A Random Thought To Ponder On Misdirection
Yesterday, my daughter and I signed a lease for an off camp apartment for her … the location is ideal, the ameneties are amazing. Everything was happening splendidly until I asked some very basic questions and that’s when the crap hit the fan.
This was our second visit to this property and along with the signed lease a deposit of $150 was needed. Now, we were OK with this because a security deposit wasn’t required. Everything was all smiles until I asked about the $150, I wanted to know if it was applied to the first months rent. And I wanted to know when and exactly how much was due at move-in.
The Misdirection Begins Here
I was told that the $150 was used to cover lawyer fees, apt prep, planned activities that were sponsored within the community and so on. Now as far as I know most Property Mgmt Corp have lawyers already on the payroll, and they have housekeeper’s and a maintenance team that are salaried employees … they are not paid on a commission basis. The apartment preparation is included in their job description … and what did she mean when she stated that I was responsible for financing their planned gatherings … isn’t that something that I should be able to offer some imput on, especially if I am expected to finance these events. In any case, I knew I was being fed a bit of ‘hog wash’.
Fluff Was Added
Then we were told that the ‘move in date’ was in the middle of the month, however the rent for that same month was due on the first. So, naturally I said the following … this is why a security deposit wasn’t required because we were paying for a full months rent in an apartment that would only be available to each resident in the latter half of the month. She said oh NO NO NO, that it worked out at the end of our stay because once we made the final monthly payment we would be allowed to stay that full month.
This Deal Wasn’t Sealed
Did she honestly believe that I would ‘buy that explanation’, or even worst … did she actually believe that the Mgmt was really giving us something. I really couldn’t tell, she may have believed what she told us or she may have believed that she had ’sold the deception’. In any case, with the deposit and the unused days that we were paying for, they actually had that security deposit.
As a matter of fact, we actually would have been doing ourselves a favor by moving into an apartment that required a security deposit, because at the end of the lease we would actually get those funds back.
Just another random thought to ponder: It seems as though misdirection is being ‘dished out’ in abundance lately … this wasn’t the first time I have encountered individuals that have tried to coerce me into believing a complete falsehood using truthful elements as a smoke-screen. Needless to say, this is demeaning; demonstrates a shabby business ethic … and leads to distrust and a lack of respect.
I am not going to ‘let this sleeping dog lie’, I am going to do a bit of researching and then I will push this issue with management as far as I legally can.
So, I just thought I’d share this random thought on this otherwise beautiful Tuesday that you could ponder.
