Midwest Realty

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protect your clients interest? don't make me laugh!

your company is a joke.

you do nothing to respond to tenant complaints and/or requests. your only goal is to protect your interst to line your own pockets so you can pay for your bankruptcy and divorce.

I Didnt Contact Just Anyone Who Would Listen.

I Wouldnt Be So Persistant Unless I Had Some

Matter Of Dispute Herein. First Of All I Alledge The Previous Tenant Did Any Damage To Carpet. (Neighbors Had Stated) The Individual Who Responded Thinks He Is "Slick" But Notso.

I Have A Best Friend Who Is Agent For Remax And Helped Us Move Out! (He Advised Us To Take Digital Pictures Prior To Move Out) And

Would Be Happy To State Condition Of Residence At Time Of Move. He Had Stated Such Deposit Issues Are Merely A Classic Example Of Fraudulent Practices Exercised By Rental Companies Named Herin. He Was In Property Management In Delaware For 15 Years Prior To His Current Real Estate Practice. I Alledge A Prejudicial Medical Issue Here. Since This Matter Shall Involve Several Individual Including The Real Estate Person And Twelve Others Who Had Assisted In Cleaning And Moving. Perhaps A Lawsuit Shall Be In Order.

Based Upon The Facts I Had Stated And Perhaps Medical And Disabilty Prejudice. (BEWARE) Of

Profiling!

This particular tenant has written complaints to anyone who will listen to him. He trashed the house, trashed the carpet, left the home full of personal property and electronics that had to be removed and disposed of, didn't clean, and then complained when we had to resolve all of the issues that he created.

Tenants, if you trash a home that you rented, you have to pay for the damage that you caused. In the case of this tenants, we provided photo evidence of the damage, all timesheets and receipts, and a detailed list of all work performed, but still the tenant wanted a refund. Very simply, a tenant is responsible for damage to someone else's home, plain and simple.

We have to protect our interests and our clients interests, so if there is damage, we are obligated by contract with the client to fix it. Minnesota law is clear on tenant responsiblity on this issue, which is posted in the Landlord and Tenants handbook on our website at www.renttwincities.com.

I happened to have rented from Midwest Realty Services for 8 years in 2 different properties. The notes that I read below appear to be from tenants that did not honor their responsibility in returning the property back as it was when they received it.

On both occasions, I received ALL of my security deposit back and would recommend this company to any tenant. When I checked out, I made sure the home was clean, that the carpets were clean, and that I did not cause any damage or leave property or garbage behind. I have nothing but positive comments about everyone at the company, including my property manager who was very responsive to issues as they arose.

It is sad that all of these comments below are from tenants who see themselves as victims when they caused damage, yet expect someone else to pay for it.

Wow! Sure glad I found this before signing a lease with Midwest Realty.

If you don't want to lose your deposit and another grand or two on top of it, then go elsewhere and rent from a fair organization. The day I met this dirty guy, his arrogance was overwhelming while he chewed in a toothpick and stood against the counter making arrogant comments in the place I was about to rent - and I should have listened to my gut.

Yep - everything below is true. According to public documents he is not financially sound and you should beware - he has to collect money from somewhere to fund himself therefore he will threaten to take you to court. And if you are inexperienced in court dealings like I - have NEVER had to go to a courtroom for ANY REASON unlike him - then he will prey.

He is as slimy as they come people. Just read his replies below - just the 'tone' of his replies alone should make you run for the hills.

He is a pro at going to court. He's there continually and knows how to threaten to get cash out of you.

DO NOT RENT OR DO ANY BUSINESS WITH THIS GUY or his team of cronies. If you ever do visit his 'office' in the basement of a building in Plymouth you will see his office manager/receptionist/threatening letter writer/nasty look on her face/whatever she is reading a book, look up at you pissed because you are bothering her. But you aren't supposed to go to the office. If you do, you will get a threatening letter.

This company is a complete nasty joke.

Ish.

Avoid renting from this guy at all cost, unless you want to experience what working with a gangster is like. A normal person will not be able to sleep with Eichten's track record.

My experience was exactly the same as that of previous correspondents.

He is an opportunistic liar that does not stop at anything to extract an extra buck from his renters. Nothing Minnesota nice about the way he handles decent folks.

You can also tell from his comments below how he is to deal with. Buyer - definitely beware......

I too was fleeced by this guy. You can look up court records and see how he runs his business.

By threatening lawsuits over and over and over. I have never seen anything like it. Rented for years, always got my deposit back, but this guy did the same thing to me once I rented from him - took my deposit and add over $1500 on top of it. Very very suspect practices.

I also could never get my 'property manager' on the phone until a day or two after calling. He is extremely cheap - his 'handymen' that eventually made repairs after several phone calls to Midwest Realty made horrible comments about him while in my home laughing about how cheap he was. He would rather replace the motor on a dishwasher than spend the extra $15 on a new dishwasher. Hmmmmm.......going to continue to watch posts on here.

It seems obvious this guy has money issues, and something is definitely not right and maybe it's finally all coming together thanks to this site.

Tenants that have children: if your child spills, it is important that you clean up the spill and treat the stain. If you fail to do so, the carpet will be ruined when you vacate and you will be responsible for its repair, cleaning, or replacement.

Again, this is not your home, so you should take better care of it than if it were yours. Having children is no reason to trash anothers persons home.

I had 3 children while staying in the rental over the 5 years. Children have their occasional spills that are tough to get out of the carpet.

I am sorry I wanted to start a family with my husband while renting from you. I suppose people with small children should avoid renting at all! However, I want to make it clear to you that we did not TRASH the house. We were asked to move out of the house a week early and come back for the check out on 7/31.

It's funny that you should say that thousands of money was spent into fixing the house. When my husband came back to take pictures, the house looked pretty much the same with a few minor touch ups. I have no other comments to make because our neighbors were good to us while we were there.

I cannot say the same for your company and services. Thank you.

This is another tenant who trashed a home that they rented in Chanhassen, and then turns and writes bad reviews about our services. The owner, who lives next door, put over 80 hours of time and thousands and thousands of dollars into the property to get it back to a rentable condition.

The owner asked the tenant if they could come into the home early to try and fix the trashed property, and the tenant allowed this, we were not even involved. The tenant checked out on 7/31, the last day of the lease and last possible day to do so and did not move out early.

Same story, if you trash a home, you have to pay for the damage. Simple solution is to take care of the property you are renting that belongs to someone else and you will get every dime of your deposit back, plus interest!

Chad Eichten and the Midwest Realty Services end all complaints by threatening lawsuits. We were renting from Chad and his team for a few years.

Without notice, we received an email from Chad and his team 2 months before our lease was up that they would evict us and bring us to court if we did not clean our carpets and gave us only 24 hours to do so. They forced us to move out of our home a week early so the owner could repaint the walls and clean the carpets. Then, they charged us for not cleaning the walls beforehand even though we were already asked to leave. They charged us for 2 carpet cleanings and then a carpet replacement even though we had told them before that the carpet had been there for over 7 years and needed to be replaced.

Why should we pay for carpet cleaning before hand when the carpet needed to be replaced? Even after we hired a carpet cleaner, Midwest Realty said it wasn't good enough and that we had to use their own recommended carpet cleaners. Where does it say that in the lease? They took all of our deposit money and piled on more on top of the $1400 deposit.

There were outrageous charges such as labor for replacing the water heater and putting in a microwave. We never even had a microwave while we lived there. Chad can say all he wants to say. However, he'll just end up threatening you with a lawsuit with bogus charges.

Chad, say what you want to say. At the end of the day, I would never recommend your services to anyone unless I hated them with a passion.

Unfortunately, if tenants chose to not contact any of us at the company to help resolve their issues and simply write nasty comments on this site, there isn't much we can do. What I would say to all tenants that may read this is that if you trash a home that you rented, you are responsible for the repairs of the damage that you caused.

That includes stained, burned, or damaged carpet, missing items from the home, or holes in walls or doors. If you leave lots of personal items in the home (furniture, mattresses, eletronics, garbage), someone has to dispose of the items and that costs money. 95% of our tenants are excellent and checkout without large expenses deducted from their deposit. Unfortunately, those that cause real damage and do not follow their lease agreement do have to pay for the costs, and then of course they write nasty things on this site.

I only wish the 95% of tenants who had a great experience with our company would write positive commments on this site, but of course this site is for "Pissed Consuemrs", so that would never happen.

Midwest Realty Services is A rated by the BBB, there is good reason for that. www.renttwincities.com.

The statements about Chad Eichten are true. I was fleeced by him after renting for eight years.

Sorry Chad the comments made here are not false. Your business practices are some of the worst I have ever seen.

Nor are the comments concerning your bankruptcy and fancy divorce. Public records, aren't they grand?

I don't know who John Hamm is, and if he is or has been a tenant of mine, I cannot find his name anywhere in my tenant roster. I would suggest that whomever he is, he needs to be well aware of the defamation laws and be cautious about his comments, because they are unfounded, unwarranted, and clearly false.

Oh yeah - this guy is something else. He rapes people of their cash, and he should talk about bankruptcy......google him about his own bankruptcy.

His practices are very slimy, and he is not truthful in his communications. His 'team' does not respond in a timely manner for repairs, they NEVER pick up the phone - ALWAYS have to leave a message. I don't want to say more because I am in a current lease under him. I feel trapped and imprisoned in my own home.

I cannot wait until my lease is up this fall because I will be getting out from under this slimebag. He does whatever he can to get cash.

In all the years I have rented, I have never seen more slimy practices. And his own business bankruptcy makes me wonder if I am going to come home one day to a foreclosure notice on the door.

I cannot comment specifically on Bettie Chapman's situation, but leasing requirements do change depending on many reasons: financial situation, credit issues, past landlord problems, judgments, bankruptcy, and foreclosure, to name a few. I think that anyone who has ever rented anything is well aware of this.

If you have perfect credit and make enough income to qualify, you will simply pay your first months rent along with a security deposit and move right in.

Unfortunately, if your credit is less than perfect, you will have to pay some prepaid rent upfront as added security. Our leasing requirements are clearly posted on our website at www.renttwincities.com so that any potential applicant can view these prior to applying or paying an application fee.