Advantage Plus Inc Property Management

I'm shocked they are still in business. They do not pay their maintenance people, so if something goes wrong with your rental, it will take them forever to get it fixed. I went a week straight without electricity in half my apartment. Circuits were being blown constantly. It was a duplex, so both me and my neighbor were complaining constantly. Instead of fixing the problem, I received constant harassing calls from Mary's secretary telling me I needed to use less electricity. I worked 60 hour weeks and when I was at home I would sit in the dark with only a TV on to avoid blowing circuits. We went over 30 days total without hot water. Both me and my roommates cars could be parked in the drive way before we signed the lease. After, they told me they made a mistake and I would need to park somewhere else. There was no street parking. Every time I thought I have worked out a solution with them, I would randomly get a call from them telling me I need to move my car or get towed, like we had never spoken to them before. Mary puts in a lot of effort to not do her job. I only called when I needed electricity and hot water. They were calling me constantly demanding that we use less electricity (I was already using very little) or that they were going to tow my car when my lease said nothing about the number of cars we could or could not have (they confirmed several times that two cars were fine before signing the lease) or how much electricity we could use. My experience with this company was a nightmare. The homeowner switcher management companies after we moved out. more

Everyone warned me not to rent from her. Better Business Bureau has given her an F. I only saw the landlady twice, when we viewed the apartment & when I signed the lease; very difficult to get a response to my phone, email, or text communications. In newspaper because of a lawsuit against her by multiple tenants for substandard living conditions. City officials recognized her name, never had anything positive to say. Only one open parking space allowed; substandard covered parking spaces must be rented for $50 per month. Every repair visit required a $100 payment from the tenant. The water pressure was very low, never improved despite my noting it in the walk-through forms & emailing the landlady about it. There was a gap in the floor between the toilet & the sink when I moved in that never got repaired despite my communication about it. The outdoor garbage bins filled up quickly, often overflowed, and garbage pickup sometimes didn't happen. Update March 2018: contacted lawyer bc landlady violated the Illinois Security Deposit Return Act. He attempted to discuss situation with her but she deflected, delayed, ignored him. Lawsuit to follow. Update Nov 2018: lawsuit filed. Efforts to serve subpoena resulted in info like "known avoider", "can't be reached", "won't answer the door", etc. Update Dec 2018: won lawsuit against this person. more