All Forum Posts by: Heath Williams

Hi Hannah. I am looking for a property manager in Atlanta myself. We have 10 properties on South side near Browns Mill golf course. Do you have any recommendations

Anyone have anything to add on Excalibur or any other good property manager?  I’m seriously considering going with them at this moment. Our properties are on the south side of Atlanta near Browns Mill Golf Course off Cleveland Avenue. 

Todd won’t bother to say he was terminated for refusing to respond to at least 6 or 7 emails asking the same questions over and again. He also won’t bother to say that this was typical of his management company, both with respect to the tenants and myself. Instead he has his lawyers make hollow threats unsupported in the law rather than addressing the real problems. I am not the only one that didn’t have a great experience or that he has threatened. I believe there is a formal letter from his attorney wry to another landlord complaining of exactly the same problems on yelp. It’s fairly easy to find. 

File your suit Todd. You have my address and I’ll gladly accept service. Or, on the other hand, will you ask your attorney if he will accept service?  People need to hear that your company provides less than stellar service and that is based not only on my opinion but that of just about all of the tenants I find myself with. Property management is about more than lining your own pockets, but it’s also about responding to emails and phone calls of both the tenants and especially the landlord. 

Landlords should think long and hard before hiring your company. That’s not defamatory but simply my opinion. 

I look forward to deposing you, Gary, your maintenance company and Nicole, who as you know is no longer with your company. I suspect she will have something to say about how your company is run and why my tenants are unhappy. 

If Todd of GTL property management even thinks you are saying anything negative about his company after you terminate him he will have his attorney send this to you:

CGR is also aware that you’ve published defamatory remarks in the landlord forum of BiggerPockets.com. Unless such comments are immediately retracted, CGR will also pursue a claim for defamation. You are also warned against any further baseless, defamatory remarks you may intend to promulgate to your tenants regarding CGR.

Hi all. I know a lot of us are looking for property management companies. I’ve recently terminated my relationship with GTL and specifically with its owner Todd Ortscheid. I believe he’s on here a fair amount marketing. My experience with them wasn’t a good one. Apparently they don’t believe in the notion of freedom of speech or understand that truth is an absolute defense to defamation and so they have sent this over in an email:

“CGR is also aware that you’ve published defamatory remarks in the landlord forum of BiggerPockets.com. Unless such comments are immediately retracted, CGR will also pursue a claim for defamation. You are also warned against any further baseless, defamatory remarks you may intend to promulgate to your tenants regarding CGR.“

Just thought this might be of interest to other fellow landlords. 

Hi everyone. Apparently GTL property management has come across this post and believe they can scare me by sending this via their attorney:

CGR is also aware that you’ve published defamatory remarks in the landlord forum of BiggerPockets.com. Unless such comments are immediately retracted, CGR will also pursue a claim for defamation. You are also warned against any further baseless, defamatory remarks you may intend to promulgate to your tenants regarding CGR.

I’ve also found on other websites where they have attempted to similarly silence former landlords.i believe the site was yelp. Keep this in mind when looking for a property management company. 

Thanks Joel. I’ll check with them. Appreciate the leads!

Thanks Reagan!  Who do you use?

@joel Owens thanks for the reply but having owned and managed 14 properties in that area since 2003 I really have a better idea as to what to expect than you might imagine. Without going into any details, I suspect there is a reason the new buyer terminated most of Atlantic’s staff. And I stand behind what little I have said about GTL. I believe it’s owner is on here fairly often shilling for his company. I’d suggest prospective investors look elsewhere. What I’d appreciate more are names of companies that other investors think highly of rather than the thread be hijacked.