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    Business ProfileforLocal Home Buyers, Inc

    Real Estate Investing
    BBB accredited business

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 8 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    8 complaints closed in last 3 years

    0 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 11/22/2019

    Years in Business: 8

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    Overview of BBB Rating

    Business Details

    Location of This Business
    229 Eastside Sq, Huntsville, AL 35801-8833
    BBB File Opened:
    7/12/2018
    Years in Business:
    8
    Business Started:
    12/17/2015
    Business Started Locally:
    6/26/2018
    Business Incorporated:
    12/17/2015
    Accredited Since:
    11/22/2019
    Type of Entity:
    Corporation
    Business Management
    • Mr. Austin Cole, President/Owner
    Contact Information

    Principal

    • Mr. Austin Cole, President/Owner

    Customer Contact

    • Ms. Victoria Cole, Agent
    • Mr. Austin Cole, President/Owner
    • Mr. Stan McDonald, Attorney
    • Cigi Thompson, Attorney
    • Mr. A J Cole
    Additional Contact Information

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    Customer Complaints

    8 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    11/21/2022

    Complaint Type:
    Order Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    On February 15th, 2022 I signed a DocuSign agreement emailed to me to sell my house to ************* of Local Home Buyers in **********, ** for $150,000. The following day I requested an advance of $1000 if he'd agree to subtract it from the price at closing because of the financial situationI was in at the time, he obliged. This was the day he actually came to see the house in person for the first time. After returning to my home that afternoon with a check cut for $1000, ** would only agree to hand it over if I let him void our initial contract of 150k and agree to a sale price of $140,000.I reached out to AJ the day before asking if he was interested in the property. He asked what I'm looking to get out of it and I replied $150,000. He exact reply was "seems fair." He requested I send pictures, so I sent roughly 15. ** liked what he saw (without very having stepped foot in the home or on the property) and agreed on the price. Then at 3:05pm on February 15th (that same day,) I was emailed the contract for a sell price of $150,000. I logged into DocuSign and signed the contract.That Thursday, the following day, ************* dangled a $1000 check in front of my face, took advantage of my desperation at the time, and essentially loan-sharked me a 1k advance under the condition I owe him 9k, due immediately. His reasons were after looking at the house it needed a bit more work then he initially realized. However, he made the mistake of agreeing to a sale of a home based solely off of pictures, which he responded positively too, therefore agreeing to the $150,000 sale price.
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    Customer Reviews

    8 Customer Reviews

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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Phree P

    1 star

    04/03/2024

    I have gotten up to 10 phone calls every day, sometimes back to back, on my landline fax and cell phones from different phone numbers of someone saying they want to buy my house. Sometimes the only information they will give is their first name and saying they work for local investors. When I ask who they are attempting to reach they can't give me a name. They have also asked about property that I have no association with it or the person that owns it. These callers don't seem to know or care about the h robocalls made without my consent, and without me contacting or doing business with them in the last 18 months is in violation of TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) .

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