American Dream Real Estate

Review: ON DEC**, 2013 I MET WITH [redacted]OF AMERICAN DREAM REAL ESTATE TO VIEW AN APARTMENT AT [redacted]. A FIFTH FLOOR APT. UPON ARRIVING AT 5TH FL.[redacted] OPENED THE APT.DOOR AND SAID CHECK THE APT.FROM OUTSIDE, BUT NOT TO GO IN.I TOLD HER I LIKED THE APT.AND ASKED ABOUT RENT. SHE TOLD ME $1500.I ASKED HER WHEN CAN I GO CHECK THE APARTMENT INSIDE COMPLETELY. SHE SAID SHE WOULD CALL ME BACK. TWO DAYS LATER SHE HAD A DIFFERENT APT. SAME BUILDING [redacted]VIEWED THE APT** COMPLETELY AND TOLD HER I NEEDED TO DISCUSS WITH MY WIFE.I STILLL WANTED THE 5TH FL APT. BUT SHE STILL WOULDNT SHOW IT TO ME.I ASKED FOR RENT AMOUNT ON APT.#**AND SHE SAID $1450.ON DEC.**,2013 [redacted] CALLED ME AND STATED IF YOU WANT APT.** YOU MUST COME TO HER BUSINESS AND SIGN APPLICATION AND BRING $1000 WITH MY PAY STUB, TAX RETURN ETC...ON DEC.**, 2013 I WENT TO THE APT.BUILDING #**GAVE HER MY PAPARWOTK AND $1000 CASH. SHE GAVE ME A RECEIPT AND TOLD ME SHE WILL BEGIN TO PROCESS MY APPLICATION TO MANAGEMENT OF THE BUILDING.AFTER THIS DATE I CALLED HER NUMEROUS TIMES AND SHE SAID STILL NO APPROVAL. ON JAN.[redacted]I SPOKE TO HER AND SHE SAID GO SEE HER 7PM IN FRONT OF BUILDING.SHE STATED STILL NO APPROVAL FOR ME.SHE ALSO THEN TOLD ME RENT IS $1450 TO $1500. ON JAN.**I CALLED ABC MANAGEMENT AT [redacted] AND SPOKE TO [redacted].IMMEDIATEDLY THEN SOMEONE NAMED [redacted] CALLED FROM AMERICAN DREAM REAL ESTATE**. AFTER SPEAKING TO [redacted] I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NEVER A APPLICATION STARTED FOR MY REQUEST TO OCCUPY THE APT.AT 3PM JAN.**I MET WITH [redacted]. IWAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE RENT IS NOW $1700 WHICH HE THEN LOWERED TO $1650.IF I WANTED THIS APARTMENT THE PRICE IS $1650 AND THEN MY APPLICAITON WOULD BEGIN.I FEEL I'VE BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND BEING SCAMMED. I CUURENTLY AM IN A LEASE APARTMENT THAT ENDS OF JAN.**,2014. IF I CANT GET INTO APT. I MAY END UP IN A SHELTER. PLEASE HELP ME AND MY FAMILY.Desired Settlement: I WOULD LOVE TO BE IN APT.[redacted] IN BUILDING [redacted] WITHA RENT OF $1450 AS I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD IT WOULD BE.DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP...[redacted]

Business

Response:

We were made aware of [redacted]'s transaction with [redacted] Acuna on January [redacted], 2014, nearly a month after it occurred. It was a complete shock to find out that a worker had conducted an unauthorized transaction, behind our backs. Needless to say, [redacted] Acuna was immediately terminated. We have been running our business for 14 years and not once have we ever had this problem. [redacted] and [redacted] Acuna met outside our office through a mutual friend and agreed to conduct the transaction outside of the office for a mutual benefit (he paid lower commission and she was keeping all the money--no money for the office). Not once did [redacted] contact the office or come in to verify. I can understand his disappointment with the result of the transaction, but as an experienced car salesman at a large car dealership (Paragon Honda) he should know better than to give money to anyone in the street. His claim that he is going to e nd up in a homeless shelter is absurd, especially after [redacted] informed us that he had renewed the lease at his current apartment when he came to us in January. [redacted] informed the management company that he was reimbursed in full by [redacted] Acuna, yet he is still trying to use this incident to pressure us and the management company to get him a 1 bedroom luxury apartment at a discounted rent that is $300 less than the market price.