Complaint Review: Remax/Team Athey Suzanne Sarah Athey BAD REALTORS - Richardson Texas

Yes, i agree with the tenant above. This happened to me today and they kept my deposit. I broke my lease and was fully aware of all the penalties and fines and was fine with them. they kept the rest and made up excuses to keep all of my deposit and half of a months rent on top of that. I still to this day have never been able to contact either mother or daughter. Very frustrating bc when i left my house is was spotless. SPOTLESS. I am going to have to take this into small claims court.

The bottom line is, is that they can pretty much make up anything to keep your deposit. So please beware to any readers out there and careful. I think attorneys should be the only people to rent or buy from them.

I would like to respond to the report left on this web site by an upset previous tenant. In reporting a rebuttal, I am not attesting that the report left by the previous tenant is valid. The tenant that left this report was sued by a court of law on grounds of damaging a property beyond the amount of her security deposit. We sued the tenant for additional money to cover damages. She then countersued in an attempt to recover her deposit money. Needless to say, the judge ruled that the tenant had no basis for the countersuit and awarded our company the judgement. This report was written the day she lost the lawsuit. I am in the property management business, so I am certainly not going to make everyone happy. Especially the ones that I pursue for damages for my owners. For every upset tenant, there are 88 other tenants that I manage with happy stories to tell. If not, then our team wouldn't have been in this business for over 20 years. If you were the owner of this property, then I am sure you would have expected me to do my job and pursue a tenant that had so badly damaged your home. Sometimes that comes at a cost of unhappiness and spite from the tenant. I would be very happy to show any owner, tenant, or potential client the facts of this case. We highly documented it with e-mails, pictures, and invoices. It was extremely clear cut and the judge agreed. This tenant has yet to pay us for the damages, and I am not sure she will considering she is so full of revenge. The judgement will stand for 10 years against her and then will be renewed until that payment is made. I would think that being a teacher she would have a little bit more respect for herself and swallow her pride that she did severe damage to the home. I know that if this were her rental property, she would have pursued the same path with the tenant. Its just that at this time, she is on the wrong side of the fence, and doesn't understand what its like to have your home destroyed by a negligent tenant. I think the maturity level of the tenant that posted this report really does show from her message. There has to be a point where you just let go and accept that you lost the fight. The judge saw that she lost the fight, and I think it is time that she did as well. In order to protect the integrity of our business, we will pursue additional damages against this tenant for slander against our company if a revision is not written on all websites that she posted from within 5 days. If the website allows for removal, then we will expect that to occur as well. This tenant will be hearing from our real estate attorney, Daniel Paz with Higier Lautin and Associates. Sarah Athey