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Coldwell Banker Realty - bad service
My wife and I decided to try and sell our home and upgrade back in February of 2008. We found the Coldwell Banker office in Kendall Park NJ and decided to list with this agency. The first month went fine, but then, the real estate agent seemed to be unresponsive to our needs. The only thing of concern was selling my home without regard for me finding another home to buy. No research, no questions, no sit down with me and my wife to understand our needs. By the time we neared the end of 6 months, we never really heard from the agency. A total of 5 people came to see the home in 6 months. Now we understood the market was bad and that contributed to the lack of traffic. But then something bizarre took place. Before the end of the contract, the agency came out to the house, took down their signs and lockbox and allegedly placed the key to my home in my mailbox. Can you beleive? A voicemail message was left letting me know where to find my keys. When I went to my mailbox, no key was to be found. I called the agency and they didn't even so much as apologize. Now I had to change the locks on my home. They had jeapordized my family's safety. I sent a letter and the receipt to the agency for reimbursment only to have them send me back a letter of release of claims and, beleive it or not, a W9 form so I can claim taxes on the check (which they never sent) to replace the locks on my home that they lost the key to. The total amount requested was $55.00. I was never paid. Look, it not about the $55.00; I've spent twice that on dinner for my wife and I. It the principle of it all. So do yourself a favor and think twice before engaging this agency in any transactions. You are sure to lose in the end. Let your friends and family know!
The complaint has been investigated and resolved to the customer’s satisfaction.
I was calling because I was interested in possibly working for Coldwell Banker again, but they are BEYOND RUDE and don't care to train new agents. They are condescending, unclassy, and they do NOT care about fostering new agents. I am reporting them to the real estate board as well.
I will try to make this short..
Kevin Booker a real estate agent played unethical games. now he owes me $550 for money that i have never received any service for.
I signed up to sell my condo with Kevin after getting a good buyer and ready to close the deal the buyer send a cancellation to kevin to be forwarded back to me. Kevin hid this information be cause he wanted me to open a escrow with a new home purchase so that way he can be in control and I can lower my price of my condo.
In fact I have opened the escrow on a Friday the same day my buyer for my own condo sent the cancellation but i didn't see it till Monday.
I have also gave Kevin $550 for an inspection for my new home. Once I found out about the c cancellation I wanted to retrieve and cancel my new home sale escrow and pull back my $550 but after 4 days Kevin was still pushing back on it. At last he said that don't worry about the money he will take care of it. for 8 weeks he came with so many excuses not to pay for the $550 for the inspection that never took place and never provided any report.
All I want now is $550 and expose Kevin about his games and unethical behavior.
i put a bid on a condo i Cranford NJ, and was pre-aprove, two weeks before closing they ask me for $10, 000 more in downpayment. A week before closing they ask me for a $7, 000 more to my downpayment. I have no money to pay that much but now they said I have to honor my debt or otherwise I might be suit by the seller. This people supposed to be the profesionals I jus wanted to buy a condo and they are the one who should have advice me if I was able to or not. Shame on you Coldwell Banker in Westfield NJ! Stay away from this heart less people!
Just be carefull if you are trying to buy a home in NJ. No wonder this state require to get an attorney! I just put a bid on a condo and was pre-aproval for a loan and a week before closing, two months later, the wanted more money for closing down payment. It changed three times in two weeks. From $10, 000 to $20, 000, to $27, 000. Be aware in Nj and be aware of Coldwell banker. I might be in a lawsuit for not be able to close on my purchase do to the amount of downpayment they are now demanding.
Caldwell Banker Crimson Sky Yuma AZ Foothill Office I have an issue with the agent Michelle Evans not responding to me and not giving my $500 earnest money cashiers check back and it has been months. There is also more, she did not even fill out the form for me I had to do it online for a HUD home they are selling. The home showed sold and I called her a month later and the first thing she said, was "I was just going to call you". She did nothing and has my money tied up in a cashiers check. Here is the way to get results: File a complaint against the real estate agents license with your states Real Estate Licensing board. ALSO, file a compliant against the BROKER of the real estate office they work out of. You should get big results when the Broker gets a complaint against his license when his agent is Lazy and incompetent.
No one has to put up with unethical real estate agents, no one!
Don't bother trying to find a place in Lake Havasu City, AZ through Coldwell Banker unless you want to waste a lot of time and effort! Like the guy said they are most definitely unresponsive to your needs. I am the one doing all the work here. They should be the ones contacting me and giving me updates. I wish I would've read this before i started dealing with them.
i agree totaly a local coldwell banker hearthside branch and there
muti broker scam artist jaime mancuso and linda emerson riped us off
on the sale of our farm that we had for 17 years, i have made it my new job to inform anyone and everyone to avoid doing business with them .
the money they cheated us out of will seem small to the business that they will loose from spreading the truth about them
Live and learn, my friend. Live and learn.
ATTENTION BUYERS AND SELLERS...look out for your own interests if you are stupid enough to deal with these sharks (as I was). In Minnesota they will charge you a "fee" on top of any commission they already get. Shame on you Coldwell Banker Burnet Realty in Minnesota!
I just finished losing a house deal due to a very poor negotiations beween my buyers agent and the Coldwell banker Agent representing the seller. I would have a very hard time recommending anyone from the Coldwell Banker group in Colorado to work with at this point in time.
David Smith
Boulder Colorado
david.smith3@hp.com
July 28th, 2010
Same here, we just lost house purchase due to Coldwell Banker realtor Linda Lavine. She comes out as an inexperienced rookie caused my son lot of problems by misguiding him & now he is losing Earnest money too because she wrongly advised him to transfer money in US bank. Now my son found out being a non US citizen he can not get large amount in one transaction. So he lost his chance to purchase the property and getting penalized.