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Report: #1179650

Complaint Review: American Homes 4 Rent - Nationwide

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  • Reported By: Tamara — Greer South Carolina
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Beware of the 1 year lease agreement. This company gets you into the home only to increase the rent at the end of your 1 year lease agreement. So expect it!  We were notified towards the end of our lease agreement  that if we signed a new lease our rent would only increase by 50.00. Increase 50.00!!! If we chose not to resign and continued to rent on a month to month basis, then our rent would increse 150.00 per month!!!  The original rent was a bit overpriced to begin with. Money making scam!!!

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#3 Consumer Comment

Factually this is NOT a customer CENTRIC company. Rate increases UNWARRANTED then list it again cheaper

AUTHOR: anthony - (United States)

POSTED: Friday, April 27, 2018

Factually this company is NOT customer Centric.  They will list a house hundreds less nearby and then force feed you an increase.  Worse, they will then list the house at the appropriate rent. 

 

HORRIBLE company.  penalizes tenants for being customers. 

 

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#2 Author of original report

I stand corrected! It's worse!

AUTHOR: Tamara - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 11, 2014

AH4R's reply to my forewarning to potential renters was to dispute my accusation that they were scamming people by getting them into the home only to increase the rent after initial lease term by unbelievable amounts. Their response was that "rental increases is not scamming. I stand corrected. IT'S EXTORTION! 

 

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#1 UPDATE Employee

Rental increases do not qualify as "Scamming"

AUTHOR: ConfusedByYou - ()

POSTED: Tuesday, November 11, 2014

It is commonplace to receive an increase in rent when your lease expires with nearly all Property Management companies. The increase can be whatever the current fair market value is determined to be for your home. A rental increases of 3% on a $1500 is roughly $50 and is common. While it is understandable that no consumer wishes to pay more it does not qualify it as a "scam." A scam is defined as:

noun

1.
a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making aquick profit; swindle.

verb (used with object)scammed, scamming.

2.
to cheat or defraud with a scam.
 
With that being said, I understand being disgruntled, but that does not warrant posting comments online that are untrue. This person wasn't swindled out of money, but instead rented a home for a price he agreed to for a specified period of time that has now lapsed. The concept of the lease is for the protection of all parties. The landlord agrees not to increase the rent during the lease and the tenant agrees to pay it, among other things. 
 
Please also note that it is perfectly acceptable to negotiate the increase, but if you do not ask for a decrease, it may not be assumed that you are vacating soley on that reasoning. 
 
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