty or Scott Mende are associated with it, start looking somewhere else.
When I approached the company to find out if this was going to be taken care of they said that they already paid their taxes and everything was ok. I contacted the land records office for Blue Earth County and they informed me that the taxes were not paid. The building was inspected 3 times in the last 3 years and the owners have not fixed anything on the inspectors list of items to be repaired or updated. We have also tried to get a copy of our lease 5 different times and still do not have it.
The building is infested with cockroaches and the owners distributed toxic roach killer to the tenants to spread out in their apts to take care of the problem, which is not what the inspector had instructed them to do. They pose a very dangerous health risk to everyone in the building by doing this.
The state will be taking the property in the end of June 2001 and don't know what they are going to do with the building as of yet. The garage is filled with old appliances, garbage, furniture and other hazardous materials, not to mention the roof is in very poor condition and is dangerous to anyone that may enter it. My wife and I have two small children and do not feel safe in the apt rented to us. We put everything money and time wise into moving from Minneapolis to St Clair where this apt is located and now will probably have to move again because the owners are not responding to any of the warnings they have been given from the city inspector or the county.
This company also sells houses, so if you are looking for a place to live and the name Mid-Central Realty or Scott Mende are associated with it, start looking somewhere else.
1 Updates & Rebuttals
Scott
MADISON LAKE,Minnesota,
U.S.A.
The facts concerning this complaint
#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, September 28, 2006
1. The county does not serve eviction notices when there are back taxes. 2. The back taxes on this building were paid and in no way put the tenants in jeopardy. The building was never lost for taxes. 3. Inspections on rental building are done in many cases on a yearly basis and follow up is done to make sure the repairs are completed. 4. We employ a rental manager. She gives everyone a copy of their lease when they sign it. She always will make a copy of the lease upon request. However, the tenant must pick it up. 5. Any building can have bugs of all kinds brought in when tenants move in. They must be treated with poison to kill them. An exterminator recommended the roach killer and it was safe for humans. The housing inspector is not an exterminator. 6. The building was not taken back June 2001. Why would the County not know what they are going to do with the building. The County knows exactly what they do with buildings they get back. They sell them. 7. The garage area is locked and is strictly for owner storage. The tenants should absolutely never be in the garage area. 8. The building roof was in good condition and never leaked into the apartments. The garage roof was the only roof in need of some repair, which should have no effect on the tenants, unless they somehow accessed a locked area without permission. 9. We have been in the real estate and rental business 26 years in a small town of 800 people. Until recently I was unaware of this site, so my response is not timely. 10. The last facts: In a small town you do not stay in business 26 years if you are not honest and take care of your business. In 20+ years in the rental business, you can never please some of the tenants and normally that is the tenant not paying rent, breaking into areas they are not suppose to be, looking for any reason to complain about things that have no effect on them, etc.
