I rented an apartment from JMH for a year. I rented the apartment simply to have a place near work. I didn't furnish the apartment except for a bed and some small necessities. Based on my experience, and what appeared to be their standard residential lease terms, I would suggest to anyone considering renting from JMH to consider the following: Be prepared to fully document everything you do. That means leave a paper trail for everything. If you mail your rent checks, send them certified mail return receipt. If you hand deliver the checks, get a detailed written receipt. If you are 1 day late, you are liable for a $100 late. When you move in, take thorough pictures of every single nook and cranny so that you are not liable for issues from a prior tenant. Then fill out their form in painstaking detail. Email or mail the pictures to yourself or store them in some manner which proves the date the pictures were taken. Turn your keys in on exactly the day they tell you prior to the exact time they tell you. If you are 1 minute late, you forfeit your deposit. I could go on, but this is the painstaking detail I found to be required to lease from JMH, without getting nickel and dimed to death, which I felt I was. I will never rent from them again, as I do have a life outside of paper-trailing my landlord-tenant relationship.
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