Business Futures, Inc. Dishonest property management company Golden, Colorado

After living in Los Angeles, I thought I'd had my share of shady landlords, but Business Futures is the worst property management company I've ever dealt with.  They WAY overcharge for their apartments.  Lucky for them, I was moving in from out of state and couldn't see what a dump the short-term lease I had rented was.  It was disgustingly dirty, even after their cleaning lady spent the day I was supposed to move in "cleaning."  The apartment had broken drawers, a caving-in ceiling, a huge amount of bugs, and a completely stopped-up drain.  When I called, they said they'd sent maintenance out.  The only "maintenance" the guy did was sweeping the stairs.  Needless to say, I didn't try again after that.

I was only there for a couple months, but to add insult to injury, they took a ton of money out of my deposit for "carpet cleaning" (even though it was clear the carpet hadn't been cleaned when I moved in or probably ever), a broken screen on a window that never had a screen, and batteries for the smoke detectors that I had apparently failed to supply.  The deposit deductions increased my rent by about $200 a month.