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Real Property Group LLC

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    • Real Property Group LLC

      2101 Burlington St Columbia, MO 65202-1945

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    • Real Property Group LLC

      11 S Fourth St Columbia, MO 65201

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    Customer Complaints Summary

    • 10 total complaints in the last 3 years.
    • 3 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/29/2025

      Type:Facilities Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      I rent an apartment with my roommate, ****. The issue is negligence. We went through the entire winter without a furnace and without a window which was glued in without a frame. The first time the window fell out on the bed, two maintenance men came and taped it in and the last time it fell out and shattered. They would not come and fix it. We still have the same issues as we did when we moved in and when they came they would half fix it or say it was above their pay grade and leave it. A maintenance man came and asked to plug his equipment in here because he didn&#**;t want the roaches to get in his equipment because he had been working at another apartment across the street that was ***** infested. I was not dressed when they came in and the maintenance man saw me like this and I am disabled. He let himself in but I made it clear I needed to get dressed. He sexually assaulted me and I made a police report. After this, we were getting no help at all. Eventually **** called the apartment to ask for help. The maintenance men didn&#**;t want to send their men to help us and they didn&#**;t want their men to get accused. Eventually they told us that they would fix them if no one was there. I had to sit in my car down the street so that they could fix things. They still did not fix anything. They claim that they sprayed the mold but nothing got fixed. There has been stagnant f**** water in my apartment but they sent a different company to fix it. We told them that we are going to stop paying rent because they were not fixing anything and we have been living here for over half the lease and nothing has been fixed. As soon as we stopped paying rent then immediately things started getting fixed. We asked because things were finally being fixed and asked to make small payments on the bill and they said we would have to pay the full amount in order to stop the eviction. They turned it into an eviction. We have paid on time, every time. Then they said we could make small payments but didn&#**;t tell us if this would make the eviction go away. We still wanted to get the eviction to go away. We do want the repairs to be done.

      Business Response

      Date: 01/29/2025

      We have resolved, and continue to resolve these complaints by the tenant. She accused one of our contractors of ****, which have been dismissed after ****** ** investigation, so we have strict guidelines on entry to their unit. Either two technicians must always be present, or the unit has to be vacant for us to enter. She is frustrated because we have elected to not renew to her for these accusations. We also deemed that we are not a good fit as a property manager in this instance as well. If there is a maintenance deficiency, they must submit the issue through proper channels (submit via our online portal system) and then work with us on scheduling per the previous notes. At this time, we have two open work orders, one with ****** Glass and it is a 3rd party vendor in which they repair items on their schedule, and the other one is low priority issues that are cosmetic, or do not affect habitability of the dwelling.
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/28/2025

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      This company is so unethical it's actually insane to me. They lie and say you need to pay an application fee just for a showing - which another employee told me was not true later on - send vague leases that state things like a "garage", "laundry connections", etc. None of which were applicable to the unit I was trying to secure. Was promised a specific unit that I was able to tour and told that I would be sent the lease so I could move in once the renovations were done. The leasing agent then ghosted me for weeks and when I finally got ahold of someone in the office, they said that the unit had been rented to someone else and there were no notes that it was reserved for me or that a lease was even going to be sent. I get stuck the apartment I am at currently because I was homeless since they didn't keep up their end of our agreement or get me into another unit within a timely manner. During my three years with this company, they have not only raised my rent significantly, but have done so without any updates to my unit - which had marks/dents (even a dirty handprint) all over the walls, trim that was falling off causing sharp & dangerous corners, back door that does not fully close or lock, broken window screens & blinds, carpet torn up, water damage, etc. They deleted/closed out every single maintenance request I put in without talking to me or sending anyone out. I was only able to get some fixes down when I had to argue the rent increase for one of my renewals. I asked for 6 specific fixes in order to renew with this company: fix the leaky tub, new front door lock (it was no longer locking properly, and I had to buy my own because I could not get anybody to get back to me), new air filter, fix the cabinet door, the back door, and clean the vents. Maintenance took three times as long as stated and only half the repairs were made - the tub being the only repair that was done properly. This company is unethical in every aspect of how they operate. They are AWFUL.

      Business Response

      Date: 01/29/2025

      We have completed all of the work orders and addressed all of the maintence issues that have been brought to our attention. In regards to moving ********* into another unit with us, we notified her that we are not willing to rent to her at another unit because her co-applicant was denied and his report also showed that he was living at her unit as an unauthorized tenant. This is a violation of her lease and we are not willing to move her to another unit at this time. If there are any other maintence issues we would be happy to fix them once we recieve a work order.

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:11/25/2024

      Type:Billing Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      Real property group took over the management of a 1 bedroom apartment I previously renewed the lease only because it allowed subleasing. They messed up billing by billing ******** rent for several months unable to correct this on their end in the computer between August to October. My rent is ******. They send threatening emails often over the wrong balance and other issues. Now they have pulled some clause out and technicality that I may need to have a contact attorney to review. They also did short notice entry into the unit I asked to reschedule and they refused. That was at exactly ******************************************************************** August 2025. Also the lower unit at ************************************************** is heated by gas and thermostat on a different floor that is unable to accesses leaving the basement cold. The breaker box blows when supplementary electric heaters are plugged in. It makes in a danger of eruption of water pipes which the property group claimed would be my responsibility because I no longer occupy the unit. Rent is current but I no longer reside there. Automatic payments are set up that they know this and also still send out threatening texts multiple times a week from multiple numbers for three weeks in the month.

      Business Response

      Date: 11/25/2024

      To whom it may concern:

       

      WE did not mess up any billing of rent. She erroneously paid the previous manager despite receiving, emails and letters posted to her unit that we were the new Property manager as of July 15th 2024.

      She did not inform us of this until November, so she was constantly a month behind on rent. 

      She receives eviction threats because she pays on the 21st day of the month. 20 days past the due date of rent. We do not charge her late fees at this time. See attached ledger.

      We offered to let her out of her lease, however her unit condition is extremely poor, so we elected to no longer aid in subleasing her unit as she was not doing anything to improve the condition of the unit. (See attached Photo)

      We provide all of our tenants 24 hours notice at minimum to show their apartment. This is not abnormal. We have an obligation to the owner to get their property rented for the next season as well, and her apartment usually rents up to an entire year in advance.

      Her apartment heat is controlled by the thermostat as she states, however the utilities are landlord paid and not billed back even though her lease stipulates this. Many houses in her neighborhood are this way. It is the "East Campus" rental neighborhood where a majority of the houses have been converted from Houses, to multi family complexes. We did not rent this to her and the previous manager should have disclosed this, and probably did. We have a good working relationship with them.

      Thanks and have a good day!

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:03/29/2024

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      ResolvedMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      I have been renting from RPG since August 2023. Listed below are examples of issues I have had with them and their responses.1. Toured a unit April 2023. Agent that showed it told me they'd replace the carpet with vinyl. The unit address on the lease was different than the I toured. I looked at the other unit's pictures online, saw it had same layout so signed anyways. I assumed the flooring here would be done also along other units, bc there are only 10 units in the lot.When I moved in (August), water heater had been broken/leaked everywhere, dryer was disconnected, unit was dirty, and obviously had foundation issues (wall/ceiling cracks, unlevel, doors not closing) unlike the one I toured. There were clothes in the dryer and dozens of socks stuffed b/t the dryer and wall. Response: Water heater was replaced next day. Dryer took a month. Cleaned unit myself so I could settle in. I was asked in November to renew. I mentioned the "unit mix-up" and they apologized for the "difficulties" and "mishap" and suggested moving to a "unit I desire."2. ****** backed up on a Friday night. Tried plunging for hours, a drain snake, baking soda/vinegar, scooping toilet water to the tub, nothing worked. Submitted maintenance order. Had to go to ***** Hospital to go all weekend.Response: Called Tyler on his cell I found on the internet on Saturday night bc the emergency maintenance line was answered by a 3rd party bc it was the weekend. Tyler said it was not an emergency so they would fix it Monday.3. Heard vibrating sound behind outlet in wall on a Friday night (my luck). I knew this could cause a fire. I knew RPG wouldn't respond so I called an electrician because it was emergent. They called Tyler bc they needed approval because I am a tenant. Response: Tyler said to submit maint. order. Electrician could not do more, I understood. RPG did not respond til Monday, despite this was a life-threatening emergency. Thankfully the vibrating stopped and there was no fire.

      Business Response

      Date: 04/11/2024

      We have executed a lease termination with the tenant to allow her out of the lease. Thanks. 

      Customer Answer

      Date: 04/11/2024

      Better Business Bureau:

      I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me, as long as RPG agrees to refund my whole deposit given the condition of cleanliness of the unit at my move-out will be better than the condition upon move-in. I have also invested my own money into repairs/replacements (cracked toilet seat, stove drip pans that did not fit, flapper in toilet tank getting stuck on its own) because I did not want to bother with maintenance orders given my experiences. I expect no blame for the solidified sugar spills in the cabinets, small hole in the tub, crack in living room ceiling fixture, as these were all there upon move in. I did not **** these on the move-in condition checklist because I did not realize these until after I submitted the checklist. 

      Sincerely,

      ***********************************
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:02/20/2024

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      ResolvedMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      They won&#**;t fix my fridge. It stated last week on Thursday. I had to move everything to coolers. They would not take it as an emergency. They did not come out, because they did not deem it as an emergency. The maintenance person said the freezer was too crowded and that is why the fridge will not cool. I cleaned out the freezer, and it is basically empty. They fridge is still not cold. They are not easy to get a hold of them. I realize they do not want to purchase a new fridge, but fix this one.

      Business Response

      Date: 03/04/2024

      A work order was submitted the day after this complaint was submitted to replace the fridge, and that was completed. Thanks.  

      Customer Answer

      Date: 03/04/2024

      Better Business Bureau:

      I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.

      Sincerely,

      ***************************
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:04/06/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      From the beginning we were told we would be able to stay in the rental house until our house was rebuilt. (We had a house fire in October). When our house burned down in October, we were so grateful for the opportunity to continue to live on our street. At that time, we spoke to both the employees and the house owner about the option to lease for six months and then go month to month until the house was complete. (We in no way thought that the house would be completed in six months, and said as such at the time of lease). The entire company was so amicable and willing to work with us that we didn't give it a second thought when we did not receive follow up paperwork after texting confirmation of our intent to stay - it was our understanding that we were still on the same page. We were then informed that the house we are in has been rented starting in June which completely blindsided us, as it goes against every previous conversation we ever had with the company. When we asked about it, they said it was a done deal and that we did not respond to their inquiries. However on Jan 16 we did indeed respond in a text stating that we planned to lease until atleast august when our house was finished. When we asked for a list of the communication attempts that they had supposedly made, they refused. We did not receive the multiple calls texts and emails they claim. We want to stay in the house until our home has been rebuilt and not but our daughter through another move. She has already had to move 3 times since the fire and it’s been very hard on her as a three year old.

      Business Response

      Date: 04/07/2023

      Good Morning ****** 


      First off, I am genuinely sorry for this situation. I understand that you guys have been through alot recently and this is not helping that. But because we did not have a signed renewal or anything in writing we signed a new lease on the property I am not able to allow you to renew or stay there past your current lease end date. 


      However, I am willing to do as much as we can to get this worked out for you with the least amount of disruption for you and your family. 


      I have one 3 bedroom 2 Bath private apartment that would be available right after your current lease expires. this unit would provide the flexibility of keeping you in a place until your house is complete. if you would like to take a look at it please let me know and I can get something scheduled whenever works for you.




      Please let me know your thoughts and feel free to send me any additional questions you might have.


      Thank you!

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:03/09/2023

      Type:Service or Repair Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      This has been the worst rental experience ive ever had. First and foremost when i moved in everything was OLD & outdated in the home. There was no carpet strips anywhere, the plugs had loose covers. No biggie, everything WORKED at the time and that was fine. But in my kitchen under my sink, the wood was chipped and had big holes in it . My apartment had MICE due to this. When i called about the mice they told me to just get some mice traps. I have kids my son was terrified to even be in his room after he seen a mice run through. I called about it and they didn’t care they told me to get some mouse traps. I already had them EVERYWHERE!! My water heater in there was corroded, and old. We had to take a shower for like 2 minutes before it got cold and had to wait a long time for somebody else to be able to get in it. I called they came and checked and said it got hot . I explained to them that it gets hot for literally a couple minutes. Next. The dish water in the unit didn’t work, when i would use it water would run all over the floor and as it was running i would literally smell like poop. I stopped using it . My stove top is sooo old the irons barely work . There’s been times i am trying to cook and my food won’t cook because the iron won’t get hot. I put in a maintence request and they replaced the dishwasher but only put one new iron on the stove top when all 4 barely work. The oven takes like 2 hours to cook something that should only take 45 mins. They charged me 110$ for putting a maintence request in for something that works like they cook in the house or something. And on to my refrigerator. It just went out. Not cold at all, not even a little bit. Everything is spoiling in it as I’m typing . Just bought milk, it’s old. Everything that I’ve spent my money on to eat, i literally have to throw out. Like this is the worst experience ever.

      Business Response

      Date: 03/10/2023

      Our maintenance technician has been in this residence 3 times for the same issue. We fixed the stove a first time, ate the cost of checking it a second time, and the third complaint we issued a charge for as the owner of the property is not paying for her to not like her stove anymore. The stove works perfectly fine, its just an older model. The oven reaches the desired temp and this has been tested by both our maintenance team and Columbia Appliance. We replaced the dishwasher, and the hot water heater even after confirming that the heating elements worked. 

       

      The tenant submitted a work order for the fridge last night and we are acting accordingly with it today. 

      Customer Answer

      Date: 03/10/2023

      Complaint: ********

      I am rejecting this response because:
      You all came out the first time just to Look!!! Y’all did nothing to the stove y’all came and replaced one iron on it and that is it . You’re telling the one who cooks on it how it works . Please make that make sense . In the middle of cooking most days the heat of the iron GOES away!!  Does not cook my food properly most days. I don’t care about how it looks as long as i can cook for my child. When y’all come and cook in this apartment then y’all can tell me it’s working fine but until then you can not. The stove is like made in the 90s, early 2000z of course it’s gonna go out at some point.  Also, the i know for a fact my water wasn’t staying cold for more than 2-3 mins my children was complaining. Like i said we had to wait like 30 minutes in between showers . Just to take a shower for less than 5 minutes before it gets cold again. This is crazy that yaw think this is acceptable, seriously . And it’s sad how y’all treat y’all customers people who pay y’all to live in y’all property . My refrigerator is spoiling everything it , i had to throw everything out. I pay for food with CASH. so what about that? Y’all marked it completed on the portal, but haven’t completed anything. 


      Sincerely,

      **** *****
    • Initial Complaint

      Date:01/09/2023

      Type:Customer Service Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      They refused to terminate my lease asked me to pay in full. I told them i can't but i can make monthly payment. They refused to list the unit for rent and on top of that they told prospective future tenants that the unit is not available. When i asked them to fix that on their website they told me they dont have to do it. Theyre doing me a favor by even listing it on there after my lease is over. I told them i will not pay until you guys properly list it. Instead of moving thr date to feb 2023 they moved it up to aug 2023. This is unreasonable burden on renters this company has done nothing but screwed with people.

      Business Response

      Date: 01/10/2023

      The subject tenant indicated that he wanted to end his lease early, or sublease his unit. We told him that he was welcome to find another prospective tenant and as long as they're qualified through our application process, we would be more than happy to let another tenant take over the lease. Or if we were to find a prospective tenant that would relieve his obligations, we would make that happen. Yes, we did tell him that it was not our responsibility, to help him fulfill his legally binding contract, and that it's his responsibility to fulfill said contract, until something else transpires. As BBB knows, we don't scam people out of money, but we do however, fulfill our fiduciary duties to the owners that we represent in which a tenant signed a legally binding contract on an asset that we manage, it's that simple. Luckily, our team has a list of prospective tenants for that specific property, so we will most likely be able to lease the property and let him out of the obligations that they signed up for. If we're able to find a tenant that will help, we will, but to be honest, I'm not real inclined to do so after they have been submitting poor reviews about us all over the internet. Typically, when you want help from someone, it's not a good idea to make it more difficult for them to help you. At any rate, we DO have a financial obligation to the owner of the property. If you'd like to have an adult conversation about the situation AGAIN, please let us know. Otherwise, we would suggest you let us do our job and try and help you the best we can. 

      Customer Answer

      Date: 01/10/2023

      Complaint: ********

      I am rejecting this response because:

      1. I have found several prospective tenants, but they're told it's unavailable for rent. As I type this response, I have another potential tenant asking me if there's a way i could expedite his application. 
      2. You still have the property listed as available in August 2023. And telling people, it is not available is not helping your case.
      3. As BBB should know, these people might not scam people out of their money, but they're sure to finesse themselves into unethical practices, as mentioned above. 
      4. Bigger question is if BBB is aware of these unethical practices, where they want to pretend they're helping someone. Is BBB aware of such practices and not condone them?
      5. I have asked them several times to change the date on their website to February and they continue to ignore me. Also, telling people, it is not available is atrocious.
      6. Threats, threats and more threats this is all they been doing. Let us do our job, or it won't be good for you, talking to anyone about this won't help your case etc. Their goal is to make me pay and not have to do their job. How do these people sleep at night?
      7. I haven't posted reviews yet, but trust me, when i do post one (or several) it will be not good for business. if you don't get your act together ie. offer the unit, change the date and stop turning people down by telling them its not available. 

      Sincerely,

      ***** ********

      Business Response

      Date: 01/16/2023

      I'm still not sure how you'd like us to respond. There is nothing unethical happening here. We are under NO obligation to advertise the unit for rent, when you have a current lease on it. As we told you, we would help you, but again, we under NO obligation to do so legally, so I'm not sure why you think what we're doing is unethical. If you have prospective tenants who want to sub lease, or re-lease, send them over. We just ran an application on someone we had interested, but they're credit wasn't favorable. If someone was told that the unit isn't available, then it was by mistake, by the front desk, who wasn't aware of the situation.  

      No one is threatening you. Again, this is a simple legally binding contract. You want out of it, which is fine, but sometimes that takes some time to secure a new tenant, even though we are under no obligation to do so. If I were you, I would start advertising the unit trying to secure someone for us to qualify. It's as simple as that. 

      We did have some more applications come in for ***** ****** this weekend so we will check those out and see what's what. 

       

      Customer Answer

      Date: 01/20/2023

      Better Business Bureau:

      I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution is satisfactory to me.

      unethical is telling people its not available and not changing date on your website. This shouldn't have escalated to legal issue or involve BBB, but due to poor customer service it has been an issue. As the liason between the owners and tenants you should have excellent customer service skills, instead what i got was "no we won't help you nor will we change the date".

      The statement "no obligation to find another tenant" Please say that to your owners see if they feel confident enough to let *** manage their properties.
      It is no obligation, but it is part of your job to facilitate the unit for rent; not make excuses.

      Once again, all this could have been avoided if you had better skills in handling customers. I have lived around the world as a military member and never had this issue. It is shame that it took BBB complaint to get to do your job.

      Sincerely,

      ***** ********

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:08/15/2022

      Type:Billing Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

      Resolved:
      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
      Unpursuable:
      BBB is unable to locate the business.
      My ** yo son joined a fraternity that rents their “house” from RPG. He was told to set up account on their portal to have automatic rent pay set up for his $550 monthly rent. With my permission he used my checking acct. in the portal it asked “pay your full amount” I told him to say yes because you have to pay full amount-usually not option not to! Well unbeknownst to me the ENTIRE rent for whole house of $5600~ plus the ENTIRE move in fee of $1720. We realized our error immediately and called RPG and spoke with lady there who instructed us how to change amount on the portal and not to worry about it! Also told if it went thru and we “bounced” any purchases to let her know and they would reimburse us. This was on Aug 2nd 2022. On Aug 11 I was in my online banking and noticed above charges. I called but no one answered so left msg for someone to please call me back. Around 2pm Aug 12 still no call from them so I reached out and explained problem. I was transferred to accounting he told me there was nothing he could do as he wasn’t allowed to reimburse *** charges thru portal and it was our fault not his- he laughed about it saying how dumb my son was! Refused to send me check because funds hadn’t cleared yet which was as false- it had been 10 days and my bank confirmed was cleared- he didn’t even check. Said take it up with your bank then. Also put me on speaker phone so rest of office could listen in- they too were laughing loudly at my unfortunate dilemma. He then changed story and said he couldn’t reimburse me til 10 other renters on the lease have paid. Problem is they haven’t been able to pay because the portal says it’s been paid! So now I’m out 7300k from my checking acct. I’ve contacted bank to start dispute but that can take weeks and I’m not guaranteed they will refund me. This is horrible situation and they refuse to help rectify it. No empathy and think it’s funny. Very unprofessional

      Business Response

      Date: 08/16/2022

      Hi There,

       

      Unfortunately, we don't have any control over tenants, and their respective portals, in which they pay rent. The tenant, or their mother, acccidentaly checked the "pay full amount," rather than "pay monthly amount." Upon doing so, the third party system pulled their full lease amount our of their bank account, rather than the monthly rent. Again, we don't control any of that for legal purposes as it's all handled between the tenants, and our third party payment processing software. When she called to discuss, we informed her that we physically couldn't refund her money, as we don't have the funds, as it has to go through a third party and that once we had the funds, we would be happy to do so. We also instructed her, if she would like to expedite the refund process, she could dispute the charge with her bank. After the conversation, we realized that her son's account was actually on a joint lease and realized that their account wasn't actually paid in full yet, and that we wouldn't refund the funds until her son's roomates paid their portion of their rent, which is company policy. I realize that this is frustrating for her, and we don't apologize, but we're happy to get everything refunded to her as soon as the account comes up to date. 

    • Initial Complaint

      Date:06/08/2022

      Type:Product Issues
      Status:
      AnsweredMore info

      Complaint statuses

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      The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
      Unresolved:
      The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
      Answered:
      The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
      Unanswered:
      The business failed to respond to the dispute.
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      My husband and I moved out of a home rented through Real Property Group and have not received our deposit. Our lease ended on May 1st, 2022. We cleaned the home, returned the keys, and did a walk through with ***** from Real Property Group on April 26, 2022. My husband wrote our forwarding address on the paperwork for *****. My husband was told, by ***** on April 26th, that we would receive an email with itemized deductions and that was also never sent. We were told they had 30 days from May 1st to return our deposit. On June 2nd, we called Real Property Group asking why we had not received our deposit. We were told that we did not leave a forwarding address. We again, left an address with Amber. No check was received. Again, we called Monday, June 6 because we had not received anything in the mail. We spoke with Amber again, in which she stated the accountant mailed our deposit on Friday, June 3rd. Today is Wednesday, June 8th and we have still not received our deposit. This has caused many financial issues and hardships for our family. It has been over a month! Our contract states the landlords have 30 days to return a deposit and itemized list of adjustments.

      Business Response

      Date: 06/14/2022

      To Whom It May Concern,

       

      I'm not sure what the mix up was but we mailed the security deposit check on May 24th, 2022 for the aforementioned tenants and property. Since learning of the discrepancy, we have since cancelled the check and reissued. The tenants have since picked up the security deposit check at our office.  

       

      If you need anything else, please let us know. 

       

      Thanks,

       

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