I can't speak about Oishi's treatment of renters, but I can share my experience with trying to get one of their properties. I attended what was described as the first showing of a property. But there was already one woman allowed inside the property before the rest of us entered. I was the first in the group to offer my application (and my wife's) along with the $20 application fee per adult ($40 total). I believed that I had a pretty good chance of getting the property, since I was the first of the group of people attending the first showing to hand over my applications and fees. They said that they would make a decision the following day. The next day, however, I never received a call. Other property management firms had already accepted my offers on more expensive properties. I contacted my references (university, employers, banks, previous housing managers, etc.) and discovered that Oishi had never phoned them to collect information about me. No use trying to call Oishi, because their phone system is automated--you won't reach a live human voice. Given that Oishi never attempted to confirm my financial eligibility, I am left to assume that they knew on the day I gave them my application and $40 that the property was already going to someone else. Yet they accepted my applications and fees anyway. Some business they have going on there.\r
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But after reading the many complaints about Oishi's treatment of tenants, I guess I might have saved myself many future headaches. \r
Pros: Nice property
Cons: Who do they rent to?
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