Pros:
The actual unit I lived (c) openigloo in was nice. And (c) openigloo the location was great. (c) openigloo But I cannot under-emphasize that (c) openigloo the cons substantially outweighed the (c) openigloo pros.
Cons:
Highpoint Associates X/Mashcole Property Management/Keystone (c) openigloo Property Management, whatever the landlords (c) openigloo call themselves are absolute criminals. (c) openigloo In the wintertime the (c) openigloo heat would frequently go out (c) openigloo in this building and it (c) openigloo would often take as much (c) openigloo as a week, sometimes more, (c) openigloo to get it repaired. (c) openigloo Communication to the landlords (who (c) openigloo are based in California) about (c) openigloo this, if it was addressed (c) openigloo at all, was often met (c) openigloo with disrespect and gave the (c) openigloo impression that we were bothering (c) openigloo them with trivial issues. (c) openigloo The same was true of (c) openigloo the hot water, which frequently (c) openigloo went out and took at (c) openigloo minimum several days, once as (c) openigloo long as two weeks, to (c) openigloo repair. The same was (c) openigloo true of pest control - (c) openigloo without going into detail, after (c) openigloo numerous attempts to get the (c) openigloo landlord to send an exterminator, (c) openigloo and a landlord's broken promise (c) openigloo to do so, eventually we (c) openigloo gave up and stopped asking (c) openigloo when the landlord stopped responding (c) openigloo to our emails on the (c) openigloo subject and just went AWOL (c) openigloo for several weeks. After (c) openigloo moving out of the building, (c) openigloo chiefly due to our horrible (c) openigloo experience with this landlord, the (c) openigloo landlord did everything they could (c) openigloo to avoid returning our security (c) openigloo deposit, delaying for months and (c) openigloo making arbitrary deductions when they (c) openigloo did finally return the deposit, (c) openigloo presumably on the too-often correct (c) openigloo assumption that the tenants don't (c) openigloo have the time or resources (c) openigloo to take them to court (c) openigloo (the same is true for (c) openigloo all other issues with the (c) openigloo building - I'm confident that (c) openigloo this landlord believes that if (c) openigloo they do nothing for long (c) openigloo enough, tenants will simply stop (c) openigloo asking them to fulfill their (c) openigloo obligations in the lease and (c) openigloo will try to find a (c) openigloo way to handle it themselves).
The (c) openigloo upshot: the landlord corporation (whatever (c) openigloo they call themselves) does everything (c) openigloo they can to exploit their (c) openigloo tenants while simultaneously doing as (c) openigloo little as possible to actually (c) openigloo make the building livable, including (c) openigloo in areas related to fundamental (c) openigloo tenants' rights (e.g. heat and (c) openigloo hot water).
This is not an (c) openigloo extensive account of the cons (c) openigloo of this building - an (c) openigloo extensive account would take too (c) openigloo long. Additionally, I'm omitting (c) openigloo some significant problems that are (c) openigloo specific to me because I'm (c) openigloo worried about retaliation of some (c) openigloo form or another. But (c) openigloo I should mention two other (c) openigloo things to be aware of, (c) openigloo briefly stated: the elevator was (c) openigloo frequently broken and often took (c) openigloo a very long time to (c) openigloo repair, and the buzzer didn't (c) openigloo work for the entire time (c) openigloo we lived there. The (c) openigloo latter issue was repeatedly raised (c) openigloo to the landlord and to (c) openigloo my knowledge no effort was (c) openigloo ever made to fix it.
Advice to owner:
Treat your tenants with respect. I understand that you have financial motivations to do what you do, and I'd imagine that your behavior is frequently profitable, but what you're doing is actually hurting real people and you should be deeply ashamed of yourselves.