All Forum Posts by: Tamara Alston

Thank you everyone so very much. I have a lot of work to do and it's going to take time, hopefully Trey can help by seeing if the office is still open. I don't even have an email address for her, Trey. I work nights and so I'll not be responding during the day. I need to find out if she's even collected rent, paid the HOA dues which, and I have no phone number for them. My husband actually bought this property over 30 years ago before we were married, and whatever agreement he had was not with her, nor have I ever see any such agreement from the previous owner of Alpha Realty, so I have no idea what the terms were. She is definitely 3 month rent in arears right now, so she's definitely facing theft and/or fraud charges.

I'm not sure how to send a private message on this forum, but I do have a couple of you I'd like to contact, though it may not be until Friday when I am off.

Thanks for all the info and ideas.

Tamara

Trey,

You sound exactly like me. I'm one of those helpful types myself and I would be so grateful. If it's open and you can pull a business card so I can get info if I need to proceed, just that would be a big help. I really don't want to cause her to lose her license, but enough is enough. I see you are an investor. I've discussed selling it with her so we can buy something closer to us in Virginia, but she always seems to think it's not the right time. Being that it's in a no flood zone, I would think rents would have gone up some, but she said no. Just so many questionable things. 

We appreciate any help you can give us.

Tamara Alston

Our property management company, Alpha Realty, has changed hands twice and served us well over 30 years, taking care of one property in Baton Rouge. We live in Virginia. Lately, I have had to resort to calling the owner to get our rent checks sent to us. Recently she was 2 months behind, blaming it on a complicated printer/software issue. I got her to hand write those checks which caught us up. Then it started all over and she owes us for March, April, and May. She is ignoring all texts and I'm not sure her office is open any longer. I'm looking for the steps I need to take to report her, as in where. Is suing her my only option? I don't have an address nor am I sure of her last name, though I thought a real estate board could help there. I don't even know if she's collected rents at all, but I definitely know it's time to change property managers, so how do I find a good one so far away. The mortgage is paid off, but there are HOA fees. Citibank sold our mortgage to some squirrelly company. We never recieved the deed once it was paid off, and since this is the first property we've paid off, we don't know how to go about getting it. What a bunch of headaches! Sounds like we're stupid, but there have been a number of deaths and health issues keeping our attention elsewhere, and this was never a big problem before. I'd appreciate any direction, especially in Louisiana, which can have some different rules.