PRIVATE MONEY ASSOCIATES/ASSOCIATES APPRAISAL GROUP MIKE FLYNN/PMA, MARK R. ST.GEORGE, RAINEE MacELVOY, MARIATERESA V. CANOSA HARD MONEY LENDER AND APPRAISAL SCAM STUDIO CITY Internet/FL /CA

I do not know this person. I never did any work for him. I did not do this appraisal. I did not collect any fee from him or anyone for this appraisal. I am a residential appraiser, with a valid license. I did not appraise the commercial property that is the subject of this complaint. I have not fabricated anything.

I did not know anything about this until the day that I rececved a phone call from a complete stranger, who demanded a refund of a fee that was never paid to me.

I had nothing to do with this. I am a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser. The appraisal in question regards a commercial property that I have never seen or heard of, in a place that I have never been to or heard of. Recently, I received a phone call, out of the blue, from a person I did not know, threatening to destroy my reputation unless he got a refund of $1800. I found out later that he was a "Straw Buyer" whose loan had been turned down because the lender discovered that he was a "Straw Buyer" for his uncle. He had paid a fee to AAG for an appraisal of a commercial property, (which was not done by me) and was angry because it was useless, since the loan was not approved. He demanded a refund of the appraisal fee, which AAG declined. He was calling everyone he could find who had ever done any work for Associates Appraisal Group & threatening them & demanding money. 

AAG had previously referred some residential work to me. This man was very angry & he wanted me to persuade AAG to give him a refund & said he would include me in his complaint, even though I had nothing to do with this, unless either I gave him the money or persuaded AAG to give him the money. He wanted a refund & he did not care how he got it or who he had to threaten to get it. I had never collected a fee from him, for anything & I did not know him. I had never met him or even spoken to him before. I did not even know his name & I knew nothing about this commercial property he was trying to buy. I had nothing to do with this. It is not fair to damage my reputation over somebody else's dispute about a fee that I never collected, for work that had nothing to do with me.

I can't pay total strangers who call & threaten me "give me money or I will ruin your reputation." Please take my name off this complaint, because this is not fair.   

 Ms. Canosa rebuttal is completely fabricated and she I'd definitely part of this scam. I have proof of her signature and license attached to the bogus appraisal. If anyone is bring scammed by this company please report them to the department of real estate appraisals as O have done. The OREA is very aware of these people and would like to pursue criminal charges of enough people complain. Also, their intent is to revoke the license of these individuals. It is a shame that Ms. Canosa got herself involved with these people. But, you should know how your license is being utilized and how. When confronted she the exact excuse that OREA indicated she would refer to. Therefore, she was well aware of this sc and I have proof with name and license attached to the appraisal. Please do not be scammed by this company or these appraisers. REM Los Angeles, CA