My fiance and I just walked away from a rental situation with APM and after reading these reviews and the ones on Judy's Book, I'm very relieved that I did not move forward
We expressed interest in a house and an agent responed quickly. We felt the place needed a thorough cleaning and when another interested party was ready to move faster, we were dropped. Fair enough. We asked the agent repeatedly for an update, just a simple "it's been rented" response would have been nice. Only weeks later when the other party didn't utlimately work out did he respond. This should have been red flag #1.
The minute we said let's do this and committed to our current landlord that we were moving out (i.e. they knew we were on the hook), our level of service dropped considerably. Our agent promised many things...carpets cleaned, walls painted, house cleaning, etc. He then set up a meeting at the houe where we were to hand over our deposit. Not only did he have a different agent come (who knew nothing of his promises), little that had been promised was complete. I get that people have days off but he didn't even let us know we'd be meeting with someone else. Red flag #2.
Now for the kicker. APM asked for and took a deposit check from us with 1) NO set rental agreement 2) NO walk-thru documenting the condiitions of the property and 3) mysteriously couldn't provide a receipt. THIS IS ILLEGAL. Shame on us for handing it over!! I immediately felt a pit in my stomach, came home and researched the landlord-tenant law book and realized thier questionable business practice. Thankfully I put a stop payment on the check.
I fear that had APM deposited my money, none of their promises would have been met upon move-in day and we would have been stuck. If you are going to rent from them, be sure you move cau
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