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I love the locations of Martin Fein Interests' pro...

I love the locations of Martin Fein Interests' properties. It looks like they have good construction and development team. Unfortunately, the
property management team is chasing tenants away. I rent one of their luxury properties. Their fire alarm went off every few months. One time was around 3:30am. Everybody had to run outside for almost an hour when it was crazy cold. We thought the alarms were fixed. A few months later, false alarm went off again. Hallway smells awful because of the trash. Last year when I renewed, they increased my rent by almost $400/month. Because of the shortage of rental units after hurricane Harvey, I had to accept the increase and renewed with them. The market price of my unit has reduced significantly since then. They lowered the rent for new residents. Now my lease is up, they don't want to reduce the rent for me. They ask me to renew at $125/ month MORE than the amount listed on their website. Keep in mind that they have 5 units of this floor plan, 2 are now available (which means 40% vacant). Their apartments usually stay vacant for a few months before they can find a new tenant. Apparently, they take advantage of tenants who are too busy to move or to look. I talked to a few tenants. They all plan to move out because of the management. They know that when I move out, they will loose a few months of lost rent plus referral fee and commission fee. Yet, they still try to play that game. I don't understand their reasoning. It seems that management didn't care for tenants or returns to investors. By the way, is it illegal to ask somebody pay higher rent than what being offered to others? Don't landlords have to comply with Fair Housing Rules

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