Joyce Burnett and Issaiah Middlebrooks REALTOR FROM ZILLOW MET ME TO LEASE A HOME AND KEPT MY DEPOSIT WITHOUT ALLOWING ME ACCESS TO THE RENTAL HOME Riverdale Georgia

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FTC REPORT NO.: 182568817 LAZERRICK LAWRENCE VS JOYCE BURNETT AND ISSAIAH MIDDLEBROOKS ISSAIAH MIDDLEBROOKS POSED AS A REALTOR ON ZILLOW WHERE I SPOKE TO HIM AND ANOTHER REALTOR ABOUT A HOME LISTED FOR RENT. I PAID $100 FOR ISSURANCE ON THE PROPERTY AND $550 DEPOSIT. I AGREED TO MOVE IN ON THE 1ST OF JANUARY 2025. THE REALTOR TOOK MY MONEY VIA ZELLE TO A PERSON NAMED JOYCE BURNETT THAT I HAVE NEVER MET OR SPOKEN WITH OVER THE PHONE; ISSAIAH MIDDLEROOKS SAID HE REPRESENTED HER AS HER REALTOR AND HE HELPS HER TO BUY HOMES AND SHE IS A NURSE IN NEW YORK THAT HAS NO TIME TO SPEAK TO ME THOUGH SHE OWNS THIS HOME. ON JANUARY 1ST THE HOME WA PUT BACK ON THE MARKET EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TAKEN OFF THEM ARKET ON DECEMBER27TH WHERE I ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED TO LEASE IT FOR 12 MONTHS. I SPOKE TO MIDDLEMIDDLEBROOKS AFRTER NOT HEARING FROM HIM FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND HE TOLD ME THAT HE ANDS THE ALLEGED HOME OWNER WERE NOT GONNA CALL ME FOR ANYTHING UNTIL I PAID ALL THE MONEY TO MOVE IN, EVENETHOUGH THEY HAD A SIGNED LEASE, RENTAL INSURANCE PAID AS PER LEASE AND A PARTIAL DEPOSIT. I TRANSFERRED ALL MY UTILITY SERVICE FROM MY HOME AND THE CABLE COMPANY CALLED ME TO TELL ME THAT THEIR IS SOMEONE ELSE TRYING TO GET SERVICES THERE. SO AFTER THE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION WITH MY UTILTY PROVIDER I CALLED MR. MIDDLEBROOKS. WHEN I CALLED HE PICKED UP IMMEDIATELY AND STARTED YELLING AT ME. I HAD TO ASK HIM TO STOP YELLING 4 TIMES. AND THAT I WAS WAITING TO HEAR FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT RETURN AND RESPONSES TO MY TEXT MESSAGES THAT THEY SET UP AS GROUP MESSAGES. HE, ISSAIAH SAID BEFORE I GET IN TO ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT GETTIMNG YOUR MOPNEY BACK. AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD YOU GET INSURANCE ON THE UNIT, AND YOU MADE APARTIAL DEPOSIT WE ALREADY DECIDED IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECEIVING YOUR FUNDS THAT ON JANUARY 1ST TO PUT THE HOME BACK ON THE MARKET EVEN IF YOU BROUGHT US ALL THE RENT AND DEPOSIT THAT DAY, AND THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE ELSE TO SIGN A NEW LEAE FOR THE NINETH OF JANUARY 2025 AND THAT PERSON IS ALREADY IN THE HOME., ISSAIAH SAID ITS BUSIONESS AND I SHOULD NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE A REFUND OR GET ANY TYPE OF CLOSURE BECAUSE ITS JUST BUSINESS. I TOLD ISSAIAH THAT TAKING MY MONEY THAT WAY WAS NOT GONNA FLY AND TO EXPECT SOME LEGAL DOCS AND A FRAUD REPORT TO BE FILED.