I had a similar experience that Niknik916 had. \r
I got a weird feeling when i was being asked to put down large amounts of money with no information, and all the agents that were helping me were college students that didn't know anything. \r
I was also told that the apartment was ""no fee"" but i was asked to pay 1st and last month plus security, which i later found was wrong. (i was actually paying 1st and security/last month to the landlord, and paying a 1month broker fee). They kept asking for me to have a guarantor, so my parents were going to do it.\r
However, they would not relinquish a copy of the lease for my parents to look over before signing. this totally sketched me out, because only an idiot will sign a lease without reading it and a guarantor is essentially signing the lease for you and are holding themselves accountable for any deviation from the terms of the lease. we were getting threatening messages telling us that they HAD to sign it that day or forget the apartment. we ended up finding another apartment with a different branch of rapid realty and the apartment wasnt as great (its a 5 floor walk-up!!!) but we were able to see the damn lease. \r
But...i was working with Kristin Halla and Anthony Holder and i thought they were great...until i got the apartment. i had asked about 20 times to see a copy of the damn lease for my records, and i was told i would get one. after asking about 20 or so times i was sent a copy, but it was missing 2 of the most important pages!!! so as i am typing this i am still completely pissed off that i can't get a copy of the lease and they are ignoring my emails, that i am getting my sister who is a lawyer involved while i still have evidence in the emails that i have been asking with no response. i have also be reporting rapid realty to the better business bureau because they are swindling people out of hard earned money, and anthony holder, kristin holla, and monique, you guys just better watch out because you will more than likely be unemployed soon...\r
(i also put 1 star because i had to, it i could put negative stars i would!!!)
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